Updated New York Registration Data

Posted on by July 25, 2022
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The New York State Board of Elections has released registration data as of June 6, 2022. The active voters totals are: Democratic 5,980,144; Republican 2,648,235; Independence 363,437; Conservative 152,876; Working Families 45,613; Green 20,724; Libertarian 19,421; SAM 527; independent and other 2,762,169.

The percentages are: Democratic 49.86%; Republican 22.08%; Independence 3.03%; Conservative 1.27%; Working Families .38%; Green .17%; Libertarian .16%; SAM .004%; independent and other 23.03%.

The percentages in October 2020 were: Democratic 50.06%; Republican 22.20%; Independence 3.51%; Conservative 1.22%; Working Families .33%; Green .20%; Libertarian .16%; SAM .005%; independent and other 22.31%.

It is somewhat surprising that the unqualified parties did not suffer a greater drop in registration. Here is the New York registration form. There is a checkbox for the qualified parties, but an applicant must write in the name of an unqualified party in order to register into it.

Utah U.S. Senate Poll

Posted on by July 25, 2022
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On July 20, a Deseret News Poll showed these results for the U.S. Senate race in Utah: Republican Mike Lee 41%; independent Evan McMullin 36%; “other” 14%; don’t know 8%. See here.

There are only four candidates on the ballot in the race. The pollsters could have a done a better job of they had listed all four. Those not mentioned by the poll include the Libertarian nominee and the nominee of the Independent American Party. Thanks to Eric Garris for the link.

U.S. District Court Refuses to Reconsider Allowing the People’s Party to Place a Nominee on the Florida Ballot

Posted on by July 25, 2022
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On July 25, U.S. District Court Judge Tom Barber refused to reconsider his June 22 ruling, keep the People’s Party from nominating a candidate for Pasco County Commission. People’s Party of Florida v Florida Department of State, m.d., 8:22cv-1274. The People’s Party has been a qualified party since September 2021. Florida doesn’t permit people to register to vote into unqualified parties. Therefore, the People’s Party had no registered members until September 2021. But the law says no one can run be a party nominee who has not been a member of the party for a full year before the filing deadline. Therefore, new parties in Florida can’t have any nominees their first year on the ballot, not even presidential candidates, because in Florida, candidates for presidential elector must be registered members of the party that nominated them.

Judge Barber did not give any reason for denying reconsideration. The party will now ask for injunctive relief from the Eleventh Circuit.