On interview shows recently, Congresswoman Liz Cheney has said she has not decided whether to run for president in 2024. See this story.
Meanwhile, No Labels has already started circulating petitions to qualify for party status in several states.
The Moderate Party of Rhode Island has placed William H. Gilbert on the November 2022 ballot for U.S. House, second district. He was the party’s gubernatorial candidate in 2018.
Gilbert is the first minor party candidate on the Rhode Island ballot for either House of Congress since 2004, when a Socialist Party nominee ran for the same U.S. House seat.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections posts voter registration data every week, on Saturday. Between July 2 and July 23, the Democratic Party has declined by 2,838. The Republican Party has declined by 478. The Libertarian Party has increased by 78, and independents have increased by 4,198.
The publicity about the Democratic Party’s attempt to remove the Green Party began on June 30, when the three Democratic members of the State Board of Elections refused to certify the party’s petition, even though the county election boards had determined it had enough valid signatures.
The totals on July 23 are: Democratic 2,491,653; Republican 2,209,872; Libertarian 49,333; independent 2,573,470.
On July 2 they were: Democratic 2,494,491; Republican 2,210,350; Libertarian 49,255; independent 2,569,272.
On July 22, the city of New York filed notice of appeal in Fosella v Adams. This is the case over the 2021 New York city law that lets permanent residents of New York city who are not citizens vote in elections for city office. The trial court had found the law contradicts the state Constitution.
This is old news, but hadn’t previously been reported. The Libertarian Party has chosen Washington, D.C. for its 2024 presidential convention. The Libertarian Party also held its 1996 presidential convention in Washington, D.C. It is believed that no other nationally-organized political party in U.S. history has ever held its presidential convention in Washington, D.C., except that the Socialist Workers Party held its 1980 convention there.
