On May 9, 2025, a federal lawsuit was filed against the new Wyoming law that requires individuals who are registering to vote to include documents proving their citizenship. Equality State Policy Center v Wyoming Secretary of State, 1:25cv-117. Here is the Complaint.
The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl, an Obama appointee.
Here are the percentages of voters enrolled in each political party in New York, although the data for the qualified parties is from February 22, 2025, and the data for the unqualified parties that are still tracked is from June 9, 2025: Democratic 47.54%; Republican 22.94%; Independence 2.23%; Conservative 1.29%; Working Families .45%; Green .13%; Libertarian .11%; independent and other 25.30%.
Percentages on November 1, 2024 were: Democratic 47.85%; Republican 22.71%; Independence 2.42%; Conservative 1.28%; Working Families .44%; Green .13%; Libertarian .12%; independent and other 25.04%.
The recent figures for the unqualified parties are not on the state’s website. The numbers are: Independence 276,566; Green 15,522; Libertarian 14,177: SAM 330. SAM isn’t mentioned in the paragraphs above that list percentages because its percentages amounts to less than .01%.
On July 10, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante, a Bush Jr. appointee, again blocked President Trump’s Executive Order on birthright citizenship. New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v Trump, 1:25cv-38. The judge had previously blocked it on February 10. This time the case had become a class action lawsuit.
Politico has this interview with Russ Verney, who was Ross Perot’s campaign manager in 1996 and who was the national chair of the Reform Party.
On July 6, the America Party filed with the Federal Election Commission. See the four-page document here. UPDATE: Elon Musk says this filing is fake.
The party’s address, 1 Rocket Rd., Hawthorne, California, is the headquarters of SpaceX.
Whoever filled out the form seems to have made a mistake with the zip code. The correct zip code for 1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California, is 90250. But the form lists zip code 78725, which is in Austin, Texas.
The party’s treasurer is Vaibhav Taneja. He is also the Chief Financial Officer of Tesla Motor Company.
