On February 24, the Virginia legislature passed SB 1155. It restores Virginia’s old deadline for qualified parties to certify the names of the presidential and vice-presidential nominees, to 74 days before the general election. That deadline had been suspended by the legislature to accomodate late major party national conventions in 2004 and 2008. Assuming this bill will be signed, the major parties will no longer be able to hold national conventions in September if they want their nominees on the Virginia ballot.