RFK, Jr. Campaign to Redo Arizona, South Carolina & Georgia Petition Drives

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Here is the story from The Washington Post. It may be behind a paywall.

The jist of the story is that the American Values 2024 Super PAC spent $2.4 million to gather signatures in Michigan, Arizona, South Carolina & Georgia, but that none of the signatures will be turned over to the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for President Campaign, so as to not appear to be coordinating actions with the Campaign, which would be illegal.

RFK, Jr. has since been nominated for President by the Natural Law Party in Michigan, so his Campaign does not have to petition there. But, the Campaign is planning to redo the Arizona, South Carolina and Georgia petitions. The signature requirements for those three petitions are 34,116 signatures as a new party or about 43,000 as an Independent candidate in Arizona, 10,000 in South Carolina, and 7,500 in Georgia.

New Oklahoma Registration Data

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The Oklahoma State Board of Elections has a registration tally for March 31, 2024. The percentages are: Republican 52.00%; Democratic 27.94; Libertarian .95%; independent and miscellaneous 19.11%.

In October 2023 the percentages were: Republican 51.74%; Democratic 28.60%; Libertarian .94%; independent and miscellaneous 18.72%.

New South Dakota Registration Data

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The April 2 South Dakota registration tally shows these percentages: Republican 50.41%; Democratic 24.07%; Libertarian .49%; independent and miscellaneous 25.03%. There are 19 registered members in the No Labels Party.

The percentages in November 2023 were: Republican 50.06%; Democratic 24.51%; Libertarian .49%; independent and miscellaneous 24.94%. Also there were 9 registered members of the No Labels Party.

The South Dakota registration form does not have a checkbox that mentions all the qualified parties. Instead the applicant must write in the party. That is probably why the No Labels registration is so low.

New Utah Registration Data

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The Utah Elections office has released a registration tally as of April 15. The percentages: Republican 52.73%; Democratic 13.56%; Independent American 4.08%; Libertarian 1.23%; Constitution .41%; United Utah .14%; No Labels .12%; independent and miscellaneous 27.72%.

The Forward Party, which is new in Utah, has 63 members, and the Green Party, which recently regained qualified status, has 42 members. When the Green Party was last on the Utah ballot in 2020, it had over 2,200 members, but apparently the state converted all the Greens to independents, so now the party must rebuild its registration list.

In October 2023, the percentages were: Republican 52.27%; Democratic 13.71%; Independent American 3.95%; Libertarian 1.21%; Constitution .40%; United Utah .14%; No Labels .03%; independent and miscellaneous 28.29%. Thanks to Mike Feinstein for the new data.

New Arizona Registration Data

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The Arizona Secretary of State has released the voter registration data as of April. The percentages: Republican 35.36%; Democratic 29.38%; Libertarian .77%; No Labels .68%; Green .07%; independent and other 33.75%.

At the previous tally, in January 2024, the percentages were: Republican 34.58%; Democratic 29.55%; Libertarian .79%; No Labels .66%; Green .06%; independent and other 34.38%.

The No Labels Party now has enough registration to remain on the ballot indefinitely, even if it has no candidates in November 2024. But in order to remain on, it must keep its registration above two-thirds of 1%. Thanks to Richard Grayson for this news.

Robert F. Kennedy’s Party Survives Democratic Party Challenge in Hawaii

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On Friday, a hearings officer for the Hawaii Division of Elections ruled that the We the People Party should remain on the ballot. We the People is a party formed in a few states to nominate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for president.

The Hawaii Democratic Party had challenged the existence of the party. The challenge did not claim that the party hadn’t submitted enough signatures. Instead the challenge said two of the party’s officers were ineligible because they had voted in the Democratic Party primary in 2022, and a third party officer wasn’t a registered voter. But the law doesn’t say that challenges based on such matters are allowed; the law only allows challenges to the validity of the petition.

In any event, the two party officers testified that they are not Democrats. Hawaii does not have registration by party. See this story.