Approval Voting Party

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.

Approval Voting Party
ChairpersonFrank Atwood[1]
Presidential nomineeBlake Huber
Vice-presidential nomineeFrank Atwood
Membership (July 1, 2020)1,777[2]
IdeologyVoting reform
Website
approvalvotingparty.com

History
Party chairman Frank Atwood in 2016
Approval Voting Party ballot access during the 2020 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] In October 2019, the party received minor party status in Colorado after surpassing 1,000 registered members.[6]

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.[7]

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.[7][8][9]

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.[10] Huber and Atwood are currently on the ballot in Vermont and Colorado.[11][12]

References
  1. "Colorado Political Party Directory". Secretary of State of Colorado.
  2. "Colorado Total Registered Voters By Party Affiliation and Status" (PDF). Secretary of State of Colorado. July 1, 2020.
  3. Luning, Ernst (October 2, 2019). "Colorado's Approval Voting Party achieves minor party status". Colorado Politics. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. Fleming, Sara (October 15, 2019). "Approval Voting Party Gains Minor Party Status — But It Doesn't Want Your Votes". Westword. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  5. Winger, Richard (September 5, 2018). "Approval Voting Party Hopes to Become Ballot-Qualified in Colorado". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. Winger, Richard (October 4, 2019). "Approval Voting Party Becomes Ballot-Qualified in Colorado". Ballot Access News. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  7. Gilbert, David (October 4, 2019). "Making a case for a different way to vote". Littleton Independent. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  8. Marcus, Peter (October 1, 2016). "A grand and 9 friends can get you on Colorado ballot". The Durango Herald. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  9. "2016 presidential election results in Colorado". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. September 14, 2002. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020.
  10. Winger, Richard (June 11, 2020). "Approval Voting Party Chooses Presidential and Vice-Presidential Nominees". Ballot Access News. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  11. Winger, Richard (August 20, 2020). "Vermont Posts General Election Candidate List; Will Have 22 Presidential Candidates on Ballot". Ballot Access News. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020.
  12. "2020 General Election Candidate List in Colorado". Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020.


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