The Los Angeles Times has this op-ed by Nancy Jacobson, founder of No Labels. It is titled, “Democrats and Republicans Met to Subvert a third party option. So much for caring about what voters want.”
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Steven Greenhut, writing in the American Spectator, says in this article that the idea of California replacing top-two with top-five is “gaining traction”, although the article does not provide specifics. Thanks to Fairvote for the link.
On June 15, Ben Chavis, a national co-chair of No Labels, said No Labels will not run a presidential nominee in 2024 if general election polls show that President Biden is the Democratic nominee and that he is far ahead. See this story. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
On June 7, the California Assembly Elections Committee passed SB 437 unanimously. It requires qualified parties to notify the Secretary of State of the identities of their presidential and vice-presidential nominees by 75 days before the general election. Existing law has no deadline for that, which seems peculiar, but other states similarly have no deadline either.
This first public Ranked Choice Voting election in Virginia history will be held in Arlington County on Tuesday, June 20. It is the Democratic Party primary for the Arlington County Board of Supervisors. It will use multiwinner RCV, as two Democrats (out of six primary candidates) will advance to the November 2023 General Election.
Here is a recent story from FairVote:
https://fairvote.org/what-to-know-about-arlingtons-first-proportional-rcv-election/
All previous RCV elections in Virginia were at either conventions or private primary elections. Recognized parties in Virginia have an option to nominate by public primary, private primary or convention. The private primary was usually called a “firehouse primary,” because they were sometimes held at firehouses, but were also held at other public locations.
Any registered voter could vote, but they usually only if they signed a statement declaring that they would vote for the primary winner in the General Election, which was not legally enforceable.