Pennsylvania Township Agrees to Seat Elected Libertarian as Township Auditor, After First Declining to Do So

Posted on by February 1, 2022
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On January 31, Silver Spring Township officials agreed to swear in Kevin Gaughen as an elected Township Auditor, after having first refused to do so, even though he was elected on November 2, 2021, and no one disputed that he met the qualifications. The election is partisan and Gaughen is a Libertarian.

The township refused to swear him in because it believed that it didn’t need any elected township auditors, because it had hired an accounting firm. But that decision was incorrect, as this Reason story shows. The Reason story ran before the officials decided to accept Gaughen. The Reason story generated enough local publicity to persuade the township to reverse its earlier stance.

Maine Secretary of State Send Letters to 5,830 Voters Formerly Enrolled in Libertarian Party, Asking If They Wish to Re-Enroll

Posted on by February 1, 2022
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A few days ago, the Maine Secretary of State letter like this one to 5,830 voters who were enrolled Libertarians in late 2018 but who are not now enrolled Libertarians. The letter asks the recipient if he or she wishes to re-join the Libertarian Party. There is a postage-paid postcard inside the letter, to let the recipient re-enroll.

The Secretary of State will announce the results at the end of March.

Evan McMullin, Independent Candidate for U.S. Senate, Raised Over $1,000,000 in Last Three Months

Posted on by February 1, 2022
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Evan McMullin, independent candidate for U.S. Senate from Utah, raised $1,032,983 in the last three months, according to this news story. No one else running for U.S. Senate in Utah in 2022 raised that much. Incumbent Republican Mike Lee raised $523,142, but Lee had reserves so he still has more cash on hand than McMullin.

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, Sets Briefing Schedule for Jill Stein’s Lawsuit Over 2016 Primary Season Matching Funds

Posted on by January 31, 2022
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Last year the Federal Election Commission told Jill Stein, Green Party 2016 presidential nominee, that she must repay $175,272 in 2016 primary season matching funds. The determination said the FEC had overpaid her, because the cutoff should have been when the Green Party nominated her, not the later date when the Peace & Freedom Party of California considered her candidacy but nominated someone else. Stein argues the FEC is using the wrong cut-off date, and she has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. circuit, to settle the issue.

The case is Stein v FEC, 21-1213. On January 31, the court said Stein’s brief is due February 14; the FEC brief is due March 16; and the Stein reply brief is due April 6.

New North Carolina Registration Data

Posted on by January 31, 2022
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As of January 29, 2022, here is North Carolina registration data: Democratic 2,495,372; Republican 2,184,599; Libertarian 48,113; independent and miscellaneous 2,478,623.

Percentages are: Democratic 34.63%; Republican 30.31%; Libertarian .67%; independent and miscellaneous 34.39%.

Percentages on October 27, 2020 had been: Democratic 35.67%; Republican 30.19%; Libertarian .63; Constitution .06%; Green .05%; independent and miscellaneous 33.41%.