On June 29, independent gubernatorial candidate Alex Hammer sued the Maine Secretary of State in state court.  The Secretary of State had told town clerks not to validate signatures on petition sheets unless those sheets had been physically taken to that town clerk.  The candidate had scanned his petition sheets at high resolution and e-mailed them to various town clerks, to save time and transportation costs.  The case is Hammer v Maine Secretary of State, Penobscot County Superior Court, AP-10-15.  UPDATE:  here is a newspaper story about the case.