Social:Approval Voting Party
Approval Voting Party | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Frank Atwood[1] |
| Presidential nominee | Blake Huber |
| Vice-presidential nominee | Frank Atwood |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Membership (October 1, 2021) | 3,962[2] |
| Ideology | Voting reform |
| Website | |
| approvalvotingparty | |
The Approval Voting Party (AVP) is a single-issue American political party dedicated to implementing approval voting in the United States.[3] In 2019, the party became recognized as a minor party in Colorado.
History
The Approval Voting Party was co-founded by Blake Huber and Frank Atwood.[4] The party ran Huber for the position of Colorado Secretary of State in 2018.[5] Huber received 13,258 votes, 0.5 percent of all cast, behind the Democratic, Republican, and Constitution Party nominees.[6]
In October 2019, the party received minor party status in Colorado after surpassing 1,000 registered members.[7]
In 2019, Atwood, a member of the Littleton, Colorado election commission, attempted to pass a measure that would have implemented approval voting in non-partisan municipal elections within that town. The election commission voted to send the measure to the city council; however, the city council voted 4-3 against the measure.[8]
Presidential elections
2016 presidential campaign
During the 2016 presidential election, Frank Atwood served as the AVP's presidential nominee and Blake Huber as its vice-presidential nominee. Atwood and Huber only appeared on the ballot in Colorado, receiving 337 votes.[8][9][10]
2020 presidential campaign
On March 8, 2020, four delegates voted to give Huber the presidential nomination and Atwood the vice-presidential nomination at a meeting in Sheridan, Colorado.[11] Huber and Atwood were on the ballot in Vermont and Colorado.[12][13]
See also
- The Center for Election Science
References
- ↑ "Colorado Political Party Directory". Secretary of State of Colorado. https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Candidates/PoliticalPartyDirectory.html.
- ↑ "Colorado Total Registered Voters By Party Affiliation and Status". Secretary of State of Colorado. October 1, 2021. https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/VoterRegNumbers/2021/September/VotersByPartyStatus.pdf.
- ↑ Luning, Ernst (October 2, 2019). "Colorado's Approval Voting Party achieves minor party status". https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/colorados-approval-voting-party-achieves-minor-party-status/article_220466ac-e54b-11e9-bcd5-63add41f27e9.html.
- ↑ Fleming, Sara (October 15, 2019). "Approval Voting Party Gains Minor Party Status — But It Doesn't Want Your Votes". https://www.westword.com/news/approval-voting-party-now-minor-party-in-colorado-11512652.
- ↑ Winger, Richard (September 5, 2018). "Approval Voting Party Hopes to Become Ballot-Qualified in Colorado". http://ballot-access.org/2018/09/05/approval-voting-party-hopes-to-become-ballot-qualified-in-colorado/.
- ↑ Griswold, Jena; Flanagan, Jenny; Choate, Judd. 2018 Abstract of Votes Cast. Denver: Office of the Secretary of State. p. 103. https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2018/2018Abstract.pdf. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- ↑ Winger, Richard (October 4, 2019). "Approval Voting Party Becomes Ballot-Qualified in Colorado". https://ballot-access.org/2019/10/04/approval-voting-party-becomes-ballot-qualified-in-colorado/.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gilbert, David (October 4, 2019). "Making a case for a different way to vote". https://littletonindependent.net/stories/making-a-case-for-a-different-way-to-vote,287219.
- ↑ Marcus, Peter (October 1, 2016). "A grand and 9 friends can get you on Colorado ballot". https://durangoherald.com/articles/110019-a-grand-and-9-friends-can-get-you-on-colorado-ballot.
- ↑ "2016 presidential election results in Colorado". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. September 14, 2002. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2016&fips=8&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0.
- ↑ Winger, Richard (June 11, 2020). "Approval Voting Party Chooses Presidential and Vice-Presidential Nominees". https://ballot-access.org/2020/06/11/approval-voting-party-chooses-presidential-and-vice-presidential-nominees/.
- ↑ Winger, Richard (August 20, 2020). "Vermont Posts General Election Candidate List; Will Have 22 Presidential Candidates on Ballot". Ballot Access News. http://ballot-access.org/2020/08/20/vermont-posts-general-election-candidate-list-will-have-22-presidential-candidates-on-ballot/.
- ↑ "2020 General Election Candidate List in Colorado". Secretary of State of Colorado. https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/vote/generalCandidates.html.
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