On April 26, the West Virginia Secretary of State issued a new voter registration tally. See the figures here.
Percentages are: Republican 40.42%; Democratic 30.31%; Libertarian .91%; Green .22%; independent and other 28.14%.
On October 2023, the percentages were: Republican 39.86%; Democratic 31.49%; Libertarian .91%; Green .21%; independent and other 27.53%.
On May 3, a Utah state trial court ruled that Layne Bangerter cannot run for Lieutenant Governor in the June 25 Republican primary. Bangerter is the running mate of Phil Lyman, the Republican candidate for Governor who has been endorsed by the state party. In Utah, candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor run as a team in both the primary and the general election. Now Lyman was quickly choose a new running mate. See this story.
The Utah Constitution residency requirement requires five years residence in Utah. Bangerter argued that means any five years of his life, but the state argued that means the five years immediately before filing for office. Bangerter lived most of his life in Utah, but he lived in Idaho during most of the past five years.
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.
