Although the Maine legislature has already passed LD 231, which lets independents vote in partisan primaries, the bill is not entirely through the legislature. It is on the Appropriations Table, which means it won’t take effect unless money in the budget is appropriated to handle the small amount of expense caused by the bill. That will be settled on June 30.
Virginia elects 100 members of the House of Delegates on November 2, 2021. There are five independent candidates, four Libertarians, and one Independent Green Party candidate. Here is the list.
In the gubernatorial election, Princess L. Blanding not only qualified to appear on the ballot, she was able to place her party name, Liberation, on the ballot. To do that, she had to show that the Liberation Party has a chairperson in every one of Virginia’s nine U.S. House districts. Here is an article about her.
New Jersey elects 80 Assemblymembers on November 2, 2021. There are only five minor party candidates and six independent candidates. The minor party candidates are four Libertarians and one Green. Here is a link to the list.
The Delaware Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee will hear HB 30 on Wednesday, June 30, at noon. This is the bill that moves the non-presidential primary from September to late April. Unfortunately it also moves the deadline for new parties to qualify from August to early April, and even requires already-qualified minor parties (which nominate by convention) to submit their nominees by April 1.
Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel died on June 26, 2021, at the age of 91. See this story. He had sought the Libertarian presidential nomination in 2008, placing fourth in four separate rollcall votes. Thanks to Austin Cassidy for the link.
