The Alaska Elections Division is about to mail a postal letter to all registered members of the Alaskan Independence Party, telling them they they may wish to re-register because their party no longer exists. See this story.
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On January 20, the Virginia Senate Elections & Privileges Committee defeated SB 76 by 6-9. It would have moved the non-presidential primary in presidential years from June to March. That would have automatically moved the deadline for non-presidential minor party and independent candidate petitions from June to March as well. The bill’s sponsor was Senator Schuyler Van Valkenburg (D-Henrico).
Steve Hilton, one of the two Republicans with an active campaign for Governor of California, spoke in San Francisco on January 20. In his remarks, he said, without being asked, that the top-two system had been an abject failure. The event was at the Commonwealth Club.
According to this article, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said recently that if a bill to convert the state’s open primaries to closed primaries reaches him, he would probably veto it. See this story.
Portugal held a presidential election on January 18. Eleven candidates appeared on the ballot. No one got as much as 50%, so there is a runoff on February 8. See this wikipedia article.