The Federal Election Commission routinely issues charts showing the dates of congressional primaries, and the filing deadlines for congressional candidates. Here is the latest version, issued February 25.
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The Nevada Secretary of State recently agreed to tally the number of registered voters in unqualified parties that have filed paperwork with their bylaws and officers. Never before had Nevada kept a tally of a party that had never qualified to be on the ballot. The Forward Party tally currently is 80 registered voters.
On February 25, U.S. District Court Judge Maxine Chesney postponed the status conference in the California top-two lawsuit from February 27 to April 10. Peace & Freedom Party v Weber, n.d., 3:24cv-8308.
On February 25, the Virginia House passed SB 322 by 62-36. This is the National Popular Vote Plan bill. Assuming the Governor signs it, Virginia will be the first state that has passed the plan since Minnesota did so in 2023.
On February 25, the Los Angeles Times published a letter to the editor from John Galisky, advocating that California Democrats act to replace the top-two primary with a top-five system that combines ranked choice voting. The same section of that day’s newspaper also has two other letters, advocating that some Democratic candidates for Governor drop out of the race.