According to this story, West Virginia State Senator Mike Hall, the leader of Republicans in the State Senate, says the Republican Party will sue the Secretary of State to require the state to hold a special election this November to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat. However, it is possible the legislature will pass a bill on this subject when it comes into special session shortly.
On June 29, independent gubernatorial candidate Alex Hammer sued the Maine Secretary of State in state court. The Secretary of State had told town clerks not to validate signatures on petition sheets unless those sheets had been physically taken to that town clerk. The candidate had scanned his petition sheets at high resolution and e-mailed them to various town clerks, to save time and transportation costs. The case is Hammer v Maine Secretary of State, Penobscot County Superior Court, AP-10-15. UPDATE: here is a newspaper story about the case.
U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Bataillon held a hearing on Friday, June 25, in Citizens in Charge v Gale, 4:09-cv-3255, concerning Nebraska’s ban on out-of-state circulators. The judge indicated he is likely to rule by Friday, July 2. Here is a brief newspaper story about the hearing. The plaintiffs include the Libertarian Party, which wants to qualify as a party. It needs 5,921 valid signatures by August 1.
Jon Roland has posted the pleadings in Texas Democratic Party v Texas Green Party on his web page here.
Some Republicans who donated money to Florida Governor Charlie Crist have brought a lawsuit in state court, seeking to force him to return their campaign contributions. They had given these contributions to Crist while he was a Republican, but now he is an independent. See this story. The case is Morton v Crist, 10-3846-ca, 20th circuit judicial district (Collier County).
