The New Mexico Political Report has this useful summary of important election law bills that passed this year in the legislature, and those that failed.

The article mentions HB 407, but implies that it doesn’t change anything of importance. Actually HB 407, the omnibus election law bill, made big improvements for ballot access for independent candidates. So far it is the only bill that has passed the legislature of any state this year that eases ballot access, except for the New York bill that cut the primary petitions for 2019 primaries (but not primaries in future years).

On March 20, the Nevada Democratic Party released a plan to change its presidential caucuses in 2020. The plan will go into effect, assuming the national Democratic Party approves it. Caucuses have always been criticized in the past because if the caucus is on an evening in which some people are working, or can’t attend for another reason, they can’t vote. The new plan allows five different days for participation. See this story. Thanks to Steve Kamp for this news.

On March 18, the Hawaii House Judiciary Committee passed SB 94. It requires general election presidential candidates to post their latest federal income tax return on their own web page. It also forbids presidential electors from voting for anyone who has not done that.

The vote was 6-2. The two “no” votes were the Speaker of the House, Calvin K. Y. Say, and the legislature’s longest-serving Republican, Cynthia Thielen.