On May 13, the Texas House defeated HB 4309 by 60-78. It would have restored equal treatment for all parties in matters involving candidate filing fees. Current law requires all candidates for partisan office to pay filing fees. But the fees paid by parties that nominate by primary go to the parties. The fees paid by parties that nominate by convention go to the government.

The Libertarian Party is currently suing over this unequal treatment, and now that lawsuit will proceed in U.S. District Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Republican National Committee v Genser, 24-786, on May 29. This is the case in which the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had ruled that if a voter who voted by postal mail forgot to put the date on the outer envelope, that same voter can still cast a provisional ballot on election day. The Republican National Committee argued that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court cannot make such a ruling, on the theory that the U.S. Constitution leaves no room for state courts to interpret election laws that affect federal elections.

On April 4, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed SB 1157. It changes the law for independent presidential candidate petitions. The petitions no longer need to include the vice-presidential nominee. Instead, after the petition is submitted and approved, the independent presidential candidate notifies the Secretary of State of the identity of the vice presidential candidate by September 1.

This bill only came into existence because Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., had sued. The lawsuit is still pending but it is likely it will now be dismissed.