On December 11, the Indiana Senate defeated HB 1032, the bill to redraw the U.S. House district boundaries. See this story. The vote was 19-31.
The bill had passed the House on December 5 by a vote of 57-41.
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In November 2024, the Georgia Libertarian Party lost its qualified status for statewide office. The Telegraph, a daily newspaper in Macon, points out that unless the party can get back on the ballot, there won’t be any general election run-offs in 2026 (except in exceedingly unlikely event that some statewide race is so close that write-in votes prevent anyone from getting 50%).
See this story.
The only reason the Libertarian Party went off the ballot in November 2024 is because the state cancelled the elections for Public Service Commissioner. The Libertarian Party always would get enough votes for those offices to remain on the ballot. But because they weren’t on the ballot, the only way for the party to stay on was to poll a large vote for president, which it could not do.
On December 10, the Ranked Choice Voting Act was introduced into both houses of Congress. There are no bill numbers yet. Here is the text. It requires that all congressional primaries and general elecdtions use RCV.
In the case of states with a top-two system, the bill says that the law must allow at least three candidates to advance to the general election.
The bills have a fair number of co-sponsors so far. All are Democrats or independents.
According to this story, the Oklahoma Democratic Party missed the November 30 deadline to notify the State Elections Board that it wants independents to be able to vote in its 2026 primaries.
On November 19, a special session of the Nevada legislature passed SJR 1. It would provide that every registered voter would automatically receive a postal ballot. It amends the state Constitution. If the same bill passes in 2027, then it will go on the ballot for approval or disapproval in 2028. Here is the text.