The Virginia State Board of Elections is asking the 4th circuit to reinstate the Virginia law that makes it illegal for out-of-state petitioners to work in Virginia. In the 4th circuit, the case is Libertarian Party of Virginia v Judd, 12-1996. In the meantime, the ban is not in effect. Virginia had asked U.S. District Court Judge John Gibney to stay his own opinion, but he refused. He wrote, “The Defendants have not demonstrated even the slightest amount of irreparable injury if the residency restriction is not in effect for the fall elections.”

See this story, which says that a large number of delegates to the Republican national convention are unhappy with proposed rules changes concerning delegate selection, and the issue may reach the floor of the convention on Tuesday.

On August 30, a Superior Court Judge in Phoenix will hear two cases on whether the top-two open primary has enough valid signatures to be on the ballot. One case was filed against election officials by proponents of the initiative. The other case was filed against election officials by opponents. The first case says the petition really has more valid signatures than election officials found. The second case says that election officials should not have counted petitions circulated by ex-felons. See this story.

The case filed by proponents is Open Government Committee v Bennett, cv2012-013089. The case filed by opponents is Save Our Vote v Bennett, cv2012-013094. They are both before Judge John Raya.