A U.S. District Court in Nevada has ruled against the state law that provides “None of these candidates” to be printed on ballots for statewide office. See this story.

Presumably Nevada could amend the law and make it constitutional, by providing that if “None of these candidates” wins the most votes, then every candidate whose name had been on the ballot is defeated. Nevada is one of five states that bans all write-in votes. Nevada sometimes says that write-ins are not needed in that state because of the “None” alternative.

Judge Robert C. Jones has not yet put out anything in writing, but said he expects to do that very soon. The case is Townley v State of Nevada, 3:12-cv-310.

Although there is no new news in this newspaper story, the story is the most comprehensive account yet published about the Illinois ballot access challenges involving the general election presidential ballot in 2012. The reporter interviewed the Socialist Party activist in Forest Park who tried to get the Socialist Party on the ballot, and the reporter also interviewed the two individuals responsible for defeating that attempt.

On August 21, the New York Times ran a correction about its July 13 story on Jill Stein. The July 13 story had said if Stein is approved for primary season matching funds, she will be the first Green Party candidate to have received them. The correction says that she would be the second Green Party candidate to receive them, and notes that Ralph Nader received them in 2000 when he was the Green Party candidate.