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 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.

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