The Sacramento Bee’s “Capitol Alert” has this medium-length story about Cindy Sheehan’s plans to run for Governor of California in 2014. She has already been endorsed by the Peace & Freedom Party, and she is a member of that party.
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With only 5% of Detroit precincts counted, there are more write-in votes for Mayor than for any particular ballot-listed candidate. See this story.
According to this story, the Connecticut Secretary of State recently ruled that two or more candidates for different offices in the same jurisdiction may appear on the same petition, for primary ballot access.
Manlius, New York, is a town of 32,370 residents near Syracuse. It has a town ordinance requiring permission before any resident can post a lawn sign involving political candidates or issues. On August 6, a resident filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the ordinance. He also challenged another rule that says even after permission is gained, political signs can only be displayed 30 days before the election and must be removed no later than seven days after the election.
The case is Rubin v Theobald, northern district, 13-cv-929.
According to this New York Times article, both daily newspapers in Detroit have endorsed Mike Duggan, who is a write-in candidate in the August 6 Mayoral election. It seems likely that it will take some time before election officials will have a tally for this election. Generally write-in votes don’t get counted on election night, although an exception may be made in this case. The article says Duggan has raised $1,200,000 for his campaign.