Maine Legislator John Andrews Joins Libertarian Party

Posted on by December 14, 2020
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On December 14, Maine state representative John Andrews changed his voter registration from Republican to Libertarian.  He represents part of Oxford County and lives in the county seat, Paris.  He was first elected to the legislature in 2018, and was re-elected last month.

The Maine Libertarian Party is not now ballot-qualified, but Maine residents are permitted to register into the Libertarian Party because it has filed paperwork showing that it is intending to qualify.  Also the party has a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to regain its qualified status, which for a newly-qualifying party, requires 5,000 registered members by January 2022.

Connecticut Working Families Party Percentage of the Vote in 2020 was the Lowest in History

Posted on by December 13, 2020
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The Connecticut Working Families Party always runs nominees for Congress and state legislature in at least half the districts.  In 2020, for an unexplained reason, the percentage of the vote for the WFP, in the districts in which it had nominees, was the lowest in history.

Its 2020 State Senate nominees, in the districts in which they ran, polled 2.44% of the vote.  In previous years, the State Senate percentages had been:  2002 3.02%; 2004 2.94%; 2006 4.24%; 2008 5.88%; 2010 3.83%; 2012 3.29%; 2014 5.67%; 2016 3.69%; 2018 2.58%.

Its 2020 State Representative nominees, in the districts in which they ran, polled 2.95%.  Previous years were:  2002 3.81%; 2004 3.46%; 2006 4.97%; 2008 6.29%; 2010 3.58%; 2012 4.31%; 2014 4.58%; 2016 5.00%; 2018 3.05%..

For U.S. House, the 2020 percentage was 2.70%.  That was the lowest percentage ever, except that it had been lower in 2004 and 2006.  2004 was 1.14%; 2006 2.66%; 2008 5.24%; 2010 2.90%; 2012 4.38%; 2014 3.96%; 2016 5.81%; 2018 3.69%.

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North Carolina State Board of Elections Still Tracks Green and Constitution Party Registration, Despite Their Losing Qualified Party Status

Posted on by December 13, 2020
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections posts registration data every week.  The latest tally, December 12, still shows the Green Party and Constitution Party registrants, even though those parties went off the ballot last month.  Members of those parties are asking the State Board of Elections to let them keep their registered members.  In the past, North Carolina has been one of a handful of states that forcibly converts members of parties to “independent” status when the party goes off the ballot.