The Hawaii legislature adjourned last month without having passed SB 1005, which would have established presidential primaries for the first time in the state’s history. The bill had passed both houses but the two versions differed, and the conference committee didn’t act before the legislature went home.

The bill is still alive for the second half of the session, in early 2024.

The bill to change ballot order from alphabetical to random, SB 47, also did not pass in time, although it too is still alive for the 2024 part of the session.

On June 5, two more briefs were filed in Arizona Democratic Party v No Labels, the case in which the Democratic Party is suing to remove the No Labels Party from the Arizona ballot. Both briefs are on the side of No Labels.

Here is the No Labels brief.

Here is the Secretary of State’s brief. The Secretary of State is a Democrat, but nevertheless believes that No Labels should remain on the ballot.

UPDATE: here is a news story about the briefs.

On June 5, the U.S. Supreme Court asked New Jersey to respond to the pending cert petition Mazo v Way, 22-1033. This is the case that challenges the New Jersey law on ballot labels for primary candidates. New Jersey lets primary candidates put up to six words on the primary ballot, to give the voters a sense of the candidate’s identity or philosophy. But New Jersey limits the label, by saying if the label mentions a living person, that person must give consent; and if the label mentions a New Jersey corporation, that corporation must give its consent.

The fact that the U.S. Supreme Court wants a response from the state means the justices are at least somewhat interested in the case. The state response is due July 5. Probably the Court won’t decide whether to hear the case until late September, after the Court’s summer recess.