Here is a link to a recent article from The Atlantic on proportional representation for the US House, of which Lee Drutman of the New America Foundation is an advocate, and the different ideas of other reformers:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/07/proportional-representation-house-congress/674627/

Here is his recent column in The Washington Post in defense of more political parties in the United States:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/05/more-political-parties-democracy/

And, here is a link to New America Foundation’s recently published paper titled “More Parties, Better Parties: The Case for Pro-Parties Democracy Reform, in which Drutman calls for Fusion as short and medium term goal and PR as a long-term goal:

https://www.newamerica.org/political-reform/reports/more-parties-better-parties/

The Idaho Republican Party is starting to plan a presidential caucus in March 2024. The legislature adjourned earlier this year without restoring the presidential primaries. Democrats are also planning a caucus. The Democratic Party hopes the legislature will restore primaries when it convenes in January 2024, but that is cutting it close.

On July 6, the most populous county in Texas, Harris County (which is coterminous with Houston) filed a lawsuit in state court against SB 1750, a bill that passed this year that deprives the county of control over election administration. The county cites the State Constitution, which forbids laws that single out just parts of the state. Here is the brief. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link. The case is Harris County v State of Texas.