This Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story on the July 9 ruling of the Third Circuit on ballot access is the best article that the mainstream press has yet carried.
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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.
Here is a description of the July 9 session of the North Carolina hearing, in the case filed by the NAACP and the League of Women Voters, over the 2013 voting changes passed by the legislature. The trial continues on July 10, and then will end.
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.
The Casper Star Tribune has this editorial, condemning state election laws that discriminate against minor party candidates.