On August 16, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed AB 1947, which outlaws paying petition circulators on a per-signature basis. The bill now goes to the Senate floor.
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David McReynolds, Socialist Party presidential nominee in 1980 and 2000, and long-time activist in antiwar activities, died on August 17, 2018. He was 88 and lived in New York city. Here is his wikipedia page. Thanks to Jack Ross for this news. UPDATE: here is a New York Daily News obituary.
FURTHER UPDATE: this article mentions the cause of death.
H. Brooke Paige, a Vermont Republican who filed for six separate statewide offices in the August 14 primary, won all six of his races. He is now the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Secretary of State.
See this story. He says he entered the primaries to keep Democratic candidates from winning Republican nominations via write-ins. He is free to withdraw from any of his races, and let the Republican Party choose replacements.
Every day, at the end of the day, the Washington Secretary of State updates the vote count from the August 7 primary. Here is a link to the returns. As of close of business on Thursday, August 16, the Libertarian, Brian Luke, is still in second place. He is ahead of Gary Franco, an independent, by 69 votes.
Joseph Stallcop, one of the three Libertarian state legislators, moved out of his district, so he has resigned from the legislature. See this story. Stallcop, 22, recently graduated from college and found employment, but that meant he had to move. It is not uncommon for New Hampshire legislators to resign in the middle of their terms. The article says six have done so since the last election.