Polling Requirement for June 27 Presidential Debate

Posted on by May 17, 2024
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., needs to be at 15% in national polls by June 20 in order to qualify for the CNN presidential debate. Specifically, he needs to be at 15% in polls from four organizations. Polls from 13 organizations will be considered. He doesn’t need to be at an average of 15% in all of them; any four polls will count. The poll can be either 15% of the registered voters, or 15% of the likely voters.

Polls from these 13 organizations are eligible: ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, NBC News, NY Times-Siena College, NPR-PBS-News-Hour, Marist College, Quinnipiac University, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

Illinois Republican Party Lawsuit Against Restricting Ballot Access in the Middle of the Campaign Season is Set for May 17, Friday

Posted on by May 16, 2024
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On Friday, May 17, at 9:30 a.m., an Illinois state trial court will hear Collazo v Illinois State Board of Elections, Sangamon Co. Circuit Court, 2024CH000032. This is the lawsuit filed by the Illinois Republican Party to block a new election law that abolishes the ability of a qualified party to nominate someone for the legislature after the primary is over (assuming no one won the primary). The old procedure requires the nominee to collect petition signatures and also persuade a party committee to nominate him or her.

The Republican Party had been planning to use this procedure in several legislative districts, but then last month the legislature, which has a Democratic majority in each house, repealed the procedure, effective immediately.

New Connecticut Registration Data

Posted on by May 16, 2024
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As of May 16, 2024, these are the number of registered voters in Connecticut: Democratic 798,205; Republican 466,908; Independent Party 29,136; Libertarian 2,996; Green 1,350; Working Families 298; We the People 19; independent and miscellaneous 919,524.

Percentages are: Democratic 35.98%; Republican 21.05%; Independent Party 1.31%; Libertarian .14%; Green .06%; Working Families .01%; independent and miscellaneous 41.45%.

In October 2023, the percentages had been: Democratic 36.10%; Republican 20.78%; Independent Party 1.33%; Libertarian .14%; Green .06%; Working Families .01%; independent and miscellaneous 41.58%.