See this story in The Militant, which says that the federal prison in Florence, Colorado, is refusing to let an inmate receive his copy of that newspaper. The Militant has had its attorney protest this action.

According to this story, the Republican Party’s choice of Cleveland for the 2016 national convention does not foreclose either a June 27 opening date, or a July 18 opening date.

According to this story, a June 27 opening date might conflict with the National Basketball Association championship games.

A national convention that is held in June gives an opportunity for people unsatisfied with the results of the convention considerable time to support a presidential candidate running outside the two major parties. All but four states have a method for a candidate to get on the ballot for President with a deadline in July, August or September. The four states with earlier deadlines are North Carolina, Texas, New Mexico, and Illinois.

On July 9, True the Vote re-filed its lawsuit True the Vote v Hosemann in the southern district of Mississippi. Last week the organization had filed the same case in the northern district, but then the judge who received the case in the northern district hinted that the case should have been filed in the southern district, so True the Vote took the hint. The southern district contains Jackson, the state capital.

The issue in the case is whether federal law requires state officials and Republican Party officials to provide data about how many Mississippi voters voted in the Democratic primary on June 3, and then the Republican run-off primary for U.S. Senate on June 24. Voters are not supposed to do that. The plaintiffs hope to show that the run-off results should be overturned.

The case is now 3:14cv-532, and is assigned to Judge Henry T. Wingate, a Reagan appointee. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the news.