See here to read an interview with Dan Winslow, chief ballot access attorney for Americans Elect. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
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Albany County, New York, elects a County Executive this November. No Republican qualified for the party’s primary, for that office. One candidate, Nathan Lebron, tried to get on the Republican primary ballot, but his petition was rejected for lack of enough valid signatures. See this story. The person who challenged his petition is also a Republican. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.
The Tampa Tribune has this interesting article on the interplay between presidential primary dates in 2012 in Arizona, Florida, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. Thanks to Josh Putnam of Frontloading HQ for the link.
On July 18, the Michigan ACLU filed a federal lawsuit against officials of the Genesee County Parks Department, because the officials were attempting to outlaw petitioning within the Linden county park, except during daylight hours in a very small, isolated part of that park, and only for people who had first obtained a permit. On July 22 the officials conceded, and signed a consent decree that no one needs a permit to petition, and that most of the park is open to petitioning. See the complaint here. Thanks to Ballot Box News for this news. The plaintiffs are attempting to get signatures on a petition to recall the Governor.
Genesee County includes Flint. The case is Miller v McMillan, eastern district, 2:11-cv-13088.
The Tennesseean, Nashville’s daily newspaper, has this story about the new ballot access lawsuit filed on July 19 by the Green Party and the Constitution Party, against the new Tennessee ballot access law.