Connecticut Representative Brandon Chafee (D-Middletown) has introduced HB 6469. The only text is that the bill will reduce the number of signatures for candidates, both in primaries and in general elections. The bill does not specify any particular numbers or percentages. Apparently in Connecticut, it is normal for legislators to introduce bills without all the specifics.

Connecticut Senator Joan Hartley (D-Waterbury) has introduced SB 1156. It seems to say that if a party has polled at least 1% of the vote for any statewide race at the last election, it is then automatically on the ballot for all districts and towns. Like HB 6469, it is not very specific. It is somewhat likely that Hartley introduced this bill to help the Independent Party.

The Libertarian National Commitee meets on the evening of Sunday, February 2, to choose a new national chair. It is somewhat of an odd coincidence that the Democratic Party and the Libertarian Party are, or have, chosen new national chairs in meetings so close in time.

Tennessee bills to make it a felony for a local government official to cast a vote in favor of creating a sanctuary passed the legislature on January 30. The identical bills are SB 6002 and HB 6001.