On February 28, the New Hampshire House defeated HB 440 on a voice vote. It would have required presidential candidates, and also congressional candidates, to reveal the last three years of their income tax returns. It would also have barred presidential electors from voting for anyone who had not released tax returns. Here is the text of the bill. Another bill on that topic, which only applies to presidential candidates, HB 202, is still alive. Thanks to Darryl Perry for this news.

On February 28, Arkansas State Senator Trent Garner did not present his SB 276, even though it was on the Committee agenda for the Senate State Agencies & Government Affairs.  This is the fifth time it was on the agenda but was not brought up.

The bill moves the primary for all office from May to March.  It also moves the petition deadline for a newly-qualifying party from January of the election year, to November of the year before the election.  Both deadlines are unconstitutional, based on precedents from federal court in Arkansas and many other states.  It is possible Senator Garner is trying to decide whether to create a deadline that might pass constitutional muster, and that is why he still hasn’t presented the bill.

Ohio Representative Jack Cera (D-Bellaire) has introduced HB 101.  It moves the primary in presidential years, for all office, from March to May.

Ohio primaries are in May, except in presidential election years, they are in March.  If the bill passed, it would automatically move the non-presidential independent candidate petition deadline (in presidential years) from March to May.  Thanks to FrontloadingHQ for this news.