The Canadian federal election is set for April 28, but already one-fourth of the registered voters have voted early. See this story.
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On April 24, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Katelly, a Clinton appointee, issued a 120-page order in League of United Latin American Citizens v Executive Office of the President, 1:25cv-946. It says that the President does not have the power to alter the federal voter registration form. In March President Trump had issued an executive order that applicants who use the form must attach documents that prove U.S. citizenship.
On April 14, the Connecticut Joint Committee on Government Administration & Elections passed SB 1156. This is the bill requested by the Independent Party to ease some of the paperwork for getting party nominees on the ballot. For a party that polled at least 1% for a statewide office in the last election, but which does not have qualified status for a particular U.S. House or legislative district, petitioning can commence without the need for a cumbersome declaration that the party has a committee in that district that has approved the party label.
On March 25, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that the federal voter registration form should be altered to provide that applicants must attach proof of citizenship. On April 3, nineteen states filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the Executive Order, on the grounds that the President has no authority to alter the form. State of California v Trump, U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, 1:25cv-10810. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper, an Obama appointee. Here is the Complaint.
A U.S. District Court in San Francisco will hear Peace & Freedom Party v Weber on Friday, August 22. This is the California minor party lawsuit against the top-two system.