Massachusetts registration tallies are issued very infrequently, only twice in election years. The Secretary of State has posted the October 17, 2018 tally. See it here. It does not include the totals for the parties that were not qualified in advance of the election. Therefore, it only has Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and independent/miscellaneous. BAN is attempting to get the new figures for the unqualified parties.

The new percentages are: Democratic 33.11%; Republican 10.30%; Libertarian .35%; independent and miscellaneous 56.24%.

The last tally, for August 15, 2018, was: Democratic 33.22%; Republican 10.37%; Libertarian .32%; independent and miscellaneous 56.10%.

On November 6, the voters of Miami passed a county ballot measure, County Referendum 5, making it illegal for anyone to pay circulators on a per-signature basis for future county ballot measures. The League of Women Voters of Miami helped promote this. It passed with 64%, but it likely unconstitutional. It does not even permit initiative sponsors to pay a bonus to high producers. Thanks to Guy for this news.

South Dakota’s definition of “political party” is in section 12-1-3(12). It says, “‘Political party’, beginning with the 2014 general election and each general election thereafter, a party whose candidate for any statewide office received at least 2.5% of the total votes cast for that statewide office in either of the two previous general election cycles.”

The Libertarian Party did not poll as much as 2.5% of the vote for either of its statewide nominees in 2018. However, in 2016, it polled 5.63% for its slate of presidential elector candidates. Therefore, it should be considered on the ballot for 2020, because the law allows a party two elections after it passes the vote test, which it did in 2016. UPDATE: an earlier version of the post said the Secretary of State hadn’t weighed in, but now the Secretary of State has e-mailed that she agrees and the Libertarian Party is on the 2020 ballot. Thanks to Lori Stacey for help with this.