On January 25, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Brimmer, a Bush Jr. appointee, heard oral arguments in Colorado Republican Party v Griswold, 1:23cv-1948.  The law requires all parties that have primaries to allow independent voters to vote in those primaries, unless the State Central Committee by a vote of 75% of the members authorizes the party to close the primary.  Although a majority of the Republican Committee members want a closed primary, supporters of closing the primary have never been able to surmount the 75% threshold.

See this story about the argument.

On January 26, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was on the Smerconish show.  He said he is mulling over whether to seek the Libertarian presidential nomination.  See this story.

On January 26, the California Secretary of State released a new registration tally, as of January 5.  No Labels has 36,769 registrants in that tally.  It had 25,141 at the previous tally, the October 3, 2023 tally.

It needs approximately 75,000.  The exact number can’t be known now, but the formula is .33% of the total state registraton when the party qualifies.  The deadline is in July 2024.

Because No Labels gained 11,628 during October, November, and December, it is safe to assume that its current registration is probably close to 40,000, accounting for the new registrations it has probably obtained since January 5.  In that event, it is halfway toward becoming a qualified party.  See the new Report of Registration here.