The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 1 - Politics

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 1
2018 Calendar of Primaries
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Trump urges Justice Department to ‘act’ on Comey, suggests Huma Abedin should face jail time
Foreign governments are finding ways to do favors for Trump’s business
Trump made it seven hours in 2018 before creating an international incident on Twitter
Trump’s bigoted military ban officially fails on first day of new year
Sarah Silverman defends Franken: Politicians who 'lie' and 'deny' get to keep their jobs
Russia developing cryptocurrency to evade sanctions: report
Trump backs protesters — as long as they’re not protesting him
Trump visits golf club 7 days in a row after declaring "it's back to work"

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 1

Posted: 01 Jan 2018 10:34 AM PST

Hi there, /r/politics. On behalf of the modteam I would like to wish you all a happy new year!

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. "I live in X, you know what happened" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.

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2018 Calendar of Primaries

Posted: 02 Jan 2018 05:33 AM PST

Happy New Year /r/Politics!

2017 brought a number of elections, both regularly scheduled and special, but as we start off 2018, the midterm elections in President Trump's first term are likely to bring even more electoral news. While the election won't be until November 6th, the major parties will both hold nominating contests for various elected positions both federal and state throughout the year. Below, we've compiled a table of when those primary elections will be held, as well as voter registration deadlines. If there's anything inaccurate or omitted, please feel free to contact us to update. We will try to incorporate these deadlines in some of our regularly scheduled discussion threads throughout this year as an additional reminder to users.

Hopefully registering to vote if you haven't done so was on your list of New Years' resolutions!

State	Primary Date	Runoff	Primary Registration Deadline****
Alabama	06/05	07/17	05/21, 07/02
Alaska	08/21		07/22
Arizona	08/28		07/30
Arkansas	05/22	06/19	04/23 (P), 05/21 (P)
California	06/05		05/21
Colorado	06/26		05/29 (PC), 06/18
Connecticut	08/14		05/14 (PC), 07/15
Delaware	09/11		05/25 (PC), 08/11
Florida	08/28		07/31
Georgia	05/22	07/24	04/24, 06/25
Hawaii	08/11		07/12
Idaho	05/15		04/20 (SD)
Illinois	03/20		03/04 (SD)
Indiana	05/08		04/19
Iowa	06/05		05/25 (SD)
Kansas	08/07		07/17
Kentucky	05/22		04/23
Louisiana	11/06*	12/08	10/16, 11/17
Maine	06/12		05/22 (P, SD)
Maryland	06/26		06/05
Massachusetts	09/18**		08/29**
Michigan	08/07		07/09 (P)
Minnesota	08/14		07/22 (SD)
Mississippi	06/05	06/26	05/07 (P), 05/28 (P)
Missouri	08/07		07/11 (P)
Montana	06/05		05/06 (P, SD)
Nebraska	05/15		04/30 (P)
Nevada	06/12		05/24
New Hampshire	09/11		N/A (SD)
New Jersey	06/05		04/11 (P, PC), 05/15 (P)
New Mexico	06/05		05/08
New York	09/11		08/18*****
North Carolina	05/08		04/13 (P)
North Dakota	06/12		N/A (no voter registration)
Ohio	05/08		04/09
Oklahoma	06/05	08/28	06/01 (P), 08/03 (P)
Oregon	05/15		04/24
Pennsylvania	05/15		04/16
Rhode Island	09/12		06/14 (PC), 08/13
South Carolina	06/12	06/26	05/13, 05/27
South Dakota	06/05		05/21 (P)
Tennessee	08/02		07/03
Texas	03/06	05/22	02/05 (P), 04/23 (P)
Utah	06/26		06/19
Vermont	08/14		N/A (SD)
Virginia	06/12***		05/21
Washington	08/07		07/30
West Virginia	05/08		04/10
Wisconsin	08/14		07/25
Wyoming	08/21		08/16 (P, SD)

^{P - state does not have online voter registration, link is to a paper registration form.}

^{PC - last day to change party affiliation in advance of a primary, if already registered.}

^{SD - same day registration available.}

^{*Louisiana has no primaries - the general election is the "primary" and a runoff is held if no candidate receives 50% of the vote.}

^{**Massachusetts is considering rescheduling its primary to an earlier date, therefore it is still undetermined.}

^{***Individual Virginia districts decide whether to accept the results of a primary or to hold a convention to determine the nominee of the party.}

^{****If there is a runoff, the second date corresponds to the registration deadline for the runoff. Otherwise, the date marked PC is the deadline for changing party affiliation in advance of a primary.}

^{*****New York's party change deadline has expired. If you were already registered and wanted to vote in a different primary, you were required to change your party registration by 10/13/17 in order to cast a ballot in the 2018 primaries.}

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The American Public Reportedly Spent $43 Million Last Year So Trump Could Play Golf

Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:29 AM PST