The December 5 issue of The Oklahoman, the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma, has this story about Americans Elect no longer being a qualified party in Oklahoma. The story mentions that the 18 registered members of the party will be converted to independent voters. What the story does not say is that under Oklahoma law, any voter is free to re-register as an Americans Elect Party member. This is because of a lawsuit won by the Oklahoma Libertarian Party in 1998 called Atherton v Ward. When a qualified party goes off the ballot in Oklahoma, voters still have the right to register into it (for the next two years), but they must fill out a new voter registration form.

Andrew Martin, the Democratic nominee for the Nevada Assembly, Ninth District (Las Vegas), won his election on November 6 and will be sworn in. However, the day before the election, a lower state court had ruled that he doesn’t reside in the district in which he was running. The judge didn’t put his opinion in writing, so his votes were counted and he will be seated. See this story. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.

According to this Roll Call article, litigation over U.S. House district boundaries is still alive in ten states. These are all lawsuits in which the new districts (based on the 2010 census) were challenged before the November 2012 election, and the courts didn’t finish litigating in time, so temporary districts were used just for 2012. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.