On September 3, the Illinois Libertarian Party filed this request for a status conference with U.S. District Court Judge Andrea Robin Wood in Illinois Libertarian Party v Illinois State Board of Elections. The issue is the unique Illinois law that requires newly-qualifying parties (but not old parties) to run a full slate of candidates. The case was filed in 2012 and has never received an opinion. The status conference request lists the many instances when Judge Wood had promised a decision, but then did not actually issue a decision.

On September 1, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1100, which raises the filing fee for a statewide initiative from $200 to $2,000. Proponents file the text of their idea, and pay the filing fee, and then the state government writes a short summary that is printed on the petition. Only then does the petitioning start. California now has the highest filing fee for statewide initiatives.

The Republican National Committee has prepared a one-page loyalty oath, and has forwarded it to all the Republicans running for President that the party considers important candidates. See this story.