On May 17, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts signed LB 411. It lowers the number of signatures for non-presidential independents from 10% of the registered voters, to 4,000 for statewide office and 2,000 for U.S. House. LB 411 is an omnibus election law bill with many other provisions.

This bill passed because the old 10% petition requirement had been invalidated in federal court last year. In court, the state had conceded that the old law was unconstitutional. The new requirements just enacted match the same requirements that had existed until they had been raised in 2016.

Ballot Access News
May 1, 2019 – Volume 34, Number 12

1. THREE REPRESSIVE BALLOT ACCESS BILLS ADVANCE, BUT FIVE OTHERS ARE DEFEATED
2. LIBERTARIANS SUE KENTUCKY
3. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES LAWSUIT LOSES
4. NEW MEXICO BALLOT ACCESS BILL SIGNED
5. BILLS TO REQUIRE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO SHOW TAX RETURNS
6. NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE BILLS
7. RANKED CHOICE VOTING BILLS
8. D.C. STATEHOOD BILL HAS 203 CO-SPONSORS
9. BOOK REVIEW: DEMOCRACY AND TRUTH
10. CALIFORNIA TOP-TWO SUPPORTERS GIVE UP LEGAL DEFENSE OF PARTY LABEL LAW
11. FLORIDA DEMOCRATS MAY ALTER PRIMARY
12. NEW YORK FUSION IS IN DANGER AGAIN
13. DATES OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
14. MAJOR PARTY CONVENTION DATES/CITIES 1868-2020
15. GREEN PARTY PLACES SECOND IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LEGISLATURE
16. WILLIAM WELD
17. HOWARD SCHULTZ CAMPAIGNS
18. PROHIBITION PARTY NOMINATES
19. INDEPENDENT ELECTED TO LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE
20. IOWA LEGISLATOR SWITCHES PARTIES
21. APRIL 2019 ELECTIONS
22. ERRATA
23. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

India held a parliamentary election during April and May 2019.  Different sections of the country vote on different days.  Even though India does not use proportional representation, 37 parties won at least one seat in the lower house of Parliament, which has 543 seats.  Here is the wikipedia article about that election.