On March 14, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser signed Bill B22-0192, which establishes public funding for candidates for Mayor and city council. See this story. Thanks to the Institute for Free Speech for the link.
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The case over whether Michigan must hold a special U.S. House election earlier than November, to fill the vacancy in the 13th U.S. House district, will have a hearing on March 15, Thursday, at 9:30 a.m. Rhodes v Snyder, 2:17cv-14186. This is the vacancy created when Congressman John Conyers resigned from congress last year.
Here is a New York Times link for the election returns, Pennsylvania 18th U.S. House district. Thanks to Political Wire. Three candidates are on the ballot, a Democrat, a Republican, and a Libertarian. No one has a majority as of 11:15 p.m. eastern time.
Currently South Carolina elects its Lieutenant Governor separately from the gubernatorial election. On March 7, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed HB 4977, which says that they should be elected as a team in November. There would no longer be primaries for Lieutenant Governor. Instead gubernatorial nominees would choose their own running mate after the primary. Convention parties would nominate as they already do under existing law. The bill has already passed the House.
Texas Voter Choice has created this 60-second animated cartoon about Texas ballot access laws.