On July 21, the Arizona Libertarian Party filed a notice of appeal in Libertarian Party of Arizona v Reagan, the lawsuit over ballot access for Libertarian Party members who want to get on their own party’s primary ballot. The U.S. District Court had upheld the law earlier this month.
WUNC 91.5, one of the Public Radio stations in North Carolina, has this story about SB 656, the bill to improve ballot access for newly-qualifying parties and independent candidates.
As noted earlier today, the North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Cooper v Berger on August 28, over whether the new law on the makeup of the State Elections Board is valid. On the afternoon of July 20, the Court released a letter saying that the Governor is not now required to comply with the new law. In other words, he is free to leave no board members on duty, during the period between now and when the case is decided.
This slightly indicates that the Court is likely to invalidate the new law, because it would be awkward for the Governor to be forced to appoint eight new members (which the new law requires) if the Court later will invalidate the new law. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
Nebraska State Senator Bob Krist says that he will create a new party and then seek to become its gubernatorial nominee in 2018. This article does not say what the name of his party will be.
As of July 20, 2017, here is the New York registration data: Democratic 5,757,022; Republican 2,683,161; Independence 441,472; Conservative 146,278; Working Families 41,706; Green 26,138; Libertarian 6,463; Women’s Equality 3,186; Reform 1,473; other and independent 2,404,570.
The new percentages are: Democratic 50.01%; Republican 23.31%; Independence 3.84%; Conservative 1.27%; Working Families .36%; Green .23%; Libertarian .06%; Women’s Equality .03%; Reform .01%; independent and other 20.89%.
The November 2016 percentages were: Democratic 49.46%; Republican 22.73%; Independence 4.02%; Conservative 1.30%; Working Families .40%; Green .23%; Libertarian .06%; Women’s Equality .02%; Reform .01%; independent and other 21.77%.
