On November 2, the national Reform Party officers elected at the Yuma, Arizona national convention in 2005 filed papers with a federal court in Florida, concerning the Texas state court ruling of November 1.

The Texas state court on November 1 had suggested that the 2005 Yuma national convention was invalid, and had issued an injunction against the Yuma national officers. Some months ago, the Florida federal court jury had determined that the 2006 Florida national convention (which had removed Rodney Martin as national chair, and replaced him with Charles Foster) was invalid. If anyone will send me copies of the Florida pleadings filed on November 2, I will report what they are asking the Florida court to do.

The U.S. District Court in Tallahassee, Florida, will hear Nelson v Dean on December 5. Nelson v Dean is the lawsuit filed by Democratic Senator Bill Nelson against the Democratic National Committee, over whether the national party can deprive the Florida Democratic Party of all its delegates to the national convention in Denver next year. Thanks to Ed Still of votelaw.blog for this news.

Filing closed for the South Carolina Republican presidential primary on November 1. The fee was $25,000 for candidates who filed before May 2007, and $35,000 for those filing afterwards. Eleven individuals paid this fee. As expected, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, and Fred Thompson filed.

In addition, 3 lesser-known individuals filed. They are Dr. Hugh Cort of Mountain Brook, Alabama; John Cox of Chicago; and Cap Fendig of St. Simons Island, Georgia. An earlier version of this post said that Dan Gilbert of Asheville, North Carolina, had filed, but he didn’t finalize his paperwork.