See this story, which reports on all the individuals and groups who testified against a Maryland bill to make it more difficult for referendum petitions to get on the ballot. The Committee hearing the bill hasn’t acted yet.
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On March 4, an Alameda County Superior Court set a February 18, 2014 trial date for Rubin v Bowen, the case filed by the Peace & Freedom, Libertarian, and Green Parties that argues that the top-two system in practice injures the voting rights of voters who wish to vote for minor party candidates in November. The state will still attempt to persuade the Court to cancel the trial and dismiss the case, and a hearing on that is somewhat likely in June or July 2013.
The Flathead Beacon has two columns about top-two primaries, one advocating the idea for Montana, the other opposing it. See the columns here. Thanks to Nancy Hanks for the link.
This San Francisco Chronicle interview with Abel Maldonado, the sponsor of California’s top-two primary system, says he is seriously thinking of becoming the Republican candidate for Governor of California in 2014.
The Daily Illinoisan, a daily newspaper published in Carbondale, Illinois, has this story about the Green Party’s state convention held March 2. It is somewhat unusual for daily newspapers to cover minor party state conventions, especially in non-election periods.