Ohio election law forces the Green Party to nominate by primary. Jim Condit, Jr., has again won an Ohio Green Party nomination for U.S. House, even though his views are not in alignment with the views of the Green Party. He is the nominee this year for U.S. House, 2nd district. He was also the Green Party nominee in the Ohio 8th district in a special election in June 2016.

He was the Constitution Party nominee in the Ohio 8th district in 2010 and 2014, but the Constitution Party hasn’t been on the Ohio ballot as a party since 2014, so now he runs in the Green Party primary. See this story.

On July 30, the Massachusetts legislature passed the bill for automatic voter registration, which is now HB 4834. Automatic voter registration helps groups and candidates that must petition to be on the ballot. It means that petition validity improves.

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.