On April 1, the Hawaii Elections Office held a random drawing to determine the order of party names on the August 8, 2020 primary ballot.  In Hawaii, there is only a single primary ballot.  At the top are the names of the seven qualified parties, and the voter chooses one.  Then, the voter must vote only in that party’s column.

The Libertarian Party will be listed first, according to the results of the drawing. See the results of the drawing here.  This year, the primary is conducted with postal ballots.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments by phone at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 16, in Goldstein v Galvin.  This is the case that asks for relief for primary petitions.  The Court wants both sides to discuss electronic signatures.  However, that seems impractical, because the primary petitions for state legislature are due April 28, and it takes time to set up procedures for something so new to Massachusetts.  The plaintiffs, who are Democrats and Republicans, want a cut in the number of signatures, and/or more time.  The primary is not until September 1.

The Governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker, favors relief, but the Secretary of State and Democratic leadership in the House do not.  The leader of the State Senate does favor relief.  A bill for relief, HD 4981, has not made any headway.

On April 9, a New Hampshire state trial court struck down a 2017 law that changed voter registration procedures.  The law required persons who registered at the polls to sign a statement, saying they would furnish proof of residence within 10 days.  If they did not, they could be fined several thousand dollars.  League of Women Voters of New Hampshire v Gardner, 226-2017-cv-433.

Here is the decision.  Thanks to Darryl Perry for the link.