According to this story, the North Carolina legislature is considering a bill that would make it illegal for someone defeated in a May primary from then becoming the nominee of a newly-qualifying party. New parties nominate by convention in June, whereas the primary is in May.
The legislature might not have thought about having such a restriction, except that two Republicans who lost in the May primary are considering joining the Constitution Party and seeking its nomination for the same post.
The Alaska primary filing deadline is Friday, June 1. Governor Bill Walker, a registered independent, has the right to seek the nomination of the Democratic Party if he wishes. However, this article says he hasn’t decided whether to do that, or to petition as an independent candidate. If he is the Democratic nominee, the November ballot will say “Democrat” next to his name, meaning that he is the Democratic nominee.
On May 29, U.S. District Court Judge Jon D. Levy refused to issue an injunction that would permit the Maine Republican Party to avoid using Ranked Choice Voting. Here is the 20-page order in Maine Republican Party v Dunlap, 1:18cv-179.
Newspapers in Texas are noting that no group successfully completed the petition for party status in Texas this year. No such petition has succeeded in Texas since 2010, when the Green Party last did the petition. See this story.
The Daily Beast has this article about the money Jill Stein raised to pay for recounts in a few states of the November 2016 presidential vote.
