Massachusetts holds a special election to fill a vacancy in the State House on March 30. The vacancy is for the Suffolk 19th district seat. There are three candidates on the ballot, a Democrat, a Republican, and an independent, Richard Fucillo.

At the Democratic primary on March 2, four Democrats ran. The winner, Jeffrey Turco, received 36.2% of the Democratic primary vote. His victory in the primary was considered a surprise, because he voted for Donald Trump in 2016, and he and/or his wife donated to Republican U.S. Senate canddiates Lindsay Graham and Susan Collins in 2020. Consequently, many Democrats will not vote for him in the special general election.

The independent candidate is 22 years old and is a college student. Here is an article about him.

The outcome of the Democratic primary has lead to renewed calls for ranked choice voting, even though Massachusetts voters defeated the RCV initiative last November.

The district is overwhelmingly Democratic, and in November 2020 the only candidate on the ballot was a Democrat.

On March 19, the Maine Libertarian Party filed this brief in its ballot access lawsuit. It is 17 pages.

On March 19, the Sixth Circuit refused to rehear Libertarian Party of Ohio v Wilhem, 20-3585. This is the case over the Ohio law that says the state elections commission should have three members from the largest party, three from the second-largest party, and one independent. Therefore, no third party member may ever serve.