On April 29, the California Secretary of State released a new registration tally. See the full report here.

The tally is as of April 8. The previous tally had been as of March 11. Between the two tallies, every qualified party gained slightly in percentages terms. The only category that declined was independent voters. However, the changes between the two tallies are miniscule.

The new percentages are: Democratic 46.75%; Republican 23.923%; American Independent 3.39%; Libertarian 1.02%; Peace & Freedom .530%; Green .418%; independent, other and unknown 23.97%.

The March 2022 percentages were: Democratic 46.74%; Republican 23.920%; American Independent 3.37%; Libertarian 1.01%; Peace & Freedom .526%; Green .416%; independent, other and unknown 24.02%.

The unqualified parties that are seeking to qualify (Common Sense, Peoples, and Constitution) did not file paperwork in time to be included in the new report, but they are free to do so at any time and they will probably do that soon. The registrations they already had will continue to count.

On April 28, a New York state court issued an order setting the primaries for U.S. House and State Senate for August 23. The original primary date was June 28, but the primaries for those two offices had to be postponed because there are no valid district boundaries for those two offices yet.

The order says the legislature is free to move the June 28 primary for other offices to August 23.

The order also says a further order will set forth new rules for ballot access. See this story.

The Michigan petition deadline for primary candidates was April 19. Ten Republicans submitted petitions to be on the ballot for Governor. They each needed 15,000 signatures. Any registered voter may sign. The primary is August 2.

Three of the leading candidates’ petitions have been challenged. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link. The three challenged candidates are James Craig, Tudor Dixon, and Perry Johnson. The Michigan Democratic Party filed the challenges.