On January 21, the Virginia Senate Privileges & Elections Committee passed SB 126. It repeals the law that lets incumbents dictate to their party whether that party should use a primary or a convention for their office.
On January 20, the Virginia Senate passed SB 111. It lets any voter cast an absentee ballot. This is sometimes called “early voting.”
According to this story, two of the three candidates for Milwaukee County Executive are off the ballot. They each needed 2,000 signatures, but the law does not permit voters to sign for more than a single candidate for the same office. But the three candidates all used the same paid petitioners, and the paid petitioners asked voters to sign all three petitions.
The office is non-partisan.
Here is the Kentucky registration data as of January 15, 2020. The percentages are: Democratic 48.58%; Republican 42.60%; Libertarian .29%; Green .05%; Constitution .02%; Socialist Workers .01%; Reform .00+%; independent and other 8.46%.
As of October 15, 2018, the percentages were: Democratic 49.61%; Republican 41.71%; Libertarian .27%; Green .05%; Constitution .02%; Socialist Workers .01%; Reform .00+%; independent and other 8.34%.
Here is the January 18, 2020 registration data for North Carolina. The percentages are: Democratic 36.46%; Republican 29.94%; Libertarian .58%; Constitution .04%; Green .03%; independent and other 32.95%.
As of October 20, 2018, the percentages were: Democratic 37.88%; Republican 29.81%; Libertarian .53%; Constitution .01%; Green .01%; independent and other 31.76%.
Here is the New Jersey registration data for December 31, 2019. The percentages are: Democratic 37.92%; Republican 21.86%; Libertarian .27%; Constitution .26%; Conservative .25%; Green .18%; Socialist .12%; Natural Law .11%; Reform .03%; independent and other 39.01%.
As of February 28, 2019, the percentages were: Democratic 37.44%; Republican 21.64%; Libertarian .21%; Constitution .18%; Conservative .18%; Green .14%; Socialist .08%; Natural Law .07%; Reform .02%; independent and other 40.04%.
Note that every party, major and minor, increased its share of the registration. The only category that declined is independent and other.
