Approval Voting Party
Approval Voting Party | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Blake Huber |
| Presidential nominee | Blake Huber |
| Vice-presidential nominee | Frank Atwood |
| Ideology | Voting reform |
| Website | |
| approvalvotingparty | |
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]
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.
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