Roll-Call on Continued Funding of U.S. Government Suggests Top-Two States Don’t Produce More Moderate Members of Congress

Posted on by October 1, 2022
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On September 30, the U.S. House passed HR 6833, the bill to fund the federal government. Only ten Republicans, out of 212 Republican members, voted for the bill. Most people would probably agree the bill gives an illustration of partisanship in our current Congress.

There are fourteen Republican members from the top-two states, eleven from California and three from Washington. None of the 14 voted for HB 6833. Here is the list of Republicans who voted for and against the bill. The “yes” votes from Republicans included two members from New York, and one each from Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Green Party Begins Circulating a Party Petition in South Dakota for 2024

Posted on by October 1, 2022
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The Green Party has begun circulating its petition for party status in South Dakota, the first time it has ever tried that. It already has 1,000 signatures. The requirement can’t be known precisely because it will change in November 2022, but it will probably be no more than 4,000.

The South Dakota party petition was eased in 2018, from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1%.

Other groups that are circulating for party status for 2024, even though it is still 2022, are No Labels and Forward. As far as is known, this is the first time in history when petitions for party status are circulating so early in so many states. Even Americans Elect didn’t start its work for the 2012 election until the beginning of 2011.

New California Registration Data

Posted on by September 30, 2022
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The California Secretary of State has released a new Report of Registration, showing how many registered voters there are in each party, and how many independent voters there are. See it here.

The Common Sense Party, which is not a qualified party, has 26,630 registrants, still far from enough to qualify, but higher than it was at the last tally, when it was 20,813.

The new percentages are: Democratic 46.89%; Republican 23.88%; American Independent 3.50%; Libertarian 1.05%; Peace & Freedom .55%; Green .43%; Common Sense .12%; independent, miscellaneous and unknown 23.57%.

The percentages in May 2022, the last tally, were: Democratic 46.77%; Republican 23.93%; American Independent 3.42%; Libertarian 1.03%; Peace & Freedom .53%; Green .42%; Common Sense .09%; independent, miscellaneous and unknown 23.92%.

U.S. District Court Strikes Down Arkansas Procedures for New and Previously Unqualified Parties

Posted on by September 30, 2022
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On September 30, U.S. District Court Judge Kristine G. Baker, an Obama appointee, struck down the Arkansas procedures for new or previously unqualified parties. She struck down the 3% petition, the early deadline, and the requirement that all signatures be gathered in 90 days. The Opinion is 83 pages.