On March 22, California State Senator Ben Allen introduced SCA 21. It says that write-in candidates for a partisan office in the primary cannot advance to the general election, even if they place second, unless they receive at least 65 write-ins (if running for statewide office) or 40 write-ins (if running for U.S. House or legislature).

Currently, anyone who comes in second for a partisan office in the primary advances to November, even if the write-in total is only one vote. If the legislature approves this idea, it would then go on the ballot for a vote of the voters, because it is a constitutional amendment, and it amends the part of the State Constitution that set up the top-two system. Thanks to Dave Kadlecek for this news.

The newly-constituted North Carolina State Board of Elections has put recognition of the Green Party on its agenda for its March 27 meeting.

Michael Drucker has this blog post at The Independent View, describing five bills in the New York legislature that would implement ranked choice voting in New York city primaries. The bills are AB 8613, and these Senate bills: 3309, 4110, 5605, and 5616.