Ballot Access News

The Utah Elections office has released a registration tally as of April 15. The percentages: Republican 52.73%; Democratic 13.56%; Independent American 4.08%; Libertarian 1.23%; Constitution .41%; United Utah .14%; No Labels .12%; independent and miscellaneous 27.72%.

The Forward Party, which is new in Utah, has 63 members, and the Green Party, which recently regained qualified status, has 42 members. When the Green Party was last on the Utah ballot in 2020, it had over 2,200 members, but apparently the state converted all the Greens to independents, so now the party must rebuild its registration list.

In October 2023, the percentages were: Republican 52.27%; Democratic 13.71%; Independent American 3.95%; Libertarian 1.21%; Constitution .40%; United Utah .14%; No Labels .03%; independent and miscellaneous 28.29%. Thanks to Mike Feinstein for the new data.

On Friday, a hearings officer for the Hawaii Division of Elections ruled that the We the People Party should remain on the ballot. We the People is a party formed in a few states to nominate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for president.

The Hawaii Democratic Party had challenged the existence of the party. The challenge did not claim that the party hadn’t submitted enough signatures. Instead the challenge said two of the party’s officers were ineligible because they had voted in the Democratic Party primary in 2022, and a third party officer wasn’t a registered voter. But the law doesn’t say that challenges based on such matters are allowed; the law only allows challenges to the validity of the petition.

In any event, the two party officers testified that they are not Democrats. Hawaii does not have registration by party. See this story.

On April 17, the Nebraska Secretary of State announced that the petition for party status for the No Labels Party is valid. The signatures had been submitted on March 19, before No Labels decided not to enter the presidential race.