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.
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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.
Fairvote has posted this short video about Congressman Don Beyer’s proportional representation bill for congressional elections, introduced earlier this month. In states with more than two representatives, the bill would create U.S. House districts with five representatives (or, in some cases, four or three representatives). They would be elected using the single transferable vote system that is used in Ireland, Australia, Malta, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was also used in New York city 1937-1946. It is a system of proportional representation.
Congressman Beyer is a Democrat from Virginia’s 8th district. The bill has 7 co-sponsors so far.
On June 25, the Ohio legislature passed SB 80. It provides that party labels will appear on general election ballots for candidates for Supreme Court Justice, and judge on a state appeals court. Ohio already allows parties to nominate for these positions, but the old law does not permit party labels on the November ballot for those races. Here is the text of the bill.