A bill is pending in Oklahoma to add a proposed constitutional amendment to the November 2026 ballot. It would say that every qualified political party is entitled to have a nominee on the general election ballot in all partisan elections. If HJR 1019 passes, and if the initiative for a top-two system has enough valid signatures, then there would be two competing measures on the November 2026 ballot, which would not be compatible with each other. Here is the text of HJR 1019. The bill has a hearing in the House Rules Committee on March 5. The chief sponsor is Representative Eric Roberts ($-Oklahoma City).

On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an injunction in the New York redistricting lawsuit, Malliotakis v Williams, 25A914. By a vote of 6-3, the old boundaries for two U.S. House districts are in effect again. The New York trial and mid-level state courts had changed the boundaries last month within New York City, to comply with the state’s law that makes it possible for racial and ethnic minorities to elect candidates of their choice. Here is the order, with a dissent by the minority.

This New York Magazine article on the California gubernatorial race explores the relationship between the two leading Republicans in the California gubernatorial race. It points out the hostility between the two campaigns, and then makes the point that it is in the interest of each of them to refrain from attacking the other.