On June 26, the Maine House passed LD 769 by 104-35. It eases the definition of a qualified party. Current law says it is a group that has 5,000 registrants (if it is a new party), but if it has been on the ballot at least four years then it must have 10,000 registrants.

The bill makes the definition simpler. It says a qualified party is one with 5,000 registrants, whether it is new or old.

June 28 Update: According to an office of the Maine legislature, this legislation will be considered by the Maine Senate sometime yet this year, at a currently unknown date.

Here is a link to a FairVote analysis on the results of the June 20, 2023 Democratic Party Primary for the Arlington County, Virginia Board of Supervisors that used multiwinner Ranked Choice Voting. The vote transfer process is illustrated about halfway down the webpage:

https://fairvote.org/analyzing-results-from-arlingtons-first-proportional-rcv-election/

On Monday, June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order in the Louisiana U.S. House Redistrcting Case, Louisiana Secretary of State v Robinson. The lower court must consider whether Louisiana must redraw its U.S. House Districts to Create a Second Black-Majority District. The order is unanimous.