On July 29, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 80, which abolishes the February presidential primary, and merges it with the June primary held for other office.

Governor Brown has not acted on certain other election law bills that passed the same day that AB 80 did. They include SB 168, which outlaws paying initiative, referendum and recall circulators per-signature; AB 459, the National Popular Vote Plan bill; and AB 461, which legalizes write-in votes when the voter forgot, or didn’t know, to “X” the box next to the name written in. The Governor must decide what to do with these bills by August 8.