Two Libertarian Party nominees for city office in Meriden, Connecticut, are off the ballot for the November 2019 election, because the Secretary of State didn’t like their paperwork. Both candidates had enough valid signatures. See this story.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune has this story about the Common Sense Party, which is trying to qualify in California with a registration drive.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation has chosen Gloria La Riva for President, & Leonard Peltier for Vice-President. See this campaign announcement.
The government of Quebec is now backing a proposed change in provincial elections. The government favors of Mixed Proportional Representation system, in which two-thirds of the seats would continue to be elected in single-member districts, but the other third would be chosen proportionately. See this story.
On September 24, Congressmember Jaime Raskin introduced HR 4464 into the U.S. House of Representatives. It mandates that all states used ranked choice voting for congressional elections (both in primaries and in the general election). It has eleven co-sponsors. Raskin is from Maryland. The co-sponsors are all Democrats, and include four from Massachusetts, two from California, two from Tennessee, and one each from Maine, New York, and Virginia.
The text is not yet up on the web page for Congress.