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.

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.

According to Michael Drucker’s The Independent View, only 20,749 Republican voters voted in the April 24 presidential primary within New York city. The only party that had a presidential primary in New York this year was the Republican Party. The cost of administering the presidential primary within New York city, divided by the number of voters who participated, works out to $578.34 per vote cast.