Recently, Pennsylvania state officials filed briefs in each of the two pending ballot access cases. Here is the brief in Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Aichele, a case over the Pennsylvania system of putting petitioning groups at risk of paying court costs of up to $110,000 if they submit a petition that lacks enough signatures.

Here is the brief in Green Party of Pennsylvania v Aichele, which challenges many other ballot access laws, including the ban on out-of-state circulators. Both cases are in U.S. District Court in the eastern district. Each case has a separate judge.

This Washington Post story describes Bob Healey, who got 22% of the vote for Rhode Island governor even though he only spent $35. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.

This Washington Post story seems to say that Republican nominees for U.S. House received approximately 5,500,000 more votes than Democratic nominees did, although one must study the graph to learn that number. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.