On May 14, the Delaware Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee passed HB 65. It moves the non-presidential primary from September to April. If the bill becomes law, the deadline for a new party to qualify for the November ballot would be automatically moved from August to March.

An earlier version of this blog post said that if the bill passes, already-existing minor parties would need to choose their nominees by February of the election year. That was a mistake; the bill would not affect the deadline for existing convention parties to choose their nominees. Thanks to David McCorquodale for the correction.

Third Party Watch his a blog post giving the text of a talk by former Libertarian Party national chair Angela McArdle, describing how she first came in contact with 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump and how she asked him to pardon Ross Ulbricht.

UPDATE: here is a link to a video of the talk.

On May 13, the Pennsylvania House passed HB 1396 by 102-101. Among other things, it removes the requirement that voters who vote by mail must add the date of mailing to the outer envelope. It also makes it easier to vote early. However, the bill is not likely to pass the State Senate.