On January 23, a subcommittee in the Virginia House passed HB 55, which would move the 2016 primary for office other than President from June to March. This would enable the state to save money by having a single primary, instead of two primaries. However, it would force minor party and independent candidates (for office other than President) to file their petitions by March instead of by June.
In other Virginia legislative news, the bills to provide write-in space in primaries have not made any headway. Also, one of the bills to establish registration by party (HB 1051), and to let parties close their primaries, was tabled on January 23. However, other bills to do the same thing are still pending.
Where is that Model Election Law to enact ???
— by the robot party hack gerrymander MONSTERS in the State regimes — to reduce the election law PANIC lunacy just a little bit.