On May 13, Damon Jespersen, a registered member of the Green Party, was elected Selectman of Newbury, Massachusetts. He placed first, and ousted an incumbent. Even though the Green Party is not now ballot-qualified in Massachusetts, election officials keep track of registrants in certain unqualified parties that have asked for registration rights. The Massachusetts Green Party expects to regain its qualified status in November 2014, because it is running for three statewide partisan offices, and expects to poll at least 3% for at least one of them, if not all three offices. The three offices are Secretary of State, Auditor, and Treasurer. Minor parties always poll 3% for these offices in Massachusetts.

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On June 4, Paul Zukerberg won his lawsuit against the District of Columbia Board of Elections in the D.C. Court of Appeals. See this story. The issue is whether the 2010 ballot measure, which the voters passed, requires a 2014 election for Attorney General. The measure as described on the November 2010 ballot said the first election for that office would be in 2014; but the actual complete language of the bill just said it would be in 2014 or later.

The D.C. Board of Elections says it disagrees with the decision and will ask for reconsideration.