This story says an unusually large number of independent candidates are running for the Alaska legislature in 2016. Furthermore, the filing deadline for independents is not until August, so there may be more later.
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The Oregon Working Families Party will go off the ballot in August 2016 unless it increases its registration by approximately 1,200 members. The party is working to accomplish that goal. See this story.
On June 3, the California Secretary of State released new registration data. Compared to the previous tally, the April 8 tally, all the parties except the Democratic Party declined, on a percentage basis. The percentage of no party preference voters also declined.
The new percentages are: Democratic 44.82%; Republican 27.29%; American Independent 2.55%; Libertarian .64%; Green .43%; Peace & Freedom .40%; unqualified parties .55%; no party preference 23.32%.
The Apri percentages were: Democratic 43.65%; Republican 27.52%; American Independent 2.75%; Libertarian .68%; Green .54%; Peace & Freedom .43%; unqualified parties .60%; no party preference 23.85%.
According to this story, the ballot-qualified Independent Party of Delaware recently endorsed Donald Trump for President. Delaware permitted fusion until a few years ago. If Delaware hadn’t recently banned fusion, and if Donald Trump and the Republican presidential elector candidates in Delaware had agreed, then Trump could have been listed on the November 2016 ballot twice, and voters could have voted for him under either party label. Thanks to Michael for the link.
Bloomberg has this essay by Jonathan Bernstein about California’s top-two system. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.