According to this story, the U.S. Supreme Court has only issued 29 opinions in the current term, so far. This is the lowest number, by this date on the calendar, since 1900. The article was published on April 29. No new decisions were released on April 30. The court generally sits until the end of June.

Five election law cases are still undecided: the Minnesota case over political clothing at the polls, the Ohio case over voter registration purges, and three redistricting cases, from Wisconsin, Maryland, and Texas.

This Detroit News editorial seems to endorse the National Popular Vote Plan. This is significant because the Detroit News historically has been a newspaper that generally supports Republicans.

Congressman Steny Hoyer, the second-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House, says his party is worried that it will not have any candidates on the ballot in some California U.S. House districts, even in some states that the party could win in, because of the California top-two system. See this story.