New York state has cancelled the Republican presidential primary, because William Weld did not submit a complete slate of candidates for delegate. New York is the only state in which presidential primary candidates must not only petition for themselves, but must also submit a slate of delegates in each U.S. House district. Although Joe Walsh and Rocky De La Fuente had petitioned in New York for the Republican presidential primary, they did not submit any delegates. William Weld had petitioned for himself and had submitted some delegate candidates, and he was given more time to submit more delegates. But he did not submit any more delegate names, so he is off the ballot.

Because that left only President Donald Trump on the New York Republican presidential primary ballot, the state cancelled the primary. See this story.

On February 26, Utah SB 28 passed the legislature. No one voted against it in either house of the legislature. It deletes the law requiring that independent candidates have a ballot label saying the candidate “does not qualify to be listed on the ballot as affiliated with a political party.” Instead, assuming the bill is signed, in the future, the label will simply be “unaffilated.”

The only independent candidate for any federal or state office on the Utah ballot in 2018, Marsha Holland, discovered after the election that many voters were confused by the label, and interpreted the label to mean that she was “unqualified” for the office. She filed a federal lawsuit. The state and she agreed to suspend the lawsuit until the legislature was given a chance to delete the old label. Assuming the Governor signs the bill, there will be no need for a judicial ruling.

The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth does not gather unofficial election returns, so apparently no one knows the results yet of the Massachusetts Libertarian Party presidential primary, nor the results of the Green Party presidential primary. If anyone finds any, please comment.