On May 18, the Nevada Senate passed AJR 6, which is a proposed constitutional amendment that would provide for Nevada to join the National Popular Vote Plan. It had already passed the Senate, so it is now through the legislature. No gubernatorial action is needed because it is not a bill, but a proposed constitutional amendment.

If the next session of the legislature also passes it, then it would be on the ballot in November 2026.

So far the only other state in which voters have voted on the National Popular Vote Plan is Colorado, where the legislature passed the plan and then a group opposed to the idea collected the signatures to ask the voters to repeal it. But a majority of the Colorado voters voted to keep it.

On May 19, the Michigan Board of State Canvassers approved the form of the petition blanks that ask voters to put the Common Sense Party on the ballot. In Michigan, petitions to create a new party can’t start to circulate until the state clears the format of the petition.

On May 15, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed SB 5112. It provides that people who obtain an enhanced drivers license or enhanced state ID will automatically become registered to vote. “Enhanced” means that the applicant provided proof of citizenship.

Individuals will be notified that they are not registered to vote, and give them an opportunity to decline being a registered voter. Thanks to Darryl Perry for this news.