Approval Voting Party

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Approval Voting Party
Chairperson Frank Atwood [1]
Presidential nomineeBlake Huber
Vice-presidential nomineeAndrea Denault
Founded2016;8 years ago (2016)
Membership (October 1, 2021)3,962 [2]
Ideology Voting reform
Website
approvalvotingparty.com

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.

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History

Party chairman Frank Atwood in 2016 Frank Atwood.jpg
Party chairman Frank Atwood in 2016
Approval Voting Party ballot access during the 2020 United States presidential election 2020 Approval Voting ballot access.svg
Approval Voting Party ballot access during the 2020 United States presidential election

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] receiving 409 votes.

2024 presidential campaign

Blake Huber is the AVP's presidential nominee and Andrea Denault is its vice-presidential nominee.

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References

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