This Sacramento Bee story says some well-funded Democratic interest groups are considering campaigning against some Democratic candidates for U.S. House in California, to lessen the chances that the top-two system will cause a complete absence of Democrats on the November ballot in some districts. Their fear is that too many Democratic candidates on the primary ballot means Democratic voters will split the vote, and put two Republicans on the November ballot. Thanks to California Politico for the link.

UPDATE: see this parallel story in the Los Angeles Times, which has more details. Thanks to Rick Hasen for that link.

This wikipedia page about the Russian presidential election of 2018 has preliminary election returns, at the very end.

This article in the New Mexico Political Journal gives the history behind New Mexico’s law regarding straight-ticket devices on general election ballots. The legislature in 2001 repealed the authorization for a straight-ticket device. But, even afterwards, New Mexico’s former Secretary of State kept the device. Finally, in 2011, a new Secretary of State said she would not keep it, unless the legislature reauthorized it. As the article explains, there were then many attempts by legislators to restore authorization for the device, but they never passed.

The Secretary of State elected in 2014 is now threatening to again restore the device, despite the lack of any authorization in the law. Thanks to Rick Lass for the link.