On March 6, the Oregon legislature adjourned. HB 1330, which would have created a hybrid primary system, failed to pass. The bill would have used a top-two system, but with the extra provision that a party that had no nominee on the general election ballot as a result of the top-two process could still have a nominee on the ballot.
New Hampshire HB 1330 was defeated in Committee last month by 13-3. It would have allowed voters to choose any party’s primary ballot, regardless of how that voter was registered.
Mississippi HB 760 failed to advance, and it is now dead. It would have said that an elected official who changes parties is deemed to have resigned.
The Democracy Lab Podcast, hosted by Rob Richie, has this 43-minute podcast featuring the editors of Ballot Access News.
On March 4, Randy Flowers, an independent candidate for U.S. Houses from the 17th district of Illinois, filed a federal lawsuit against the petition requirements for independent candidates for U.S. House. Here is the Complaint in Flowers v Illinois State Board of Elections, c.d., 4:26cv-4062. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court judge Sara Darrow.
