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.
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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.
On June 3, the Michigan Supreme Court declined to accept the ballot access case brought by two Republican candidates for Governor. The candidates had been required to submit 15,000 signatures to get on the primary ballot, but their petitions were clearly permeated with forged signatures. The State Court of Appeals had declined on June 1 to give them any relief. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.
On June 3, the People’s Party of Florida filed a federal lawsuit against the Florida law that won’t let a party nominate someone who hasn’t been a member for a year before filing. The People’s Party became ballot-qualified in Florida less than a year ago, so the law prohibits the party from having any candidates whatsoever in its first year on the ballot. No one was able to be registered in the People’s Party before it became ballot-qualified.
The candidate-plaintiff wishes to be the People’s Party nominee for Pasco County Board of County Commissioners. People’s Party of Florida v Florida Department of State, m.d., 8:22cv-1274.
The only two other states that ever blocked a new party from running any candidates in its first year of qualified existence were Nevada and Oklahoma, but the laws of both those states, as applied to new parties, were struck down long ago. The Independent American Party of Nevada won its case in the State Supreme Court in 1975, and the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma won its case in U.S. District Court in 1980. Here is the People’s Party complaint. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Thomas P. Barber.
On June 1, the Michigan State Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Johnson v Board of State Canvassers, 361564. It upholds the administrative ruling that blocked a leading Republican candidate for Governor from the August primary ballot. Here is the 12-page opinion. The State Supreme Court will review this decision very soon. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.