On the afternoon of December 6, the full North Carolina state appeals court reversed the three-judge panel that had suspended filing for the 2022 primary. See this press release from the State Board of Elections.
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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.
Cal Matters has this commentary by Michael Feinstein of the California Green Party, on how to improve the California recall process, especially for gubernatorial recalls.
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 U.S. Department of Justice filed its own federal lawsuit against the new Texas U.S. House and State House district boundaries. There were already six or seven other lawsuits pending against the Texas redistricting plans. This one is U.S. v State of Texas, w.d., 3:21cv-299. Here is the Complaint.
Even if you don’t intend to read the Complaint, it is worthwhile to scroll through it to see some of the maps, especially the Dallas area U.S. House district maps on page 18.
The lawsuit charges Texas with violating section 2 of the federal voting rights act.