On August 12, the California Secretary of State released new registration data, the first new data since February 2021. Here is a link.

Percentages are: Democratic 46.49%; Republican 24.05%; American Independent 3.22%; Libertarian .96%; Peace & Freedom .50%; Green .40%; independent and miscellaneous 24.39%.

Percentages in February 2021 were: 46.17%; Republican 24.14%; American Independent 3.07%; Libertarian .92%; Peace & Freedom .48%; Green .39%; independent and miscellaneous 24.84%.

Among the unqualified parties, the Common Sense Party has 11,965, up from 8,222 in February. The Peoples Party has 567, up from 332 in February.

On June 15, the District of Columbia held a special election to fill a vacancy in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission inside Ward 7. These D.C. offices have a very small constituency. The typical district only has 2,000 voters. This particular district includes the prison, which has 1,400 inhabitants. All five candidates in the special election were incarcerated. Joel Caston won, with 33% of the vote. See this story. He holds meetings with constituents on zoom, and is likely to be paroled at the end of 2021. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.

Maine, Vermont, and the District of Columbia are the only jurisdictions in the U.S. which allowed incarcerated felons to vote. D.C. has only done so since July 2020.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission elections are non-partisan.

On August 9, the Texas Senate passed SB 13 by a vote of 28-1. The bill provides for a later 2022 primary. The bill does not itself settle when the primary will be, but sets up conditions, that are dependent on when redistricting is finished.

The House currently does not have a quorum. Thanks to Jim Riley for the news about SB 13.