This NPR story explains why almost half of Alaska’s votes still haven’t been counted. That is why we still don’t know if the Top-Four initiative passed.
UPDATE: the state Elections website posted another 50,000 votes late on the day, on November 10. Here are the new results. It now appears likely that the top-four initiative, Measure Two, will pass. Scroll down to the very bottom to see the tallies on that initiative.
When Ballot Access News posted the New York registration data for November 1, 2020, the totals for the Women’s Equality Party and the Reform Party were not available, but now they are. Women’s Equality has 5,889 active members, and Reform has 1,688.
The Aloha Aina Party, a new party in Hawaii this year, polled enough votes for its legislative candidates to remain on the ballot. Here is a link to the election returns. The law required it to poll 4% of the State Senate total vote (for all districts) for its two State Senate candidates, or 4% of all the votes cast for State House (for all districts) for its twelve State House districts, or to poll 2% of all the legislative votes from both houses for all of its legislative candidates.
Aloha Aina met both the 2% test for all legislative races, and alternatively met the 4% test for all the state house votes for its state house candidates. Its highest percentage for any legislative race was 24.81% in a two-person State Senate race, 2nd district. In the State House 13th district, its nominee outpolled the Republican in a 3-way race, and obtained 17.69%.
The Libertarian Party is now ballot-qualified for 2022, for statewide office, in 32 jurisdictions: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
In Connecticut it is only on the 2022 ballot for Treasurer.
Also, it meets Pennsylvania’s definition of “political party”, which means it will be back on the voter registration form as a choice, and it is on the ballot automatically for special elections. But no party can be ballot-qualified for Pennsylvania regular elections unless it has registration membership of at least 15% of the state total.
If the party wins its Maine and New York lawsuits, it could be back on the ballot in those two states.
At the end of 2016, the Libertarian Party was ballot-qualified in 38 jurisdictions.
The Constitution Party is now on the ballot in twelve states: Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. However the Oregon Constitution Party does not consider itself affiliated with the national party. Oregon permits qualified parties to change their names, but the Oregon Constitution Party is content with its current name. The Idaho Constitution Party also doesn’t consider itself affiliated with the national party, but it did put the Constitution Party’s presidential nominee on the ballot in 2020. Idaho is another state that lets qualified parties change their names, but the Idaho Constitution Party seems content with its name.
At the end of 2016, the Constitution Party was on the ballot in thirteen states, counting Idaho and Oregon.
