New York holds primaries in June 2021 for local partisan office, including New York city offices. The petitioning period for primary candidates runs from February 23 to April 1. According to this newspaper story, many potential candidates are asking Governor Andrew Cuomo for a reduction in petitioning requirements, because the health crisis isn’t over. Thanks to Joe Burns for the link.

In 2019, the New York legislature moved the primaries for state and local office from September to June. New York wouldn’t be having this problem if the primary had remained in September.

Wisconsin state representative Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel) is about to introduce a bill to let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. The bill doesn’t have a number yet, but here is the draft, LRB 513/1.

Although state legislatures are barely beginning to work, in at least eight states bills have been introduced for the National Popular Vote Plan. They are Florida (HB 39), Kansas (HB 2002), Minnesota (SF 18), Missouri (HB 267), Pennsylvania (HB 2922), South Carolina (HB 3187), Texas (SB 130), and Virginia (SB 1101).

Of these eight states, the only one with a Democratic majority in each house of the legislature is Virginia. Virginia also has a Democratic Governor. Thanks to John Koza for the list of bills.