The Arizona Secretary of State has released new voter registration data, as of January 1, 2014. For the first time since 1962, Republican registration as a percentage of the total is under 35%. Here are the new figures, which show: Republican 34.86%, Democratic 29.67%, Libertarian .81%, Americans Elect .0098%, all others 34.64%.

The tally does not show the number of registered Greens, because the Green Party is no longer on the ballot, although it hopes to be back on the ballot soon; it is working hard on its petition, which is due February 28, 2014.

The last tally percentages, for October 1, 2013, were: Republican 35.04%, Democratic 29.90%, Libertarian .80%, Green .17%, Americans Elect .0094%, all others 34.08%.

The Tenth Circuit will hear Citizen Center v Gessler, 12-1414, on March 17, Monday, at 9 a.m. This is the case over whether the U.S. Constitution protects the right to a secret ballot. The case had originally been filed to block the practice of printing unique bar codes on ballots, so that theoretically election officials could determine how a particular voter voted. But the U.S. District Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not protect a secret ballot, so the Tenth Circuit will grapple with that as well.

Georgia state officials will not ask for reconsideration of the January 6 order of the Eleventh Circuit that remanded the ballot access case back to the U.S. District Court. The time period for the state to have asked for that has now passed. This means that the case is now back in the U.S. District Court for certain. The issue is whether presidential ballot access in Georgia is too difficult. No one has complied with the Georgia procedures for president in the general election in fourteen years.