Approval Voting Party
The Approval Voting Party (AVP) is a single-issue American political party dedicated to implementing approval voting across the nation.[1] Co-founded by Blake Huber and Frank Atwood, the AVP had 1,000 registered members in Colorado as of October 2019, granting it minor party status and ballot access there.[2] The party ran Huber for the position of Colorado Secretary of State in 2018.[3] In 2019, Atwood, who sits on the Littleton, Colorado election commission, orchestrated a push to get Littleton to adopt approval voting, which 4-3 in a city council vote.[4] The AVP nominated co-founders Huber for president and Atwood for vice-president in 2020. The nominees were chosen at a meeting in Sheridan, Colorado, using approval voting.[5]
Approval Voting Party | |
---|---|
Chairperson | Blake Huber |
Presidential nominee | Blake Huber |
Vice-presidential nominee | Frank Atwood |
Ideology | Voting reform |
Website | |
approvalvotingparty | |
References
- Luning, Ernst (October 2, 2019). "Colorado's Approval Voting Party achieves minor party status". Colorado Politics. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- Fleming, Sara (October 15, 2019). "Approval Voting Party Gains Minor Party Status — But It Doesn't Want Your Votes". Westword. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- Winger, Richard (September 5, 2018). "Approval Voting Party Hopes to Become Ballot-Qualified in Colorado". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- Gilbert, David (October 4, 2019). "Making a case for a different way to vote". Littleton Independent. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- Winger, Richard (June 11, 2020). "Approval Voting Party Chooses Presidential and Vice-Presidential Nominees". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.