U.S. District Court Judge Mark Fuller will hear Hall v Bennett on November 13, Wednesday, at 1:30 p.m., in Montgomery. This is the case over whether independent candidate James Hall should be on the December 17 ballot for U.S. House, district one. Hall argues that because the normal petitioning period was so much shorter than the period for regular elections, the number of signatures should have been cut, or else the September deadline should have been extended.

Hall submitted 2,835 signatures but the state rejected the petition because the normal petition for this district requires 5,938 signatures. The state didn’t even check his petition.

On November 5, the voters in one Philadelphia, Pennsylvania precinct elected Robert Bucholz to be an Judge of Elections. This was a partisan election. Bucholz defeated his only opponent, a Democrat, by a vote of 36-24. See this story. Pennsylvania is the only state in which voters in general elections elect polling place officials. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.

On November 5, San Bernardino, California, voters recalled three public officials, including city councilwoman Wendy McCammack. Yet in the same election, to fill the vacant Mayor’s seat, she placed first. There will be a run-off in February 2014 because she didn’t get a majority. See this story.