Starting in 2017, many state legislators introduced bills to require presidential candidates to reveal their income tax returns, or be omitted from ballots. But the idea seems to have died out.

The only two state legislatures that ever passed such bills were New Jersey and California. New Jersey’s legislature passed its bill at a time when Chris Christie, a Republican, was Governor. He vetoed that bill. But starting in January 2018, New Jersey has a Democratic Governor, Phil Murphy. However, during 2018, the same bill, introduced on January 9, 2018, has made no progress.

In California, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the bill.

On May 8, the voters of Ohio passed Measure One, which will minimize partisan gerrymandering for U.S. House districts. See this story. The vote was 75% in favor.

On May 8, Ohio held a primary for the Republican, Democratic, and Green Parties. The votes aren’t all counted yet, but it appears one-fifth of 1% of the voters chose a Green Party primary ballot.

By contrast, in 2016, only .11% of the voters chose a Green Party primary ballot. And in 2014, only about .07% did so.

Ohio gives all ballot-qualified parties a primary, except that newly-qualifying parties nominate by convention instead. The Libertarian Party expects to be a ballot-qualified party soon in Ohio, but its nominees will not be chosen in a primary.