The Federal Election Commission publishes “Combined Federal/State Disclosure and Election Directory” every year or so. It is a very useful book for anyone who needs to know how to contact state election officials. It can be seen on-line at www.fec.gov, or the FEC will also postally mail a print copy to anyone who requests one. Technically it isn’t a book; the FEC copies all 145 pages and fastens them together with a clamp.
The Arizona Secretary of State recently posted registration data as of July 2023. The percentages: Republican 34.42%; Democratic 30.02%; Libertarian .80%; No Labels .20%; independent and other (including Green) 34.55%.
In October 2022 the percentages were: Republican 34.67%; Democratic 30.66%; Libertarian .78%; independent and other 33.89%.
Here are the figures. The No Labels total for July 2023 is 8,505. By contrast, at the April 2023 tally, No Labels only had 17 members. Thanks to Richard Grayson for the news about the new tally.
On August 8, an Arizona Superior Court ruled that No Labels Party is a qualified party in Arizona. The Arizona Democratic Party had sued the Secretary of state, arguing that the Secretary should not have put the party on the ballot. The Democratic Party had argued that No Labels had submitted certain paperwork too early in the process, and that the paperwork should have been submitted after the petition had been submitted.
The Ohio Libertarian Party began its 2024 presidential independent petition on August 8. It is likely the party got between 6% and 8% of all the signatures it will need, in just a single day. Petitioning at the polls is an excellent petition technique. The stand-in presidential candidate listed on the petition is Tricia Sprankle; the vice-presidential stand-in is Ken Moellman.
As of 9:35 p.m. Ohio time, the Ohio ballot measure to make it more difficult for initiatives to get on the ballot is losing, with only 43% of the voters supporting it. Here is a link to the unofficial election returns, via the Ohio Secretary of State’s website.
