On December 2, the Maine Secretary of State released new registration data. See it here. The state totals are: Democratic 399,135; Republican 315,907; independent 361,602; Green 45,578; Libertarian 254; People’s 41.

Percentages are: 35.56%; Republican 28.14%; independent and other 32.21%; Green 4.06%; Libertarian .02%; People’s .00+.

Percentages in November 2020 were: Democratic 35.68%; Republican 28.36%; independent and other 31.94%; Green 4.01%; Libertarian .00+.

The reason the Libertarian registration is so low is that the state converted all registered Libertarians to independents in early 2019.

The December 1, 2021 print issue of Ballot Access News has a registration chart showing the number of voters in each party, in each state. However that issue went to press before the new Maine data was available.

On December 6, New Mexico State Senator Jacob Candelaria announced that he had changed his registration from “Democratic” to “independent.” See this story.

On December 6, the North Carolina State Court of Appeals issues a two-page order. It says election boards should not allow primary candidates to file for U.S. House or state legislature at this time. Without this order, filing would have begun today at noon.

The lawsuit that brought about this order is North Carolina League of Conservation Voters v Hall, P21-525. It was filed earlier this year, and argues that the new U.S. House and legislative districts represent an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and also an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The case is based mostly on the state constitution. Thanks to Political Wire for this news.