The Idaho House State Affairs Committee has introduced HB 259. It says that any person who spends any amount of money whatsoever for a message advocating the election or defeat of any candidate, or any ballot measure, must identify the person responsible for the mssage. Furthermore, the political party of the person responsible for the message must be disclosed.

The bill covers newspapers, magazines, websites, text messages, yard signs, bumper stickers, pamphlets, display cards, posters, and buttons.
Here is the text.

The bill appears to be unconstitutional under the 1995 U.S. Supreme Court decision McIntyre v Ohio Election Commission.

On February 14, the North Dakota House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee defeated HB 1287, which would have set up voter registration. North Dakota is the only state without voter registration. The Secretary of State had opposed the bill, saying it is expensive, bad for voters, and unnecessary. When people vote in North Dakota, they simply show ID that contains their address.

Bills have been introduced in both houses of the New Hampshire primary to move the non-presidential primaries from September to earlier dates. HB 481, with five sponsors, moves it to the second Tuesday in June. SB 222, with two sponsors, does the same. HB 408, with two sponsors, moves it to late August.

The deadlines for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, to file declarations of candidacy and petitions, are tied to the date of the non-presidential primary. If the state moved the primary to June, and didn’t decouple the independent deadlines, independents would need to file a declaration of candidacy as early as March. Even presidential independents must file, so that would be unconstitutional under Anderson v Celebrezze.