Massachusetts Secretary of State never releases a tally of how many registered voters there are in each party, except just prior to a statewide partisan primary, or a statewide general election. The first tally since 2016 is now out. It is as of August 15, 2018. Democratic 33.22%; Republican 10.37%; Libertarian .32%; Green .11%; members of other unqualified parties .91%; independent and miscellaneous 55.08%.

The percentages just before the 2016 general election were: Democratic 34.18%; Republican 10.68%; Libertarian .20%; Green .14%.

The Secretary of State has put the data for the three qualified parties (Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian) on his web page. However his web page does not show the totals for the unqualified parties, even though the data exists.

The number of registered voters in smaller unqualified parties currently is: Socialist 808; Constitution 244; Reform 119; Prohibition 18; Working Families 12. Most of the registrants in the unqualified parties are in the United Independent Party, which is defunct but which was on the ballot 2014-2016.

Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving voting rights for individuals who live in a U.S. territorial possession. The court refused to hear Segovia v United States, 17-1463.

On October 8, New York State Senator Tony Avella, who had lost last month’s Democratic primary, said he will keep campaigning for the November election. He will be on the ballot as the nominee of the Independence Party and the Women’s Equality Party. See this story. Also in the race is a Republican, a Conservative, and the man who won the Democratic primary, John Liu.