On April 7, the Delaware House passed HB 65, which moves the non-presidential primary from September to April. The bill would require minor parties (which nominate by convention) to have chosen their nominees by the fourth Tuesday in February. Therefore, the bill is discriminatory, because the major parties would not have chosen their nominees until April.
Similar bills have passed the Delaware House in the past, but they have never passed the State Senate.
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Meadors v Erie County Board of Elections, 24-684, on April 25.
On April 10, the Missouri House passed HB 126, which restores presidential primaries for all qualified parties. Missouri didn’t have any government-administered presidential primaries in 2024, although it had them in earlier years.
On April 8, the Georgia Libertarian Party filed this reply brief in the Eleventh Circuit in Cowen v Raffensperger, 24-13164. This is the lawsuit against the petition requirements for U.S. House, for candidates who are not members of a party that had polled 20% of the vote for President or Governor in the last election.
HB 293, which moves the even year midterm primaries from June to the second Tuesday in March, was approved in the Mississippi House and Senate on April 1 and had been sent to the Governor’s office. No action has been taken there yet. Governor Tate Reeves has until April 24 to act on the legislation. The bill would change the deadline to qualify a new party from February to January in midterm years.
Here is a link to the current bill.
