On April 27, a lawsuit was filed in state court against the new Arizona U.S. House district boundaries. See this story. The plaintiffs are satisfied to have the new districts invalidated for elections starting in 2014, but they concede they cannot stop the existing districts for the 2012 election.
On April 25, the Tennessee legislature passed SB 3700, which moves the deadline for a newly-qualifying party to submit a petition from April to August. Parties that qualify by the August deadline nominate by convention. The bill has an urgency clause, so it goes into effect as soon as the Governor signs it.
The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 22-9 on August 16, and passed the House 98-1. The bill does not reduce the number of signatures, which continues to be 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote. In 2012 that is 40,039 valid signatures.
On April 27, the Hamilton County (Ohio) Board of Elections finally counted the disputed provisional ballots from the 2010 election for a Juvenile Court Judge. The count shows that the Democratic nominee, Tracie Hunter, defeated the Republican nominee, John Williams. This reverses the original count. The original count did not include certain contested provisional ballots. See this story.
The New Orleans Times-Picayue has this story about Buddy Roemer. He says he is mulling over a list of 23 possible vice-presidential running mates. He mentions the Americans Elect rule that requires his choice to be someone who is not a Republican.
Alabama SB 15, which passed the Senate on April 26, will be heard in the House Constitution & Elections Committee on May 2, Wednesday, at 9 a.m. The hearing is in Hearing Room 123. The only business of the committee that day will be SB 15, the ballot access improvement bill.
