According to this newspaper story, the Birmingham area Libertarian Party of Alabama is inviting interested persons to consider running for public office as a Libertarian.
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On March 23, the Arizona House Government & Elections Committee passed SB 1460. It allows independent candidates to use electronic signatures. Currently the only petitions that can use electronic signatures are petitions to put a candidate on a primary ballot.
Unfortunately, the bill also advances the date to file as a declared write-in candidate from 40 days before an election, to 106 days before.
On March 25, the Alaska Senate passed SB 161 unanimously. It eases the definition of a qualified party from a group with registration of 3% of the last vote cast to exactly 5,000 registered members. Now it goes to the House.
On March 25, a state trial court in Maryland issued an opinion in Szeliga v Lamone, Anne Arundel Circuit Court, C-02-cv-21-1816. This is the case that argues that the U.S. House district boundaries constitute an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The 94-page ruling invalidates the districts, and finds that the Maryland State Constitution prohibits partisan gerrymanders. Here is the opinion. Thanks to Bob Johnston for the link.
The primaries are July 19.
On March 25, each house of the Mississippi legislature chose three members for a conference committee for HC 39, the bill to restore the initiative process. The bill has passed in both houses, but the bill was amended in the Senate, and the House rejected the Senate amendments. Thus the conference committee is needed to settle the details in a manner that both houses will accept.