On June 28, California Governor Gavin Newsom filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State, seeking to have his party membership listed on the upcoming recall ballot. In 2019 the recall law was changed to provide that a person being recalled may have his or her party listed on the recall ballot, if the office is a partisan office. However that law, SB 151, said the person being recalled had to inform the Secretary of State about whether he or she wants the party on the ballot or not very early in the process.

Governor Newsom failed to file the form saying he wants to be identified as a Democrat. His lawsuit argues that the deadline for doing that is unreasonably early. See this story.

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.

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.