Mary Norwood, the independent candidate for Chair of the Fulton County, Georgia, Commission, sued Fulton County elections officials on July 22, because they refused to accept her filing fee on July 3, because the law says she should have paid it by noon and she paid it four hours later.  The case will get a hearing on July 27 at 1:30 p.m.  It is somewhat encouraging that the judge was willing to schedule the hearing so quickly.  Thanks to Christina Tobin for this news.  The case is Norwood v Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, Superior Court, 2010-cv-188643.

Meanwhile, the county still hasn’t finished checking her petition.  She submitted approximately 33,000 signatures to meet a requirement of approximately 22,500.  The petition requirement is 5% of the number of registered voters in the county, as of October 2006.