Earlier this year, the New York legislature passed a controversial bill, moving most town and county office elections from November of odd years, to November of even years. The bill has not yet been signed into law.

This story says election officials are worried that the bill, if signed, will create over-sized ballots in even years. The reason for the bill was to save money, but the law still requires odd year elections for judicial races, city offices, and these county offices: clerks, sheriffs, and district attorneys. The elections for those offices couldn’t be moved without changing the state constitution.

On July 23, Spain held a parliamentary election. In the Congress of Deputies, which has 350 seats, eleven parties won at least one seat. In the Senate, which has 208 seats, five parties won seats. Spain uses proportional representation. See this wikipedia article about the election.

On July 21, the Arkansas Secretary of State determined that No Labels is now a ballot-qualified party for purposes of the presidential election.