Two Candidates for Milwaukee County Executive Are Disqualified for Signing For Other Candidates for Same Office

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.

New Registration Data for Kentucky

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%.

New Registration Data for North Carolina

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%.

New Registration Data for New Jersey

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.

American Delta Party Registration Slips Below Requirement in Delaware

The American Delta Party, which was formed in a few states in 2016 by Rocky De La Fuente, no longer has enough registered voters in Delaware to be ballot-qualified. Delaware had been the only state in which the party was still on the ballot.

However, it is still possible for it to regain status in time for the 2020 election. Here is a link to the January 2, 2020 data, showing that parties need 715 registered members. American Delta now has 711.