Kentucky Now Has More Registered Republicans than Democrats for First Time

Posted on by July 15, 2022
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On July 15, the Kentucky State Board of Elections released new registration data, which it does every month. For the first time, there are more registered Republicans than Democrats. Here is a link to the totals. There are 1,612,060 Republicans, and 1,609,569 Democrats.

The percentages are: Republican 45.19%; Democratic 45.12%; Libertarian .42%; Green .06%; Constitution .03%; Socialist Workers .01%; Reform .004%; independent and other 9.16%.

On October 10, 2020, the percentages were: Democratic 46.91%; Republican 44.00%; Libertarian .38%; Green .05%; Constitution .03%; Socialist Workers .01%; Reform .004%; independent and other 8.63%.

Counterpunch Runs Howie Hawkins’ History of Democratic Party Attempts in This Century to Eliminate Competition

Posted on by July 15, 2022
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Counterpunch has this very extensive and detailed account of Democratic Party attempts to limit voter choice on general elections, during this century.

The article is very interesting, but also lengthy. If Hawkins had wished, the article could have been made even longer if he had chosen to include instances from the 20th century, from 1936, 1940, 1948, 1976, and 1980.

Seattle Voters Will Choose Between Approval Voting, Ranked Choice Voting, or the Status Quo

Posted on by July 15, 2022
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On November 8, 2022, Seattle voters will be asked to choose ranked choice voting, approval voting, or neither, for elections for city office. Approval voting is on the ballot due to an initiative. On July 14, the city council voted to add ranked choice voting.

Both proposals only apply to the city’s non-partisan primary. Neither would apply to its general elections, which would only contain two candidates per office.

Some Michigan Voters File State Court Lawsuit to Disqualify Republican Gubernatorial Candidate for “Insurrection”

Posted on by July 16, 2022
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Some Michigan voters have filed a lawsuit in state court to disqualify Ryan Kelley from public office. He is a Republican candidate for Governor. The primary is August 2. See this story. The lawsuit says the Fourteenth Amendment’s “insurrection” clause should disqualify him. He was arrested recently for his actions at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, but he has not been convicted and he says he did not enter the Capitol Building.

The case is Estes v Secretary of State, in the State Court of Appeals, 362168.

Alabama Groups That Argued for Two Black-Majority U.S. House Districts File U.S. Supreme Court Briefs

Posted on by July 14, 2022
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On July 11, both sets of Alabama voter groups that favor two black-majority U.S. House districts filed their briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court. Merrill v Milligan, 21-1086. They had won injunctive relief in the 3-judge U.S. District Court earlier this year, but then the U.S. Supreme Court had stayed the order and had also accepted the case for full review.

Here is the brief of the first set of plaintiffs.

Here is the brief of the second set of plaintiffs.