Electoral-vote.com has this chart, showing the partisan balance in each state’s legislative chamber. The state chambers are arranged in order of Democratic dominance. The state chambers in the middle of the chart are the chambers that are closely balanced. The majority in quite a few chambers could be switched by changes in a small number of districts.

If a significant number of chambers switched from Republican majorities to Democratic majorities, that would make it likely that the National Popular Vote Plan would add additional states in 2021.

States that don’t have legislative elections in November 2020 (except for perhaps a few special elections) are Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia.

This news story says that Kanye West is petitioning in multiple states. That part of the story is near the bottom.

On July 16, a statewide petition was submitted in Illinois for the Willie Wilson Party. It lists Willie Wilson as its candidate for U.S. Senate. Wilson is a wealthy businessman who, in the past, had sought the Democratic presidential nomination.

This petition would not have been possible before 2017, when the Libertarian Party won its lawsuit against the law that formerly required new parties to submit a complete list of nominees. Under the old law, the Willie Wilson Party would have been required to run someone for president as well as U.S. Senate. President and U.S. Senate are the only two statewide offices up in Illinois this year.

If Wilson polls at least 5% of the vote, his party will then be ballot-qualified for all statewide offices in 2022 in Illinois. Thanks to Brad Cox for this news. Here is a Chicago Tribune story about the Wilson campaign.

Perhaps this development will stir interest in ranked-choice voting among leaders of the Illinois Democratic Party.