On June 21, the North Carolina State Board of Elections removed three Constitution Party nominees from the ballot, because they had run in major party primaries for the same office in May. Two are running for county office, and one for the State House of Representatives. Two had run and lost Republican primaries, and one had lost a Democratic primary.

Rick Hasen’s election law blog has a copy of the letter from the State Board, and Hasen also added commentary that the action was brazen and perhaps without precedent. This is because when the party nominated the candidates on June 16, there was no “sore loser” law affecting minor party candidates. The law forbidding such candidacies didn’t exist until June 20, the day the legislature overrode the Governor’s veto of SB 486.

The party will sue to restore ballot position for these three nominees.

The North Carolina Green Party, the other party that nominates by convention, will hold its nominating convention June 23.

Iowa elects an Attorney General to a four-year term this year. No Republican is running in this race. So far the only two candidates set for the November ballot are the Democratic incumbent and the Libertarian nominee. However, it is possible an independent might file. The petition requirement is only 1,500 signatures, with a deadline of August 17. Thanks to Independent Political Report for this news.

On June 21, Rocky De La Fuente filed this short supplemental brief in the Third Circuit, explain why his ballot access case is not moot. The case involves the law that does not permit primary petitioners to work, unless they are registered into the same party as the candidate. The state had said it would no longer enforce the law, so the Third Circuit wanted briefs on whether or not the case is moot.