On June 1, the California Secretary of State released a new registration tally. Compared to the last registration tally, the tally of April 6, there are only miniscule changes. The only political party that gained, as a share of the registered voters, is the American Independent Party. Oddly enough, even the “No party preference” category declined slightly as a percentage of the total. The only category that increased, other than the AIP, is the “other” category, and almost all of that increase was inside Los Angeles County.

Here is a link to the new Report. Americans Elect registration declined from 3,104 to 3,030. All the other qualified parties gained in number of registrants, but (except for the AIP) not as a percentage of the total.

On May 31, a Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz poll was released, for the presidential race in New Mexico. It shows President Obama at 48%, Mitt Romney at 35%, Gary Johnson at 12%, and undecided 5%. The poll has a breakdown by the age group of respondents. Johnson’s strongest age is the 18-29 category, where he is at 18%. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this article about the lawsuit filed law week by the Green Party and the Constitution Party, over Georgia’s ballot access restrictions for President. No statewide petition in Georgia, for president or any other office, has succeeded in Georgia since 2000. It is somewhat unusual for major newspapers to cover ballot access lawsuits when they are filed. Generally there is no publicity until and unless the lawsuit wins.