The North Carolina State Board of Elections is the only state elections office that provides the progress of checking petitions on its website.

Here is the link that shows the progress of current petitions. The only three party petitions circulating are the No Labels Party, the Constitution Party, and the Forward Party. No Labels already has enough valid signatures, but apparently No Labels will continue to collect more signatures just for safety.

The website shows past petitions as well. The parties currently on the ballot are Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Green.

On May 12, the Vermont Senate passed HB 429 by 16-14. It bans “sore losers”. But because the Senate amended the bill, it must return to the House, so it still hasn’t passed the legislature.

The bill also requires write-in candidates to file a declaration of write-in candidacy if they want their write-ins tallied. And it makes it more difficult for a write-in candidate in a primary to be declared nominated. The write-in candidate must receive a number of write-ins in the primary that equals the number of signatures he or she would have needed to get on the primary ballot. In addition, the write-in candidate’s total in the primary must equal at least 10% of the number of votes cast for that office in that primary.

On May 18, Delaware SB 57 passed the House. It is now through the legislature. It provides that presidential electors who don’t vote for the presidential candidate of their party are to be replaced with someone else. The vote in the House was 31-8.