On May 15, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed SB 228, which makes it possible for most Florida adult citizen residents to register to vote on-line.
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On May 12, the Montana Republican Party voluntarily withdrew part of its lawsuit concerning the Montana open primary. The party had asked the Ninth Circuit to rule that the state cannot force the party to elect local party officers in an open primary. The recent Republican Party notice to the Ninth Circuit says, “On May 5, 2015, Montana Governor Steve Bullock signed into law HB 454, which allows political parties to establish their own rules regarding the selection of their internal leaders. Appellants’ preliminary injunction appeal is therefore moot.”
However, the part of the case over whether the party can be forced to let members of other parties vote in its primaries for public office is still alive in the U.S. District Court.
Sometime in the next six weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide Arizona Legislature v Arizona Redistricting Commission, 13-1314. This article says that if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of the Arizona legislature, that would probably be good news for the Republican Party in Arizona but bad news for the Republican Party in California.
On May 14, the Nevada Assembly Legislative Operations & Elections Committee passed SB 499. It had already passed the Senate. It moves the petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties from April to June, and moves the petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates from February to June.
Mexico holds an election on June 7 for Congress and for Governor of nine states. According to this story, independent candidate Jamie Rodriguez is leading in the polls for Governor of Nuevo Leon State. If he wins, he will be the first independent ever elected Governor of a Mexican state.