Justice Party (United States)

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Justice Party
Founder Rocky Anderson
FoundedNovember 2011 (2011-11)
DissolvedJanuary 17, 2024 (2024-01-17)
Ideology Social democracy
Progressivism [1]
Political position Centre-left
Colors  Teal
Slogan"Economic, Environmental, and Social Justice for All" [2]
Website
www.justiceparty.us

The Justice Party was a political party in the United States. It was organized in November 2011 by a group of political activists including Rocky Anderson, a former mayor of Salt Lake City, as an alternative to what they saw as a duopoly of the two major political parties. [3] One of the goals of the Justice Party favored removing corporate domination and other concentrated wealth from politics. [4] [5] In 2012, the Justice Party nominated Rocky Anderson for president and Luis J. Rodriguez for vice president. The Justice Party endorsed Bernie Sanders during the primary election in 2016.

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History

Former mayor of Salt Lake City Rocky Anderson founded the Justice Party and was the party's 2012 presidential candidate. Rocky Anderson at MLK.jpg
Former mayor of Salt Lake City Rocky Anderson founded the Justice Party and was the party's 2012 presidential candidate.

In December 2011, the Justice Party became a qualified party in Mississippi, the first state to recognize the party. [6] From a small beginning, 30 persons at the launching event with no TV crew covering it, the Justice Party was able to put its founder Rocky Anderson on the ballot in 15 states and secure official write-in status in 25 additional states. [7] It was the fifth largest third party in terms of presidential ballot access in the 2012 presidential election. [8] On October 23, 2012, Anderson faced off with other third-party candidates Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party, Jill Stein of the Green Party and Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party for a debate moderated by former CNN talk-show host Larry King. [2] The candidates met again to debate on November 5, 2012, this time moderated by Ralph Nader. [9] Rocky Anderson participated in three presidential debates on programs entitled "Expand the Debates" on the nationally televised Democracy Now! [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

The Justice Party released a statement endorsing Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic nomination rather than nominating its own candidate. [16] The party did not run candidates later during the 2016 presidential election or 2020 presidential election, because the party wanted to avoid contributing to a spoiler effect. In 2021, the Justice Party announced that it "plans to grow into a diverse majority political party". Founder Rocky Anderson said the party intended to replace either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. [17]

The party was terminated by the Federal Election Commission in 2018 pursuant to federal law due to its failure to file reports. [18] On January 17, 2024, the Justice Party Inc., a successor to the Justice Party, dissolved as a 527 organization. [19]

Ideology and positions

The Justice Party was created with the motto "economic, environmental, and social justice for all". [2] The party was designed with the intention of shifting government back to a focus on the Constitution of the United States of America by removing the corrupting influence of money in politics. [2]

Economic justice

The Justice Party supports fundamental campaign finance reform. The Justice Party supports a constitutional amendment to abolish corporate personhood through Move to Amend. The party favored a progressive tax structure and wants to end tax cuts for the wealthy. The party supports green jobs and infrastructure programs. The Justice Party wants to provide tax relief for working people and to bolster Social Security, by reducing the percentage of compensation taxed for Social Security and Medicare, but eliminating the cap on payroll taxes. The party was pro-immigration reform, pro-breaking up too-large-to-fail banks, pro-reinstating Glass–Steagall, pro-government funded higher education and against subsidies to oil and gas companies. [20] The party also supports a pay-as-you-go, balanced budget approach. [21]

Environmental justice

The Justice Party was for aggressive climate protection, opposed the Keystone Pipeline, and advocated for a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The Justice Party supports a ban on mountaintop removal mining and wants to strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency. [20]

Social justice

The Justice Party supports a universal single payer health insurance system, an Equal Rights Amendment, marriage equality, ending wars of aggression, closing many military bases, reducing the budget, immigration reform, repealing the Patriot Act, protecting and rewarding whistleblowers and ending the War on Drugs. The party also advocated the prosecution of individuals whose illegal conduct led to the 2008 financial crisis. [20]

Election results

Presidential elections

YearPresidential candidateVice presidential candidatePopular votes %Electoral votesResultBallot accessNotesRef
2012 Rocky Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez 43,018
0.03%
0Lost
145 / 538
 [22]

In 2016, the Justice Party endorsed Bernie Sanders.

2012 presidential election results

StateVotes%Misc.
Flag of Alabama.svg  Alabama No ballot access No ballot access
Flag of Alaska.svg  Alaska No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Arizona.svg  Arizona 1190.01% Write-in votes
Flag of Arkansas.svg  Arkansas No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of California.svg  California 9920.01%Write-in votes
Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado 1,2600.05%
Flag of Connecticut.svg  Connecticut 5,4870.35%
Flag of Delaware.svg  Delaware No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Florida.svg  Florida 1,7540.02%
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg  Georgia 1540.00%Write-in votes
Flag of Hawaii.svg  Hawaii No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Idaho.svg  Idaho 2,4990.38%
Flag of Illinois.svg  Illinois 1850.00%Write-in votes
Flag of Indiana.svg  Indiana No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Iowa.svg  Iowa No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Kansas.svg  Kansas 950.01%Write-in votes
Flag of Kentucky.svg  Kentucky 600.00%Write-in votes
Flag of Louisiana.svg  Louisiana 1,3680.07%
Flag of Maine.svg  Maine 620.01%Write-in votes
Flag of Maryland.svg  Maryland 2040.01%Write-in votes
Flag of Massachusetts.svg  Massachusetts No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Michigan.svg  Michigan 5,1470.11%On the Natural Law Party ballot-line
Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota 1,9960.07%
Flag of Mississippi.svg  Mississippi No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Missouri.svg  Missouri No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Montana.svg  Montana 590.01%Write-in votes
Flag of Nebraska.svg  Nebraska No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Nevada.svg  Nevada No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of New Hampshire.svg  New Hampshire No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey 1,7260.05%
Flag of New Mexico.svg  New Mexico 1,1740.15%
Flag of New York.svg  New York 2270.00%Write-in votes
Flag of North Carolina.svg  North Carolina No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of North Dakota.svg  North Dakota No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Ohio.svg  Ohio No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Oklahoma.svg  Oklahoma No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Oregon.svg  Oregon 3,3840.19%On the Progressive Party ballot-line
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg  Pennsylvania 840.00%Write-in votes
Flag of Rhode Island.svg  Rhode Island 4160.09%
Flag of South Carolina.svg  South Carolina No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of South Dakota.svg  South Dakota No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Tennessee.svg  Tennessee 2,6390.11%
Flag of Texas.svg  Texas 4260.01%Write-in votes
Flag of Utah.svg  Utah 5,3350.52%
Flag of Vermont.svg  Vermont No ballot accessNo ballot access
Flag of Virginia.svg  Virginia 730.00%Write-in votes
Flag of Washington.svg  Washington 4,9460.16%
Flag of West Virginia.svg  West Virginia 120.00%Write-in votes
Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin 1120.00%Write-in votes
Flag of Wyoming.svg  Wyoming No ballot accessNo ballot access
Total43,0880.03%

Congressional elections

YearCandidateChamberStateDistrictVotes %ResultNotesRef
2012 Daniel Geery Senate Utah Class 17,444
0.81%
Lost [23]
2012 Torin Nelson House Utah 4th0
0%
Lostwithdrew before election [24] [25]

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