A Michigan group called “Voters Not Politicians” will soon start to circulate a state constitutional initiative, to set up a redistricting commission for drawing U.S. House and state legislative district boundaries. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
On July 13, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, ruled that Warren Redlich may proceed with a trial against his 2010 Republican opponent, Carl Paladino, and others. Redlich is suing for defamation. Here is the three-page opinion in Redlich v Stone, 4448 109005/11. Redlich was the Libertarian nominee for New York Governor. He polled 48,386 votes. If he had polled 50,000, the Libertarian Party would have become ballot-qualified in New York for the first and only time. Without the defamatory actions taken against Redlich just prior to election day, he might have polled 50,000 votes.
The Idaho Secretary of State has released registration data as of July 6, 2017. The percentages: Republican 49.78%; Democratic 11.00%; Libertarian .79%; Constitution .37%; independent and other 38.06%.
In November 2016, the percentages were: Republican 48.27%; Democratic 10.64%; Libertarian .64%; Constitution .32%; independent and other 40.13%.
New York city holds a primary for Mayor and other city office on September 12. Four candidates submitted petitions to be on the primary ballot for Mayor: Rocky De La Fuente, Walter Iwachiw, Nicole Malliotakis, and Paul J. Massey.
The Socialist Party now has a state organization in Maine. See this story. The last time any nominee of the Socialist Party was on the ballot in Maine was 1952. Back then Maine only required 1,000 signatures for a statewide independent or the statewide nominee of an unqualified party.
