New Registration Data for New Jersey

Posted on by March 9, 2019
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The New Jersey Elections Division has posted the registration by party as of February 28, 2019. Since the September 30, 2018 tally, every party except the Republican Party has gained in share of the registration. The share of voters registered independent declined slightly.

The new percentages are: Democratic 37.44%; Republican 21.64%; Libertarian .21%; Constitution .18%; Conservative .18%; Green .14%; Socialist .08%; Natural Law .07%; Reform .022%; independent 40.04%.

Percentages as of September 30, 2018 were: Democratic 37.39%; Republican 21.72%; Libertarian .18%; Constitution .15%; Conservative .15%; Green .12%; Socialist .07%; Natural Law .06%; Reform .018%; independent 40.14%.

The Constitution Party’s new total, 10,968, is the highest state total for that party in any state, except Nevada.

New Mexico Senate Rules Committee Hold Sunday Hearings on National Popular Vote and Automatic Voter Registration Bills

Posted on by March 9, 2019
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The New Mexico Senate Rules Committee is holding a Sunday hearing, March 10. It will hear HB 55, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. It will also hear HB 84, the bill for automatic voter registration. Thanks to Rick Lass for this news. This post has been updated; originally the hearing for these bills was on Saturday, March 9.

Filing Closes for North Carolina Special Election, U.S. House

Posted on by March 8, 2019
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On March 8, filing closed for the North Carolina special election, U.S. House, district three. Candidates from four parties filed: 17 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 2 Libertarians, and one Constitution Party member. Here is the list.

The Constitution Party nominates by convention; the other parties by primary. The primary will be April 30. If any primary results in no one winning at least 30%, there will be a run-off primary on July 9.

U.S. House Passes Election Law Bill

Posted on by March 8, 2019
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On March 8, the U.S. House passed HR 1, by a party-line vote of 234-193. However, the U.S. Senate is not expected to vote on the bill. HR 1 is the omnibus federal election law bill. It provides for public financing of candidates for Congress, nonpartisan redistricting of U.S. House districts, automatic voter registration, imposes new campaign finance restrictions, and makes it more difficult for presidential candidates to qualify for primary season matching funds. The provision for automatic voter registration would assist ballot access, because a larger percentage of petition signers would be registered voters.

It is expected that Democrats in the U.S. House will now introduce new bills that incorporate various provisions of HR 1, so that possibly a few provisions of HR 1 will have a chance to become law.