On June 26, the legislature recalled LD 1666 from Governor Janet Mills’ desk. The bill had been passed and sent to the Governor earlier. It is very unusual for a legislature to pass a bill but then take it back off the Governor’s desk. The bill will now continue to survive, because Maine has a two-year legislative session. But it won’t move until next year.

The bill expands ranked choice voting to include state office in general elections. Maine already has RCV for primaries for state office, as well as primaries and general elections for federal office.

On June 26, the Peace & Freedom, Green, and Libertarian Parties filed this brief in U.S. District Court in Peace & Freedom Party v Weber, n.d., 3:24cv-8308. This is the lawsuit against the California top-two system. The brief is 40 pages.

On June 24, the North Carolina legislature passed HB 3, which switches elections for city office for various cities from non-partisan to partisan elections. One of those cities, Monroe, is affected by the bill. According to this news story, the city wasn’t even consulted about the change.

Monroe is in Union County, near Charlotte. Monroe has a population of 34,000.