| Page 1424

Socialist Workers Party Will File Lawsuit to Keep Addresses of its Washington State Presidential Elector Candidates Private

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Richard WingerNovember 2, 2020

The Socialist Workers Party says in its newspaper, The Militant, that it will sue the Washington Secretary of State is she releases the addresses of the party’s nominees for presidential elector to the public. See the story here.

Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1982 that the party had a right to keep the names of its campaign contributors private, the party had never before asked that the addresses of any of its candidates be kept private. And the party’s ability to keep the names of its campaign contributors private expired several years ago, and the party has not asked that it be reinstated.

New York Releases First Registration Data Since February 2020

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Richard WingerNovember 2, 2020

On November 2, the New York State Board of Elections released the first registration data since February 2020. New York had been the only state that had not released any registration data for any point in the last four months. Here is the link. Be careful to distinguish the active voters from the inactive voters.

The new percentages are: Democratic 50.06%; Republican 22.20%; Independence 3.51%; Conservative 1.22%; Working Families .33%; Green .20%; Libertarian .16%; SAM .01%; Womens Equality plus Reform .06%; independent and miscellaneous 22.25%. These are the active voters.

The February percentages had been: Democratic 50.43%; Republican 22.32%; Independence 3.70%; Conservative 1.26%; Working Families .34%; Green .21%; Libertarian .12%; Womens Equality .06%; Reform .02%; SAM .003%; independent and miscellaneous 21.55%.

Link to October 24 Alternate Presidential Debate

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Richard WingerNovember 1, 2020

As reported previously, four independent or minor party presidential candidates debated each other on October 24 in Cheyenne. Here is a link to the two-hour debate. The debaters were Brian Carroll, Howie Hawkins, Gloria La Riva, and Brock Pierce.

New York Times Article Shows When Each State is Likely to Have the Bulk of its Votes Counted

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Richard WingerOctober 31, 2020

This New York Times article lists each state, and gives information about when the bulk of that state’s vote will be public knowledge.

New California Registration Data

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Richard WingerOctober 30, 2020

On October 30, the California Secretary of State released new registration data. This is the last tally California will provide until January 2022.

The new percentages, as of October 19, 2020, are: Democratic 46.13%; Republican 24.19%; American Independent 2.93%; Libertarian .89%; Peace & Freedom .469%; Green .385%; Common Sense .04%; independent, unknown, and miscellaneous 24.95%.

At the last tally, which was from September 4, 2020, the percentages were: Democratic 46.42%; Republican 24.16%; American Independent 2.90%; Libertarian .87%; Peace & Freedom .471%; Green .383%; Common Sense .05%; independent, unknown, and miscellaneous 24.74%.