Approval Voting Party | |
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| Chairperson | Frank Atwood [1] |
| Presidential nominee | Blake Huber |
| Vice-presidential nominee | Andrea Denault |
| 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.
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]
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]
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] receiving 409 votes.[ citation needed ]
Blake Huber is the AVP's presidential nominee and Andrea Denault is its vice-presidential nominee. Huber and Denault were on the ballot in Colorado, receiving 1,986 votes.
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