2008 so far is a year in which the legal status of fusion will not change in any state.

On the one hand, bills to restrict fusion (in states that already have it) seem to have made no headway. On the other hand, bills to establish fusion (in states that don’t have it) have also made no headway.

Bills to abolish fusion seem dead in South Carolina and Delaware.

In Maine, LD 1799, introduced last year by the House Majority Leader to legalize fusion, and also to ease the definition of “party”, has not made any headway. UPDATE: actually, the bill passed the House policy committee on February 27.

In Virginia, HB 70, to legalize fusion, was killed in Committee on February 12.