U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro will hold a one-day trial in Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v Gardiner on Monday, July 13, at 9 a.m. The issue is the 2014 law that makes it illegal for the party petition to circulate during an odd year.
On June 26, the Pennsylvania Senate voted to confirm Timothy Reese as Treasurer of the state. He is a registered independent. Treasurer is an elected partisan statewide office in Pennsylvania. That office is on the ballot in presidential election years. It will be interesting to see if Reese runs for a full term next year, and if he runs as an independent candidate. Only one Senator voted against Reese. Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, Tom Wolf, had nominated him back in April 2015, but it took the Senate quite a while to act on the nomination.
The Secretary of State has released current registration data. It shows: Democratic 46.25%; Republican 28.01%; Libertarian .39%; Green .072%; Reform .048%; independent and other 25.23%.
The percentages just prior to the November 2014 election were: Democratic 46.79%; Republican 27.69%; Libertarian .36%; Green .069%; Reform .049%; independent and other 25.05%. Thanks to Randall Hayes for the new data.
The West Virginia Secretary of State has released new voter registration data: Democratic 48.70%; Republican 29.08%; Libertarian .18%; Green (Mountain) .134%; independent and other 21.89%.
Just prior to the November 2014 election, the West Virginia percentages were: Democratic 50.61%; Republican 29.45%; Libertarian .15%; Green (Mountain) .129%; independent and other 19.65%. Thanks to Michael for the new data.
On July 2, the Women’s Equality Party of New York filed its bylaws and a list of its interim officers. See them here. The party became ballot-qualified on November 4, 2014 by polling over 50,000 votes for Governor. Thanks to Mike Drucker for the link. Here is a news story about the filing.
There is also a Women’s Equality Party in Great Britain, but it is a bona fide party, whereas it seems likely the New York Women’s Equality Party will be completely controlled by Democrats.
