On March 2, the Montana State Senate passed SB 350. It curtails the means used in 2020 to keep the Green Party off the ballot. Specifically, it says that if voters wish to withdraw their names from a petition to qualify a new party, they must do so no later than the petition deadline.

In 2020, months after the Green Party petition had been certified, Democratic Party activists knocked on the doors of people who had signed the petition, and persuaded them to withdraw their signatures. Thus the Green Party was removed from the ballot in August, even though it had already held its own primary in June and had already nominated candidates.

On March 17, the House Administration Committee passed the bill. Here is the text.

On March 24, a subcommittee of the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee passed HB 3262. This is the bill to require candidates seeking the nomination of a party that nominates by convention to pay a filing fee.

Jessica Huseman, an expert on election administration, has this article about HR One, the Democratic Party omnibus election law bill in Congress. She says that the election administration parts of the bill are faulty to an alarming degree. Thanks to Election Law Journal for the link.