This news story describes the phenomenon of insincere candidates running in the open primary of the Grassroots Legalize Cannabis Party. The story would be better if it mentioned the alternative idea of letting small ballot-qualified parties nominate by convention, which is policy in 17 states.
On May 29, at the close of the Libertarian Party’s national convention in Sparks, Nevada, newly-elected chair Angela McArdle announced that she is pregnant for the first time.
There have been pregnant governors, and pregnant members of Congress, but this is probably the first such event for the chair of a nationally-organized political party, at least a party that had as many as 1,000 attendees present.
The Federal Election Commission has issued a new version of its 2022 chart for congressional elections and primaries, showing primary dates and petition deadlines. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
The Charlotte, North Carolina National Public Radio station has this story about Matthew Hoh, the Green Party’s first U.S. Senate in that state.
On June 3, the California Secretary of State released a new registration tally. Since the last tally, which was as of April 8, all six qualified parties have gained, and the percentage of people not registered in any qualified party has declined.
The new percentages, which are as of May 23, 2022: Democratic 46,77%; Republican 23.93%; American Independent 3.42%; Libertarian 1.03%; Peace & Freedom .535%; Green .422%; independent, other, and unknown 23.90%.
Percentages in April 2022 were: Democratic 46.75%; Republican 23.92%; American Independent 3.39%; Libertarian 1.02%; Peace & Freedom .530%; Green .418%; independent, other, and unknown 23.97%.
Among the unqualified parties, the Common Sense Party has 20,813, a sharp drop from their last tally, which was 30,882 as of January 4. There was no tally for them in April 2022 because they hadn’t renewed their request for a tally. See the full May 2022 Report here.
