The New York Independence Party very recently became the New York state affiliate of the Alliance Party.

If it weren’t for the New York law that passed in April 2020, making it far more difficult for parties to remain ballot-qualified, the Independence Party would now be ballot-qualified, and therefore the Alliance Party would now be ballot-qualified in New York. But under the new law, the Independence Party is not ballot-qualified. It is possible that the new New York law will be declared unconstitutional in federal court in the coming months.

The Alliance Party is now ballot-qualified in Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina, and it will be ballot-qualified in Delaware (under the name American Delta) if it increases its registration by about 100 more members.

On December 3, the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to hear Trump v Evers, 2020AP-1971, at this time. The case challenges acceptance of several hundred thousand votes cast last month. The plaintiffs argue that certain absentee votes should not have been counted. The vote was 4-3. Even one of the dissents says that if the Court had taken the case now, it doesn’t follow that any votes would have been invalidated. The majority depended on the fact that the law says a case of this type should have been filed in a trial court. The dissent acknowledges that, but says that the law violates the State Constitution. Of course the dissent also stresses the time urgency of the case. Here is the decision.

Texas has already certified its November 2020 election returns. Although Harris County says that Brian Carroll, American Solidarity presidential nominee, received 422 write-ins, the Texas Secretary of State official tally shows zero.

Also, the Texas Secretary of State’s tally shows 1,866 write-ins for President R. Boddie, another declared write-in presidential candidate. But the County says Boddie did not receive any write-ins in Bexar County.

The Texas Secretary of State says it is too late to fix these obvious errors, unless someone files a lawsuit. Thanks to the American Solidarity Party for this news.