On June 22, Pennsylvania SB 428 passed the House State Government Committee by 16-8. It moves the primary for all office, but only in presidential years, from the fourth Tuesday in April to the third Tuesday in March. The bill passed the State Senate unanimously back on December 14, 2021.
If the bill passes, it will have no effect on the petition deadline for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties.
According to this story, a lawsuit to force the Alaska Division of Elections to put four candidates on the August special general election, instead of three, has already been filed. The article indicates that the judge stated orally that he believes the Division of Elections is correct, and that only three candidates will appear.
The NAACP has filed this brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Ardoin v Robinson.
Another set of plaintiffs has filed this brief in the same case.
Both briefs make the case that there is no need for the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the orders of the lower federal courts that Louisiana must draw two black-majority U.S. House districts. Louisiana has no congressional primaries. There is no voting in Louisiana for congress until November.
The North Carolina Green Party has received information that an organized Democratic Party group has the list of persons who signed the 2022 Green Party ballot access petition, and Democrats are phoning the signers and asking them to retract their signatures. It is too late for the Green Party to be adding any new signers. The counties have already checked the signatures and the Green Party has enough valid signatures. There is no provision in the North Carolina election code for signers to retract their signatures from a party petition.
On June 21, Alaska candidate Tara Sweeney said she will not sue to reverse a decision of the Alaska Division of Elections that only three candidates will appear on the special general election for U.S. House. See this story. She would be the only likely plaintiff if such a lawsuit did materialize. She placed fifth, and because Al Gross withdrew, if anyone were to take his place on the ballot, it would have been her. Thanks to Fairvote for the link.
