Idaho representative Dustin Manwaring (R-Pocatello) has introduced HB 138, to move the presidential primary from March to May. If enacted, the bill would not have any effect on minor party or independent petition deadlines.
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On February 8, former Congressmember Denver Riggleman said he might run for Governor of Virginia in 2025 as an independent.
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He was elected to Congress in 2018 as a Republican. But in 2020, he was defeated for re-nomination in a Republican convention, after he had officiated at the wedding of a same-sex couple.
Maryland Delegates Sheila Ruth (D-Catonsville) and Samuel Rosenberg (D-Baltimore) have introduced HB 1112, to authorize electronic signatures on petitions. Thanks to Eric Blitz for this news.
Twenty-one Democratic state representatives in Washington state have introduced HB 1592, which would use ranked choice voting in presidential primaries.
On February 13, the New Mexico Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 73, which lets independent voters choose a primary ballot without having to join that party. It now goes to the Senate floor.