Buzzfeed Suggests New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Seems Unlikely to Receive Working Families Nomination

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Buzzfeed has this article which says that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked the Democratic nominees for Comptroller and Attorney General not to accept the Working Families nomination. This news, if true, can only mean that Cuomo is pessimistic about his chances of himself receiving the Working Families nomination.

The offices named above are the only statewide offices up in New York this year (except that Lieutenant Governor is up, but is part of the ticket with gubernatorial candidates). Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.

Hoover Institution Golden State Poll Suggests Independents Are Less Supportive of Top-Two Primary than Party Members

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The Hoover Institution released a Golden State Poll on May 28. Question eight asks, “There has been a lot of talk about the California state legislature’s failure to address important problems facing California. Do you think that the ‘open primaries’ will lead to progress on important public policy issues in this state?”

The answers to this question were separated out by partisan affiliation. Voters who are neither Republicans nor Democrats responded this way: “Yes” 20%; “No” 49%; not sure 31%.

Among Republicans, the results were: “Yes” 26%; “No” 50%; not sure 23%.

Among Democrats, the results were: “Yes” 29%; “No” 35%; not sure 36%.

The poll also broke down the question for people who say they are interested in news most of the time, versus people who say only some of the time. The group that is interested in news most of the time results were: “Yes” 21%; “No” 51%; not sure 28%. But the people who are less interested in news responded: “Yes” 31%; “No” 36%; not sure 33%. Thanks to Thomas Jones and Jim Riley for the link.

New California Registration Tally

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On May 30, the California Secretary of State released a new registration tally.

Compared to the April 4, 2014 tally, the Democratic Party increased by 14,246; Republicans declined 4,954; the American Independent Party gained 3,378; the Libertarian Party gained 2,077; the Green Party gained 517; Peace & Freedom gained 751; Americans Elect gained 70. The combination of independent voters, and voters registered in unqualified parties, rose 45,435.

The Constitution Party, which is not ballot-qualified, declined from 355 in the January 2014 tally (the last tally for which figures are available) to 339. Thanks to Kevin Takenaga for this news.

National Review Article Says Rand Paul Will Likely File Ballot Access Lawsuit in 2015 if Kentucky Legislature Won’t Change Law

Posted on by May 30, 2014
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This National Review article says U.S. Senator Rand Paul is likely to file a constitutional ballot access lawsuit in 2015, if the Kentucky legislature doesn’t change the law before then. The current law does not permit anyone to run for two offices simultaneously. Paul would almost certain desire to run for both president and U.S. Senate in 2016.

Michigan Won’t Appeal U.S. District Court Decision on Whether Candidate Petitioners Must be Registered Voters

Posted on by May 30, 2014
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On May 30, the Michigan Secretary of State said she won’t appeal the May 23 decision of the U.S. District Court in Moore v Johnson. The issue was the law requiring petitioners (for a candidate) to be registered voters. See this story. The legislature is in session for several more months and it is possible the legislature will repeal the restriction this year. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.