On June 30, a state court in Georgia held a hearing in Norwood v Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, the case over whether signatures are valid if the candidate pre-prints the name of the county on each line of the petition form, instead of requiring each signer to write in the county name along with the signer’s name and address.  See this story.  The judge indicated a decision is likely by July 2.

A side issue in the case is that the candidate, Mary Norwood, an independent running for Chair of the Fulton County Commission, was told in writing that her petition sheets, with the county pre-printed, were acceptable.  After she had 9,000 signatures on those forms, she was told that they are not valid.  She needs approximately 22,000 valid by July 13.