On April 29, the North Carolina voters who are challenging Congressman Madison Cawthorn’s qualifications filed this brief in the Fourth Circuit. Cawthorn v Amalfi, 22-1251.
The Fourth Circuit hears the case on Tuesday, May 3, at 2 p.m. eastern time. The Fourth Circuit doesn’t reveal which judges will be hearing the case until the date of the hearing.
Here is an Alaska ballot for the June 11 primary, in the special U.S. House election. It shows all 48 candidates in alphabetical order.
The Common Sense Party recently re-filed as a political body in California. A “political body” is a group that is trying to qualify as a party with a registration drive. The party didn’t have enough registrations to qualify for 2022, but it is continuing the drive and hopes to qualify for 2024.
On April 29, New York State Senator Liz Krueger introduced SB 8949, to allow candidates charged with a crime to withdraw from primary ballots. This is the same idea already introduced in the Assembly as AB 10135. Here is the text. Thanks to Joe Burns for this news.
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.
