On July 18, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the North Carolina Democratic Party asked to intervene in the Green Party North Carolina ballot access case. Five attorneys from the Marc Elias law firm submitted the brief. It says that the county election boards did not do a careful job of checking the Green Party’s petition, and that the petition perhaps doesn’t have enough valid signatures. It also says that if the Green Party gets on the ballot, the Democratic Party will be injured because it will need to expend more resources to win the U.S. Senate election (see pages 19-21).

Here is the Democratic Party brief.

The attorney for the Green Party proposed that the state file its brief within a week, but the attorney for the state says the state needs more time than that. The judge directed the two sides to negotiate a briefing schedule by July 19. If they cannot agree on the schedule, the judge will set a schedule.

Hawaii requires all qualified parties to nominate by primary. The primary is August 13 and there are six qualified parties: Democratic, Republican, Aloha Aina, Libertarian, Green, and Constitution.

This year, the Libertarian Party and the Aloha Aina Party both have contested primaries for Governor. The Aloha Aina gubernatorial candidates are Selina Blackwell and Keline Kahau. The Libertarians are Daniel J. Peddie and T. K. Hinshaw.

In Hawaii, independent candidates must run in the primary. They advance to the general election if they outpoll a minor party nominee for the same office. There are independents running for U.S. Senate, both U.S. House seats, Governor, and many legislative seats.

The Green Party has a candidate for U.S. Senate and one for Lieutenant Governor, but there is no gubernatorial Green, so the Lieutenant Governor candidate won’t be able to run in November. Governor and Lieutenant Governor run separately in primaries, but as a team in the general election.

The Libertarian Party has a candidate for U.S. Senate and one U.S. House candidate.

Aloha Aina has a candidate for U.S. Senate.

For minor parties in legislative races, there are eight Aloha Aina candidates, six Libertarians, and four Greens.

Reason writer Eric Boehm has this truly comprehensive article about Georgia ballot access rules for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House.