On June 8, the Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee passed SB 495. This is Senator Mike Folmer’s bill to ease ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates. It says that if a party has registration of at least one-twentieth of 1% of the state total, it would be a qualified minor party, and would nominate by convention. The idea is based on Delaware’s law. For independent candidates, the bill lowers the number of signatures from 2% of the winning candidate’s vote in the last election, to exactly 2,000 for statewide office, and lesser numbers for other office.

Here is a link to New Mexico primary election returns for June 7.

Here is a link to Montana primary election returns for June 7.