On September 4, the Ninth Circuit stayed the order of the U.S. District Court in Townley v Miller, 12-16881. This is the case in which the U.S. District Court had said “None of these candidates” should be removed from the ballot in Nevada. One of the three judges on the Ninth Circuit panel wrote separately to criticize the U.S. District Court Judge for issuing an order removing “None” from the ballot, yet delaying issuing a written order explaining the basis for his opinion. That delay made it procedurally difficult for Nevada to appeal. However, Nevada did successfully appeal.

The case is still not over, but it seems obvious that “None of these candidates” will survive further proceedings. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.

On September 4, the Ohio Secretary of State asked the 6th circuit to reverse a recent decision of a U.S. District Court, concerning whether Ohio must let voters vote early on the weekend before election day. The U.S. District Court had required the early voting on that weekend, on equal protection grounds, because the state lets members of the military who are in the U.S. vote early on that weekend. However, the early voting for members of the military is at the discretion of each particular county board of elections.

On September 4, Google TV ads changed its mind and agreed to submit a Jill Stein TV ad to various media outlets. Google TV had originally rejected the proposed ad because it had a slight bit of implied obscenity. See this story from the New York Times, which has a link to the ad.