On January 27, the Maine asked a federal court to put it on the ballot. Here is the Emergency Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, and here is the Memorandum in Support of the request.
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Missouri Representative Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) has introduced HB 1771. It would let two parties jointly nominate the same candidate, if the party rules of both parties permitted fusion. The bill covers already-established parties (which nominate by primary), as well as newly-qualifying parties (which nominate by convention). Dogan is vice-chair of the House Elections Committee. Thanks to Ken Bush for this news.
According to this story, objectors to the Illinois presidential primary petitions of Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley, Larry Cohen, and Rocky De La Fuente have withdrawn their objections. That means those four candidates will definitely be on the Democratic presidential primary ballot.
The only challenges still pending are to Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio. The latter two are not based on insufficient signatures, but on constitutional qualifications to be President.
Ralph Nader has this interesting analysis in TIME of the ramifications of a possible Mike Bloomberg presidential candidacy.
Famous statistician Nate Silver uses the Nolan chart to discuss the past and present positions of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Mike Bloomberg. The Nolan Chart was developed by Libertarian Party founder David Nolan, decades ago, and is a two-dimensional analysis of anyone’s political ideology.