On July 4, Elon Musk first mentioned his intent to form the America Party. But as of July 15, the America Party has not filed to be a political body in California. It is very easy for a group to file as a political body. Once filed, the person who files, and who says he or she is chair of that body, controls the party name.
Here is the list of political bodies in California.
On July 15, the North Dakota plaintiffs in a Voting Rights Act redistricting case asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the order of the Eighth Circuit, pending final resolution of the case. Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v Howe, 25A62. See the filing here.
The U.S. District Court had found North Dakota’s last legislative redistricting to violate the federal Voting Rights Act, because it reduced the number of districts in which Native Americans had a reasonable chance to elect one of their own. But then the Eighth Circuit had ruled that the federal Voting Rights Act, which has existed since 1965, can’t be the basis of any lawsuit brought by individuals or groups. Instead, the Eighth Circuit said, only the federal government use the Act. The vote was 2-1 and was unprecedented.
The U.S. Supreme Court wants a response from North Dakota by July 22.
Here is a story by Joe Lancaster at reason.com.
Green Party registration in the states that have partisan registration has risen from 248,516 members as of November 2024, to 261,091 as of July 2025. Meanwhile, the number of all registered voters in those same states has remained stagnant.
Matt Lieberman has this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, defending the right of people to form new parties and get them on the ballot.
