On April 2, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, a Republican, called on the Nebraska legislature to pass LB 764. It was introduced on January 18, 2023, and has not made any headway in the legislative session, which lasts two years.

The bill ends the ability of each U.S. House district to elect its own presidential elector. Similar bills have been introduced in Nebraska for each session in the last 15 years.

In 2008 and 2020, the U.S. House district that is centered on Omaha elected a Democratic presidential elector, while the other districts in the state elected Republicans.

On April 2, the Democratic candidates for various New Jersey offices in the June 4 primary filed this brief with the Third circuit, in the case against discriminatory ballot formats used by most New Jersey counties in primaries.

The New Jersey county election offices that are fighting to retain the old discriminatory ballot format for this year’s Democratic primary have filed this brief in the Third Circuit. They want the Third Circuit to stay the ruling of the U.S. District Court that ordered office-group ballots for the June 4 Democratic primary.

Their brief says the U.S. District Court order violates the Purcell Principle, a poorly-defined doctrine that says election rules should not be altered too soon before an election.

The brief had to be written in great haste. The Third Circuit had ordered that it be filed by midnight at the end of Monday, April 1.