On March 29, U.S. District Court Judge James O. Browning, a Bush Jr. appointee, ruled that the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 requires New Mexico to release the list of registered voters. Voter Reference Foundation v Torrez, 1:22cv-0222. The decision is 329 pages. See this story.
On May 3, the Missouri Secretary of State said that the Better Party is now a ballot-qualified party. It needed 10,000 valid signatures and the petition has been verified.
The Arkansas Secretary of State’s office says these are the registration totals for May 3, 2024: Republican 131,647; Democratic 86,231; Libertarian 700; Green 104; other 1; independent 1,543,863.
Percentages are: Republican 7.47%; Democratic 4.89%; Libertarian .04%; Green .01%; independent 87.59%.
Percentages in October 2023 were: Republican 7.37%; Democratic 4.94%; Libertarian .04%; Green .01%; independent 87.64%.
The reason independents are such a huge share is that in Arkansas, how one registers has no practical effect. Primaries are open and any voter can choose any party’s primary ballot. But the registration form does ask for party affiliation.
Massachusetts has released a registration tally for February 24, 2024: Democratic 1,336,825; Republican 415,438; Libertarian 16,307; unqualified parties that have asked the state to tally its registration 35,388; independent and miscellaneous 3,153,445.
Percentages are: Democratic 26.97%; Republican 8.38%; Libertarian .33%; unqualified parties that want a tally .71%; independent and miscellaneous 63.61%.
Percentages in February 2023 were: Democratic 29.60%; Republican 8.81%; Libertarian .35%; unqualified parties .77%; independent and miscellaneous 61.08%.
The last tally breaking down the numbers for unqualified parties had been in October 2022. Here are some of the unqualified parties, with the October 2022 number listed first and the February 2024 number listed next:
United Independent 16,747; 14,469.
Green: 3,991; 3,599
Socialist: 1,590; 1,615
Working Families 750; 722
Constitution 330; 292
Reform 121; 113
Workers 116; 183
Prohibition 20; 19
On April 30, the Florida Secretary of State sent a letter to the state officers of the Natural Law Party, saying its application for qualified status has been approved. However, as of Friday, May 3, the Secretary of State’s website still doesn’t include Natural Law as a qualified party.
