The Maine Secretary of State has posted new registration data, as of October 21. See it here. The percentages are Democratic 37.48%; Republican 30.06%; Green 3.88%; Libertarian .10%; independent and other 28.47%.
In June 2022 the percentages were: Democratic 35.52%; Republican 28.16%; Green 4.06%; Libertarian .06%; independent and other 32.20%.
Doesn’t the Libertarian Party have a lawsuit going on in Maine over whether or not the party has recognized status through its number of registered Libertarian voters, or something like this? What is the status with this lawsuit?
The lawsuit is over at the US District Court level. A few days ago the judge ruled that the party can remain on the voter registration form during 2023 and 2024, but otherwise it is off the ballot. But if it increases its registration from the 942 registrants it has now, to 5,000, by January 2024, it will be a qualified party in both 2024 and 2026.
The Maine legislature will probably pass a bill in 2023, codifying the judge’s conclusion that it is unconstitutional to deprive a party of its registrants, just because it goes off the ballot. Maybe some other improvements will be in the same bill, if the party lobbies state legislators.