The Maine Secretary of State has posted new registration data, as of October 21. See it here. The percentages are Democratic 37.48%; Republican 30.06%; Green 3.88%; Libertarian .10%; independent and other 28.47%.
In June 2022 the percentages were: Democratic 35.52%; Republican 28.16%; Green 4.06%; Libertarian .06%; independent and other 32.20%.
On November 4, some Pennsylvania voting rights groups filed a new lawsuit over the issue of undated postal ballots. Although the State Supreme Court recently ruled that state law requires that undated postal ballots must not be counted, the issue of whether federal law requires a different result is still undecided. The case against the date requirement is the federal civil rights “materiality” law, which says that votes cannot be disqualified for reasons that are not material to whether the vote is an honest ballot.
The Pennsylvania law seems meaningless because all returned postal ballots are date-stamped by the elections office when they are received.
The new case is Pennsylvania State Conference of NAACP v Chapman, w.d., 1:22cv-339. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Susan P. Baxter, a Trump appointee. Here is the Complaint. Thanks to Democracy Docket for the link. This case will move very fast.
Starting in 1960, I have collected a sample ballot from every state, in every even-year general election. For 2022, I have been unable to obtain a sample ballot from Arizona, or a picture of one. If any reader has an unvoted actual ballot, or sample ballot, or picture of either one, I would be very grateful if you could send me a picture of the first page, showing the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races. Presumably they are both on the front page.
It’s fine if you scribble “void” over the image.
My e-mail is richardwinger@yahoo.com.
California has released a registration tally as of October 24, 2022. See it here.
The percentages are: Democratic 46.87%; Republican 23.85%; American Independent 3.54%; Libertarian 1.055%; Peace & Freedom.56%; Green .44%; Common Sense .12%; others, none, and miscellaneous 23.57%.
At the last tally, September 9, 2022, the percentages were: Democratic 46.89%; Republican 23.88%; American Independent 3.50%; Libertarian 1.047%; Peace & Freedom .55%; Green .43%; Common Sense .12%; others, none, and miscellaneous 23.58%.
Joe Mathews, an author and journalist who specializes in California government in politics, has this op-ed in the Ventura County Star, about the California election system.
