The Legal Marijuana Nebraska Party is approximately half-finished with its party petition in Nebraska. The party had tried and failed to get on the Nebraska ballot in 2016. Thanks to Mark Elsworth for this news.
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On July 24, a state trial court in Massachusetts struck down the law that closes voter registration twenty days before any election. The basis is the State Constitution. Chelsea Collaborative v Galvin, Suffolk Co. Superior Court, cv16-3354-D. Here is the lengthy decision. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Monmouth University Polls has released a poll for this year’s Virginia gubernatorial race. The results: Republican Ed Gillespie 44%; Democrat Ralph Northam 44%; Libertarian Cliff Hyra 3%; undecided 9%. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
The Florida Secretary of State web page updates voter registration on a daily basis. Unfortunately, these updates only show the number of Democrats, the number of Republicans, and the number of all other voters. The July 23 2017 figures are: Democratic 4,845,863; Republican 4,566,956; all others 3,476,693. One can see them at the very top of the page at this link.
The current percentages are: Democratic 37.60%; Republican 35.43%; all others 26.97%. The November 2016 percentages were: Democratic 37.91%; Republican 35.37%; all others 26.71%.
The Secretary of State’s office says it hopes to improve its voter registration data, so that in the future data for all qualified parties will be available.
On July 7, the Nebraska Secretary of State posted new registration data. The percentages: Republican 48.24%; Democratic 30.14%; Libertarian 1.03%; independent and miscellaneous 20.58%.
In November 2016, the percentages were: Republican 48.10%; Democratic 30.59%; Libertarian .91%; independent and miscellaneous 20.40%.
This is the first time Libertarian Party registration has been above 1% in a state outside the western states.