The Colorado legislature adjourned on Wednesday, May 10. Among election bills passed and sent to the Governor are:

SB 305 sets out rules for the new semi-closed primary passed by the voters last year. If an independent voter chooses a party primary ballot, a public record is made of that choice.

SB 209 sets up a cure procedure for candidate petitions, if the circulator affidavit is flawed. After the candidate is notified that something is wrong with the circulator affidavit, a new one can replace the old one within five days.

HB 1088 sets up a cure procedure for candidate petitions found not to contain enough valid signatures.

Assuming the British Columbia preliminary election returns are confirmed in a recount, the Green Party will hold the balance of power in the provincial legislature. According to this article, the Greens are likely to use their power to try to obtain proportional representation for future provincial legislative elections.

On May 10, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee passed AB 837. It requires that the Secretary of State furnish each polling place with large posters telling independent voters that certain political parties permit them to vote in their presidential primary. Under existing law, county election officials are supposed to inform independent voters of their choices on presidential primary day, but in fact different counties have different methods of doing this job.

The bill had already passed the Assembly Elections Committee. In the Appropriations Committee, the vote was 12-5. All the Democrats voted for the bill and all the Republicans voted against it. Republicans customarily do not let independent voters vote in the Republican presidential primary (although they did in 2004), whereas Democrats always allow it.