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New Enrollment Data for New York

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Richard WingerFebruary 24, 2020

New registration (enrollment) data for New York: Democratic 5,900,507; Republican 2,611,227; Independence 432,943; Conservative 147,606; Working Families 40,335; Green 24,504; Libertarian 13,567; SAM Party 348; other and independent 2,530,099. These are as of February 10, 2020.

Percentages are: Democratic 50.43%; Republican 22.32%; Independence 3.70%; Conservative 1.26%; Working Families .34%; Green .21%; Libertarian .12%; SAM .003%; other and independent 21.62%.

In October 2018, the percentages were: Democratic 49.94%; Republican 22.76%; Independence 3.83%; Conservative 1.26%; Working Families .36%; Green .24%; Libertarian .07%; Women’s Equality .05%; Reform .02%; other and independent 21.48%.

Nevada Democratic Party Website Still Has No Caucus Results

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Richard WingerFebruary 23, 2020

As of Sunday evening, February 23, the Nevada Democratic Party website still has no election returns from the February 22 caucus. The latest press release is about the number of individuals who registered Democratic just prior to the caucus. See that web page here. Of course it will change in the near future.

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Presidential Elector Cases on April 28

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Richard WingerFebruary 22, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the two cases on “disobedient” presidential electors on April 28. The Colorado and Washington state cases are being argued together. The court did not set any other oral argument on that day. Thanks to DemoRep for this news.

Southern Illinois University Publishes Poll for Illinois Republican Presidential Primary that Omits Rocky De La Fuente Even Though He is one of Only Two Candidates on Ballot

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Richard WingerFebruary 22, 2020

The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale has published a poll for the March Illinois presidential primary. The pollsters asked Republican voters whom they intend to vote for, but they only asked respondents about President Donald Trump and Bill Weld. This is very peculiar, because the only two candidates on the ballot in the Republican Illinois primary are Trump and Rocky De La Fuente. Here is the poll. Scroll down to page nine. The results are Trump 89%, Bill Weld 4%, “someone else” 2%, don’t know 5%.

Illinois does permit write-ins in presidential primaries and does canvass the results for declared write-in candidates, so if Weld had filed as a write-in, he could have received votes. However, neither he nor anyone else filed as a write-in in the Republican presidential primary, and when no one files, the ballot omits a write-in space, so Weld will not receive any votes. Thanks to Darcy Richardson for the link.

Three California Libertarians Will Appear on November 2020 Ballot for Legislature

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Richard WingerFebruary 22, 2020

On February 21, the California Secretary of State posted the list of declared write-in candidates for the March 2020 primary. Under California’s top-two system for congress and partisan state office, if only two candidates are running, obviously both of them will appear on the November ballot.

There are three legislative races with only two candidates running for a legislative seat, although there are no such races for U.S. House. In the State Senate district 9 race, one Democrat is on the March primary ballot and one Libertarian, Jamie Dluzak, filed for write-in status.

In the Assembly district 7 race, one Democrat is on the primary ballot and one Libertarian, James O. Just, filed for write-in status.

In the Assembly district 17 race, one Democrat is on the primary ballot and one Libertarian, Starchild, filed for write-in status.

There are other races in which only a Democrat is on the March ballot and a minor party member filed for write-in status, but in all those districts, a Republican also filed for write-in status. Generally when that happens, the major party member who filed for write-in status gets more write-ins than the minor party member.