On April 19, the Montana House State Administration Committee tabled SB 566, the bill to impose a top-two system in 2024, but just for the U.S. Senate race. However, there is still a danger that the full house could vote to hear the bill anyway.
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A recent Idaho newspaper story explains that the Idaho legislature adjourned without making sense of the Idaho presidential primary. The legislature passed a bill eliminating the March presidential primary, with the expectation that the presidential primary should return to May, when the primary for other office is held. The trouble is, there is nothing in the election code to explain how the May presidential primary would work. The Secretary of State says either the legislature must return to a special session and fix the problem, or there won’t be any presidential primaries in 2024 and the parties will use caucuses.
On April 17, the Nevada Assembly passed AJR 6, which would amend the state constitution to provide that Nevada join the National Popular Vote Plan. If the bill passes through the legislature, then voters would vote on it in November 2024.
On April 17, an Oregon group that opposes the ability of parties to have nominees filed paperwork to start an initiative petition drive.
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Nevada SB 53, which would have moved the declaration of candidacy deadline for all types of candidates except presidential nominees from March to February, failed to make any headway, and it is now too late for it to pass.