Five Parties in Utah Received Over 10% of Vote for At Least One Statewide Office

Posted on by November 22, 2020
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Utah elects its statewide state constitutional officers in presidential years. For Treasurer and Auditor, no Democrat ran. This made it possible for the Libertarian, Constitution, and United Utah Parties to poll over 10% of the vote in at least one of those races. The minor party vote for each of those offices was approximately 25%. See the results here. The Utah vote test is 2% (of the statewide vote for US House) for any statewide race at either of the last two elections.

The Independent American Party went off the ballot, because it didn’t poll as much as 2% for any statewide race in either 2018 or 2020. It did well for Governor in 2020, but its 25,810 votes for Governor in 2020 were less than 2% of the 2020 US House vote, which was 1,431,777 votes. 2% of 1,431,777 equals 28,636.

Green Party is Now Ballot-Qualified in 15 Jurisdictions

Posted on by November 16, 2020
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The Green Party is now ballot-qualified in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia. Its Connecticut status is for Attorney General but no other statewide race.

It lost its qualified minor party status in New Mexico but less than 150 votes, but the vote tallies are not final so it could conceivably still poll enough votes. The party petition for 2022 is 3,483 signatures.

Although it is not ballot-qualified in Pennsylvania (except for special elections), it meets the state’s odd definition of “political party” so it will once more be listed as a choice on voter registration forms. It had lost that status in 2018.

It will be on in New York if it wins the lawsuit against the new definition of “political party.” It will be back on in Delaware if it increases its registration slightly; it will probably only need another 25 registrants or so.

The Green Party was ballot-qualified at the end of 2016 in twenty-one jurisdictions. UPDATE: an earlier version of this blog post said the party is not on in Hawaii, but that was a mistake. It is on in Hawaii.

Associated Press Tallies National Presidential Vote for Each Candidate

Posted on by November 10, 2020
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The Associated Press has these national vote totals for every presidential candidate who was on the ballot in at least one state. Of course there are millions of ballots left to count, so these numbers are incomplete. Thanks to Gloria La Riva for the link.

The AP lists Phil Collins as an independent, but he was the Prohibition Party nominee and had that label. C. L. Gammon also received votes in Arkansas. He was the original Prohibition Party nominee but he withdrew, but his name remained on the ballot. One might sensibly combine the Collins and Gammon total for the Prohibition presidential vote showing.

Maine Doesn’t Need to Count Any Second-Choice Ranked Votes in 2020

Posted on by November 10, 2020
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Although Maine used ranked choice voting for all federal elections this year, the first-choice votes settled everything for all the races. Someone got over 50% in each race. There were two separate races for President, because each U.S. House district in Maine chooses its own presidential elector. In each of those races, the winner got over 50% with first-choice votes. Joe Biden carried the First District and President Donald Trump carried the Second District.

Also, in the U.S. Senate race, and each of the two U.S. House races, someone got over 50% with just first-choice votes.

It is somewhat ironic that the Maine Republican Party resisted ranked choice voting so fiercely, given this outcome.