Arizona releases new voter registration data each calendar quarter. The July 1 figures show that the only qualified party that has gained registration share since the April 1 tally is the Libertarian Party, which went from .656% to .686%. The party now meets the threshold for keeping its place on the ballot, which is two-thirds of 1%. However, the party must remain vigilant, because the tally that counts is the special November 1, 2009 tally, so the party must guard its share between now and then.

Independents rose from 28.50% to 28.93%. Republicans declined from 36.83% to 36.58%. Democrats declined from 33.88% to 33.67%. Greens were virtually unchanged, at .136% in both tallies. Greens are not conducting a registration drive, but instead are doing a petition drive, so as to remain on the ballot for 2010. Thanks to IndependentPoliticalReport for this news.

Alabama is one of the states that fills vacant legislative seats with a special election. However, it turns out that, in Alabama, when only one party nominates anyone for that special election, and no independent files, the party nominee is deemed to be the winner. See this story, which explains that Priscilla Dunn will be seated as the new State Senator from the 19th District because no other party nominated anyone.

The California special election to fill the vacant 10th district U.S. House seat on November 3 will be a race between members of five political parties. The Green, American Independent, and Peace & Freedom Parties all will be represented. An earlier blog post was incorrect to say that the only parties represented would be Peace & Freedom, Democratic and Republican. The Green Party member running is Jeremy Cloward; the American Independent Party member running is Jerome Denham.