On February 16, the Missouri House Election Committee heard the National Popular Vote Plan bills, HB 1959 and HB 2048. See this story.
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According to this story, tens of thousands of Florida voters have recently switched from being independents, to being registered Republicans or Democrats, so that they can vote in the March presidential primaries. February 16 is the deadline for registration for those primaries.
Presidential primary candidates get on presidential primary ballots in New Mexico automatically if the parties believe they are bona fide candidates. Democratic candidates who will be on automatically this year are Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Republicans are Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump. Fiorina was put on the list just before she withdrew, so she remains on the ballot. See this story. The primary is June 7.
Other candidates can get on the ballot with a very difficult petition drive. This year the law requires 15,676 signatures (2% of the last presidential vote in the state). Any registered voter may sign. It is possible that Rocky De La Fuente is attempting this petition. No other presidential candidate has ever qualified for the New Mexico presidential primary ballot by petition. There is a U.S. House district distribution requirement; approximately 5,200 signatures must be gathered from each of the three districts.
On Tuesday, February 16, a North Carolina Superior Court in Raleigh hears the lawsuit that argues that a 2015 bill, setting up procedures for judicial retention elections for State Supreme Court Justices, violates the State Constitution. The Constitution requires actual elections for judicial posts. See this story.
This Politico story says most of the Republican presidential candidates are preparing for a national convention in July that will require more than one vote to choose a presidential nominee. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.