On October 30, the Connecticut Secretary of State released a tally of the number of registered voters in each party, and the number not in any party. The new totals: Democratic 789,062; Republican 461,712; Independent Party 26,691; Working Families 315; Libertarian 2,959; Green 1,761; Reform 14; Constitution 14; independent and miscellaneous 873,788.

The new percentages are: Democratic 36.59%; Republican 21.41%; Independent Party 1.24%; Working Families .01%; Libertarian .14%; Green .08%; independent and miscellaneous 40.52%.

The last tally was as of November 1, 2017. The percentages then were: Democratic 36.45%; Republican 21.43%; Independent Party 1.15%; Working Families .02%; Libertarian .14%; Green .09%; independent and miscellaneous 40.73%.

On October 26, the Riverside (California) Press-Enterprise endorsed Jeff Hewitt for County Supervisor in Riverside County. Each of the five supervisor districts in Riverside County has almost 500,000 population. Hewitt is a member of the Libertarian Party. The office is non-partisan. No one got a majority in June, and Hewitt is in a run-off against a former Republican state legislator. Here is the endorsement editorial.

On October 29, the voting rights organizations that are suing Georgia over voter registration applications that don’t perfectly match information about the applicant that is already in certain state databases (like drivers license records) filed their reply brief. Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda v Kemp, 1:18cv-4727.

The plaintiffs want the U.S. District Court to rule that voters with this problem, who bring proof of citizenship to the polls, be allowed to vote on a regular ballot, instead of a provisional ballot. Here is the reply brief.