Seven Pennsylvania representatives have introduced HB 2218. It moves the primary in presidential years from the fourth Tuesday in April to the third Tuesday in March. It has no effect on the primary date in non-presidential years, which is in May. Also, it has no effect on the petition deadline for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. That deadline is August 1. It was imposed by a court in 1984 and in all the years since, the legislature has never changed the election code to reflect the August 1 date. The statutory deadline continues to be three weeks after the primary.

The seven sponsors include six Republicans and one Democrat.

The Calhoun Times has this lengthy article about the Georgia U.S. House race, 14th district. This is Marjorie Taylor Greene’s district. The main focus in the article is that Greene could conceivably be defeated in the Republican primary, according to a new poll. But the article also mentions that the Libertarian Party nominated Angela Pence at its recent state convention, and says she “likely” will be on the November ballot. The article also says she will need 23,000 signatures.

UPDATE: the Georgia Libertarian Party also nominated Mark Mosley for another U.S. House seat, and five state representative nominees. Pence and Mosley have begun petitioning.

On January 28, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed HB 605. The bill moves the date of the 2022 primaries from May 17 to June 7. The Governor’s veto message says redistricting is now in the hands of the State Supreme Court, and it is more appropriate for that court to set the primary date.

Independent candidate petitions are due on primary day, so of course any potential independent candidates face great uncertainty.