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
ChairpersonBlake Huber
Presidential nomineeBlake Huber
Vice-presidential nomineeFrank Atwood
IdeologyVoting reform
Website
approvalvotingparty.com

References
  1. Luning, Ernst (October 2, 2019). "Colorado's Approval Voting Party achieves minor party status". Colorado Politics. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. Fleming, Sara (October 15, 2019). "Approval Voting Party Gains Minor Party Status — But It Doesn't Want Your Votes". Westword. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  3. Winger, Richard (September 5, 2018). "Approval Voting Party Hopes to Become Ballot-Qualified in Colorado". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. Gilbert, David (October 4, 2019). "Making a case for a different way to vote". Littleton Independent. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  5. Winger, Richard (June 11, 2020). "Approval Voting Party Chooses Presidential and Vice-Presidential Nominees". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 8, 2020.


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