On June 6, Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador issued an opinion, saying the initiative to set up a top-four system, which is about to start circulating, violates the “single-subject” rule for initiatives. The opinion says that whether or not Idaho should use ranked choice voting is a separate subject than whether to abolish the ability of parties to have nominees.

If the proponents of the initiative wish to go ahead, they are free to do so. The Attorney General’s Opinion does not prevent the proponents from sticking to their text.

The Opinion also says that the State Constitution, which requires election by plurality, does not permit Ranked Choice Voting.

On June 5, bills were introduced in the New York legislature to move the presidential primaries to April 2. They are A7690 and S7550, and they are expected to pass quickly.

New York holds its primaries for non-presidential office in June. It is expensive to hold primaries on two different dates.

In 2020 the New York presidential primaries were June 23, because then-Governor Andrew Cuomo had cancelled them by executive order but then state courts had ruled he didn’t have authority to do that. Therefore the presidential primaries were delayed and were on the same day as the primaries for non-presidential office.

In 2016 the New York presidential primaries were on April 19 and the congressional primaries were on June 28.

On June 6, a NewsNation & Decision Desk HQ poll was released. It says almost half of voters would consider voting for someone other than the major party nominees for president in 2024, if those major party nominees are President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. It also shows that 60% of voters age 55 or younger would consider voting against both major party nominees.