On April 18, an Alaska state court ruled against the Alaska Democratic Party in its lawsuit Alaska Democratic Party v State, 1-ju-16-533. The party filed the lawsuit to win the right to let independents run in its primary for a party nomination. But the state party hasn’t actually yet changed its bylaws to allow independents to run for its nomination. So, the judge ruled the case is not ripe. See this story. The party will probably re-file the lawsuit after its state convention updates its bylaws. Thanks to Scott Kohlhaas for the link.