The Boston Globe here editorializes in favor of moving the Massachusetts non-presidential primary from September to sometime in the spring. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the link.
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The Massachusetts legislature only has two days remaining for its active 2017-2018 session. See this story. The bill for automatic voter registration is in conference committee. Because it has passed in both houses (although in differing versions) it seems likely to pass.
Mission Viejo, California, a city in Orange County, will use cumulative voting for city council elections starting in 2020. See this story.
Here is the wikipedia page about cumulative voting.
On July 27, the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party filed its statewide petition, which contains nominees for U.S. Senate, Governor, and Lieutenant Governor. The state required 5,000 valid signatures; the Libertarians submitted 11,000.
By the August 1 deadline, it is expected that statewide petitions from the Green and Constitution Parties will also be submitted. This year will be the first since 2002 than any statewide minor party or independent candidates were on the ballot in a gubernatorial year. However, in 2017, there was a Green on the statewide ballot for a partisan judicial race.
According to this news story, it is very likely that the New Mexico Libertarian Party nominee for U.S. Senate, Aubrey Dunn, will withdraw. The story also says that Gary Johnson may replace him. Parties in New Mexico have the ability to replace nominees who withdraw.