Although the Vermont legislature is not in session, Vermont state government officials are talking about whether to move the primary (for all office except president) from September, to August 24. See this story. Governor Jim Douglas favors asking the federal government for a waiver of the new federal law that is pushing the talk about a primary date change. The new federal law, which takes effect for the 2010 congressional primaries, tells states they must mail overseas absentee ballots no later than 45 days before the November election.

City Hall’s November 29 issue has this very lengthy and detailed report on how the Working Families Party raises money in New York state, and how it is part of a network of organizations that enhance the effectiveness of each part of that network. Thanks to Rick Hasen of ElectionLawBlog for the link.

According to this story, outgoing Annapolis, Maryland city councilmember Julie Stankivic says she may change her voter registration from “Republican” to “Libertarian.” She was elected in a partisan election in 2005 as an independent, but later had become a Republican. She didn’t run for re-election this year and leaves the council on December 7.