Here is the list of Democrats who filed for federal and state office in the Alabama primary of May 24. No Democrat filed for seven statewide offices: Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor, Agriculture Commissioner, Public Service Commission place one, Public Service Commission place two, and Justice of the Supreme Court, place six.

Alabama doesn’t permit write-in votes in party primaries, so there is no method for Democrats to nominate anyone for those six offices.

For State Senate, Democrats are running someone in fourteen of the thirty-five seats. For State House, Democrats have someone in 47 of the 105 seats.

On March 4, Texas filed this brief in the Fifth Circuit in Longoria v Paxton, 22-50110. This is the lawsuit over whether Texas may make it a crime for a local election official to suggest to a voter that he or she apply for a mail ballot. The U.S. District Court had enjoined the law.

Two New York State Senators have introduced SB 8444. It would increase the validity rate for petition signatures for primary and general election candidates. It would provide that signatures are valid if a reasonable person could determine that the signer is a registered voter. Technical mistakes concerning the city, town or village would no longer be enough to invalidate a signature. Cover sheet errors would no longer be a basis for invalidating a signature. Errors in page numbers would also no longer be enough to invalidate signatures.

The two sponsors are Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick (D-Nyack) and Senator Rachel May (D-Syracuse). Thanks to Joe Burns for this news. If passed, the bill would not take effect until 2023.