On August 3, the Fourth Circuit refused to rehear Buscemi v Bell, 19-2355. This is the July 9 decision that said North Carolina’s March 3 independent presidential candidate petition is constitutional. The Fourth Circuit decision is contradicts the U.S. Supreme Court decision Anderson v Celebrezze, which said that Ohio’s March 20 deadline was unconstitutional. In 52 years of federal jurisprudence on ballot access, there has never been such a flagrant contempt for U.S. Supreme Court precedent from any Circuit Court.

An Arizona state trial court has removed a statewide initiative from the ballot because, the judge felt, the petition did not accurately describe the measure. See this story.