New Registration Data for New York

Posted on by July 10, 2025
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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%.

U.S. District Court Judge in New Hampshire Again Blocks President Trump’s Executive Order on Citizenship, This Time in a Class Action

Posted on by July 10, 2025
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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.

America Party Files with the Federal Election Commission

Posted on by July 21, 2025
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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.

Texas Secretary of State Files Brief in Libertarian Party Lawsuit Over Filing Fees

Posted on by July 9, 2025
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On June 30, the Texas Secretary of State filed a reply brief in Bilyeu v Esparza, w.d., 1:21cv-1089.  The issue is the Texas law on how filing fees are handled.  When a major party candidate pays a filing fee, the money is given to that candidate’s party.  But when a minor party candidate pays a filing fee, the government keeps the money.  The Libertarian Party argues this violates equal protection.

The state says equal protection doesn’t apply because major parties and minor parties are not situated similarly.  The state says major parties have more voter support than minor parties.  Of course, this is generally true all over the nation.  If this theory were sound, than no minor party could ever win an equal protection lawsuit.  Here is the state’s brief.