On September 5, the Michigan State Appeals Court ruled that if an individual signs a petition twice, neither signature counts. As a result, a recall election in the city of Benton Harbor is now removed from the ballot. The trial court had ruled that one signature does count. The recall petition only has enough valid signatures if the signatures of voters who signed twice are counted as one valid signature.

Recall proponents have asked the Michigan Supreme Court to reverse the State Appeals Court.

According to this story, an attorney associated with the Illinois Republican Party has filed a lawsuit in state court, seeking to remove the statewide Libertarian Party slate from the November ballot.

According to this story in The Oregonian, supporters of Oregon’s top-two primary initiative have set up a phony opposition webpage, which features the slogan, “Keep the riff-raff out of our elections.” Supporters have also submitted arguments ostensibly opposed to the measure for the state Voters’ Pamphlet. The so-called opposition arguments are weak and not sincere.