According to this story, the lawsuit filed by one Republican candidate for State Senate in Florida, seeking to reverse the primary results, can continue.  The candidate who had won the primary had tried to persuade the court that the case cannot possibly succeed.  The candidate who lost the primary alleges that the candidate who won the primary violated campaign finance laws.

Florida is not the only state in which lawsuits are still pending, to determine which candidates will and won’t appear on November 2, 2010 ballots.  Other such states are Illinois, Maine, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia.  Also the West Virginia ballot format is still being litigated.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the Green Party of Connecticut and the Libertarian Party of Connecticut, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for more time to file its cert petition in Green Party of Connecticut v Lenge.  This is the case that challenges Connecticut’s discriminatory public funding law.  The request has been approved, and the brief is now due on December 10, 2010.

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Virginia State Board of Elections to respond in Lux v Rodrigues, 10A298.  This is the case in which independent candidate Herb Lux, running for Congress, challenges the state law that says circulators cannot work if they don’t live in the district.  The state’s response is due Monday, September 27.