Andrew Yang submitted 9,400 signatures to be on the New York city Democratic primary ballot for Mayor. See this story. The requirement this year is 2,250. Thanks to Michael Schaefer for the link.
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The Nevada Independent has this article about SB 292, the Nevada bill to double the number of signatures for a new party from 13,551 to 27,102. The article uses more space to discuss the part of the bill that adds a straight-ticket device, but has a good account of the testimony opposing the petition change. Thanks to Steve Kamp for the link.
The Eighth Circuit has decided to hold an oral argument in Libertarian Party of Minnesota v Choi, 20-2244. The issues include the law that requires all non-presidential independent petitions to be completed in two weeks, and the law that says the signer of the petition does not expect to vote in any upcoming primary on the same office for which the petition concerns. That law cannot be enforced because, of course, Minnesota and all states has a secret ballot.
Wisconsin is holding a special election on April 6 to fill the vacancy in the State Senate, 13th district. The four candidates on the ballot are Republican John Jagler, Democrat Melissa Winker, American Solidarity Party nominee Ben Schmitz, and an independent, Spencer Zimmerman.
All four candidates were invited into a debate, which was held March 31. The Republican nominee did not attend. Here is a news story about the debate. The independent candidate, Spencer Zimmerman, has the ballot label “Trump Conservative.”
This New York Times story says the Democrats in the Senate are not united behind their election law bill, HR 1. Technically, in the Senate, the bill is known as S1, but it is the same bill.