On May 2, some New York voters filed a federal lawsuit, asking the federal court to use the U.S. House district boundaries that the highest State Court recently declared to violate the State Constitution. De Gaudenar v Kosinski, s.d., 1:22cv-3534. Here is the Complaint. It says that some years ago, another federal court ordered the state to hold its congressional primary in June, not September, because federal law requires overseas absentee ballots to be mailed at least 45 days before any primary or election.

Of course, New York can hold an August primary and there is still time to mail the overseas ballots. Some states still hold congressional primaries in early September, and they manage to comply with the federal law. Thanks to PoliticalWire for this news.

On April 27, the Vermont legislature passed HB 744, which lets Burlington use ranked choice voting for its own elections. The voters of Burlington had passed the ballot measure in March this year, for ranked choice voting. But the measure couldn’t be implemented until the legislature approved the idea.

Texas held its primary this year on March 1, but that is the only state that has held any congressional primaries this year. The next primaries are on May 3, and are being held by Ohio and Indiana. The Ohio primary ballot does not include lower house of the state legislature; that office is up later this year due to late redistricting.