An article in the Detroit News says that both Republican and Democratic state legislators are talking about moving the Michigan non-presidential primary from August to May or June.
Fortunately, the petition deadline for new parties and independent candidates in not tied to the date of the primary. Those petitions are due 110 days before the general election, so changing the primary date would not affect the petition deadlines.
This analysis by the National Conference of State Legislatures points out that 35 states still permit “sore losers” to be write-in candidates in the general election.
On September 17, Quinnipiac University Polls released a poll for the November 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial race. Four candidates are on the ballot, and the pollster mentioned all four when voters were contacted. See the results here.
On September 17, two briefs were filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana v Callais, 24-109. Both briefs argue that Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act violates the U.S. Constitution. Here is the brief of the voter who filed the case. Here is the brief of the state of Louisiana.
On September 16, Minnesota held a special election to fill the vacancy in the State Representative district 34B seat. The results: Democratic 60.82%; Republican 39.11%.
When the district last held an election, in November 2024, the results had been: Democratic 63.08%; Republican 36.74%.
