On Wednesday, April 26, the North Carolina Senate unanimously passed SB 656, by Senator Andrew Brock. It lowers the number of signatures from 2% of the last gubernatorial vote to exactly 10,000. It also lowers the statewide independent petition to 5,000. See this story.

Bills have to pass in their house of origin by April 27, in order to remain alive. Thanks to Kevin Hayes for this news.