New Jersey State Senator Shirley K. Turner has introduced SB 2857, which says that when a Governor appoints a new U.S. Senator to fill a vacancy, the new Senator must be a member of the same Party as the old Senator. The text of the bill is not yet on the New Jersey legislature’s web page. An employee of the Senator said she does not know what the bill provides, in case the old Senator was an independent, or a member of an unqualified party. Check back later for that information; this post will be amended when the answer is known.

On June 7, a New Jersey Democratic Party official, and others, filed a lawsuit to move the special U.S. Senate election from October 16 to November 5. See this story. According to ElectionLawBlog, the name of the case is Christodoulou v Christie. See this story at Politicker NJ.

Last month, five members of the Washington, D.C., city council introduced B20-0265. It moves the primary for president and all other partisan office from the first Tuesday in April, to the second Tuesday in June. The council has 13 members, so this bill seems in a strong position to pass, since it has five sponsors. Thanks to FrontloadingHQ for the news.