The Indiana Republican Party will choose a new gubernatorial nominee, because the winner of the May 2016 Republican gubernatorial primary, Mike Pence, has withdrawn from the gubernatorial race. The Republican committee has 30 days to choose.

Indiana law does not permit candidates to run for two offices simultaneously in November. Furthermore, the deadline for candidates to withdraw is June 15. According to this story, Congressmember Susan Brooks has withdrawn from her U.S. House race, so the Republican Party will choose a replacement for her as well. Brooks hopes to obtain the party’s gubernatorial nomination, as do others. UPDATE: Indiana Congressmember Todd Rokita also withdrew from his U.S. House race, only six minutes before the deadline. Therefore the Indiana Republican Party will replace not only its gubernatorial nominee, but two of its U.S. House nominees.

On July 14, U.S. District Court Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr., refused to enjoin the New York state law prohibiting out-of-state circulators. Merced v Spano, e.d., 16cv-3054. His reason is that the lawsuit wasn’t filed until one week before the start of the petitioning window. The decision says that the Libertarian Party has been petitioning in New York state starting in 1974. However, the order also says the Plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success, at least in overturning the law that says circulators must be registered voters in New York, as opposed to just residents of the state.

On July 14, the Sixth Circuit expedited the Kentucky ballot access case, Libertarian Party of Kentucky v Grimes, 16-6107. The issue is the Kentucky law that does not permit a group to become a qualified party until after it has polled 2% for President. Kentucky and Washington are the only states in which it is impossible for a group to become a qualified party except by a showing in the presidential election. Those states would make it impossible for any party to be ballot-qualified if they weren’t interested in the presidential election. There are many one-state parties in the U.S. who do not participate in the presidential election.

The briefs are to be filed by July 28. The plaintiffs are the Libertarian and Constitution Parties. The purpose of expediting this case is to make it possible for any decision to be in time for this year’s election. The U.S. District Court had upheld the law on July 8.