The Los Angeles Times has this story about the California gubernatorial race and the effect that the top-two system is having.
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On February 17, Fulton County, Georgia election officials filed this brief in Pitts v USA, n.d., 1:26cv-809. This is the case over whether the FBI was right to seize ballots.
On February 15, the Alabama Republican Party removed Jesse Battles from the Republican primary ballot because eight years ago, he helped an independent candidate. Battles is trying to run for State Senate in the 10th district. See this story.
Battles is carrying on a public relations campaign to reverse the decision. See this story.
Florida candidate filing fees are not only the highest in the nation, but are twice the state with the 2nd highest fees, Georgia. The Cape Coral Breeze has a letter to the editor criticizing Florida’s filing fee amounts. The letter writer says he is considering running for legislature this year, but the fee is $1,700. He says he once was a member of the New Hampshire legislature, where the filing fee to run for state house is $2.
On February 19, the government of Virginia asked U.S. District Court Judge John Gibney to explain unclear points in his January 2026 order striking down Virginia’s law on felon voting. See here.