The California Secretary of State has revised the latest registration data. The original “Report of Registration”, issued May 12, did not have current data for the Reform Party, but now it does. It also now includes the Constitution Party. See the revised version here.

The Reform Party has 14,634 registered members. Although this is far short of the 60,000 or so needed to qualify for the presidential ballot, it is still a substantial showing. The deadline for the Reform Party, or any other group, to attain the goal is July 11.

U.S. District Court Judge David G. Campbell will hear oral arguments in Arizona Libertarian Party v Reagan on Tuesday, May 24, at 1 p.m. This is the case that challenges the new law that greatly increased the number of signatures needed for a Libertarian to get on the Libertarian primary ballot.

As already reported, earlier this year a U.S. District Court in Illinois struck down the law requiring newly-qualifying parties to run a full slate of candidates. The state is appealing. In the 7th circuit, the state’s brief is due June 16 and the Libertarian Party brief is due July 15. The dates would have been earlier, but the attorney for the state obtained an extention because he said he has too many other cases to work on.