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%.

Last week, Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon spoke to a Republican meeting. According to a newspaper story, he said the Libertarian Party and the Democratic Party are growing stronger in Alabama. See the next-to-the-last paragraph in this story.

On September 29, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman, an Obama appointee, upheld all the Texas ballot access laws that affect independent candidates and minor parties, except that he ruled that it is unconstitutional for the state to ban electronic signatures. Miller v Hughs, w.d., 1:19cv-700. The opinion is rather short, considering all the laws that were challenged, and appears to have made significant factual errors and also to have overlooked a great deal of the evidence.

Here is the 28-page Opinion.