On June 14, the Speaker of the Illinois House, Chris Welch, asked the State Supreme Court to hear Collazo v Illinois State Board of Elections.  This is the lawsuit on the new law that eliminates the ability of qualified parties to nominate someone after the primary is over.  The lower court had struck down the law, as applied to the 2024 election, on the grounds that it violates due process to make ballot access more restrictive in the middle of the election season.  Thanks to Sam Cahnman for this news.

Welch had been allowed to intervene in the case.  The State Board of Elections is not pursuing an appeal.

Mexico held elections for president and congress on June 2, 2024.  Seven parties were on the ballot for president.  Fusion is prmitted in Mexico.  Three parties nominated Claudia Sheinbaum, and three other parties nominated Xochitl Galvez.  A third candidate was nominated by one party.  The winner received 61.18% of the national vote.  See this wikipedia article.

At the 2024 Libertarian convention, the first ballot had Michael Rectenwald in the lead, although no one had a majority.  This was the first Libertarian presidential convention since 2004 in which the first-place finisher did not win the nomination.  Chase Oliver, who consistently placed second until the final two ballots, won the nomination on the seventh ballot.

The last Libertarian convention for which the first ballot leader did not win the nomination was the 2004 convention.  Aaron Russo had the most votes in the first round, but eventually Michael Badnarik received the nomination.

For the two major parties, the last time the candidate who received the most votes on the first ballot did not win the nomination was the 1952 Democratic convention.  Estes Kefauver had the most votes in the first round, but Adlai Stevenson won on the third round.

For the Republican Party, the last instance was 1940, when Thomas Dewey lead in the first three ballots but did not get the nomination.  Wendell Willkie won it on the sixth ballot.