Current Affairs has this interview with Butch Ware, Green Party candidate for California Governor. The story of how the Secretary of State kept him off the ballot is very complex. This is the only news report that explains the details.
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The bills were HB630 and SB176.
According to an email from Upvote Virginia:
“The first pro-RCV legislation in the country since 2023 has now passed in Virginia! Today, both chambers of the General Assembly voted to accept Gov. Spanberger’s technical amendments to the bills, concluding the process of the bill becoming a law. This bill extends the local RCV option to elections for any local governing body and removes the sunset date, making this a permanent option for cities, counties, and towns. The new law will go into effect July 1, 2026.”
On April 20, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed HB 7049, which moves the 2026 primary from Tuesday, September 8, to Wednesday, September 9. The change only applies for 2026. The change was made because September 7 is a holiday, and elections officials need more than one normal working day to set up the polling places.
Gary Swing has this op-ed in Tucson’s daily newspaper, the Arizona Daily Star, advocating that Arizona’s ballot access laws be eased. Among other things, he advocates that small qualified parties be allowed to nominate by convention instead of by primary.
The Virginia vote on the April 21 proposed constitutional amendment passed with 51.23% of the vote, with almost all votes counted. See the results here. This means Virginia will change its U.S. House district boundaries for 2026. The new boundaries are expected to help Democratic nominees win up to four additional seats.