Florida Politics has this blog post by Scott Powers, on the 2018 U.S. Senate race in Florida and likely Libertarian candidates for the party’s nomination. Joe Wendt has declared; the others are just rumored.
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This article in the Gotham Gazette predicts that very few election law bills will pass this year in the New York legislature.
So far, four petition candidates have qualified to be on the ballot for Governor of New Jersey. The election is November 7, 2017. The four petitions that have succeeded are for the Green and Libertarian nominees, and two independents. The deadline is June 6, Tuesday, so there may be others later today and tomorrow.
On June 5, the U.S. Supreme Court summarily affirmed the lower court ruling in North Carolina v Covington, 16-649 The lower court had invalidated North Carolina’s legislative districts as an illegal racial gerrymander.
In a different phase of that same case, North Carolina v Covington, 16-1023, the U.S. Supreme Court remanded to the lower court for reconsideration of the lower court’s remedy. The lower court had said the state must redraw the districts very soon and then hold new legislative elections in 2017. The U.S. Supreme Court said that decision had not been detailed or thoughtful enough, and the U.S. Supreme Court directed the lower to again decide whether a special election is needed in 2017.
The Bangor Daily News has this account of the Friday, June 2 legislative hearing in Maine over ranked-choice voting. Thanks to IVN for the link.