Randall Hayes has obtained the number of registered voters in each party in Louisiana, as of June 1. See his blog here, which has the complete list of all parties and how many registrants they have. The most surprising news is that Americans Elect has been running a registration drive in Louisiana. It has 803 registrants.

Louisiana law says a group becomes a qualified party if it obtains at least 1,000 registrants, and also it must pay a fee of $1,000. After it attains party status, it keeps it as long as it runs a candidate (for office other than president, vice-president, or presidential elector) every four years. It is not known if Americans Elect will finish its registration drive to attain the 1,000 registrants needed for party status.

The Republican, Libertarian, Green, and Reform Parties have all gained registrations in Louisiana since January 2012, but Democratic Party registration has declined.

The Green Party, and the Working Families Party, each now have enough registrations in Delaware to be on the November 2012 ballot. The Constitution Party still doesn’t have enough registrants. It is possible there are enough voter registration cards in which voters have joined the Constitution Party, but if so, the cards still haven’t been submitted to elections officials.

The Constitution Party, and any unqualified party, has until August 21 to get enough registrations. However, it will be difficult for a group to increase its registration in Delaware, because Delaware doesn’t permit voters to change parties during June or July or August. Groups can still find unregistered individuals and persuade them to register as a member of that group. Thanks to David McCorquodale for the news about the Green Party and the Working Families Party.

On May 21, Maine Governor Paul LePage signed LD 1826, which eliminates the area of the state income tax form that asks taxpayers if they wish to send a small donation to the taxpayer’s favorite political party. Maine is the second state in recent years to eliminate this assistance to political parties. The other such state is Idaho.

A bill in Utah to do the same thing failed to pass this year.