Approval Voting Party

Approval Voting Party
ChairpersonFrank Atwood
Presidential nomineeBlake Huber
Vice-presidential nomineeAndrea Denault
Founded2016; 10 years ago (2016)
Registered voters (October 1, 2021)3,962
IdeologyElectoral reform
Political positionSingle issue
Website
approvalvotingparty.com

The Approval Voting Party (AVP) is a single-issue American political party dedicated to implementing approval voting in the United States. In 2019, the party became recognized as a minor party in Colorado.

History

Party chairman Frank Atwood in 2016
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. The party ran Huber for the position of Colorado Secretary of State in 2018. Huber received 13,258 votes, 0.5 percent of all cast, behind the Democratic, Republican, and Constitution Party nominees.

In October 2019, the party received minor party status in Colorado after surpassing 1,000 registered members.

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.

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.

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. Huber and Atwood were on the ballot in Vermont and Colorado, receiving 409 votes.[citation needed]

2024 presidential campaign

Blake Huber was the AVP's presidential nominee and Andrea Denault the vice-presidential nominee. Huber and Denault were on the ballot in Colorado, receiving 2,196 votes.

Colorado election results

State

Year Seat Candidate Votes % Place Ref.
2026 U.S. Senate Christopher Baum TBD
Governor / Lt. Gov Erik Underwood / Frank Atwood
Treasurer Marilee Langner Sturgis
2024 Board of Regents at-large Thomas Reasoner 29,232
0.68%
 4th of 6
U.S. House 1 Daniel Lutz 2,351
0.68%
 4th of 6
U.S. House 2 Jan Kok 2,349
1.00%
 4th of 4
U.S. House 4 Frank Atwood 6,233
1.39%
 4th of 5
U.S. House 6 Travis Nicks 4,004
1.16%
 4th of 5
U.S. House 8 Chris Baum 5,741
1.72%
 3rd of 5
2024 sp U.S. House 4 sp Frank Atwood 3,225
1.88%
 4th of 4
2022 U.S. Senate Frank Atwood 11,354
0.45%
 5th of 9
Secretary of State Jan Kok 4,591
0.18%
 6th of 6
2020 U.S. House 1 Jan Kok 1,441
0.32%
 5th of 5
Board of Education 1 Zachary Laddison 2,405
0.54%
 4th of 4
2018 Secretary of State Blake Huber 13,258
0.53%
 4th of 4

See also

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. October 1, 2021.
  3. ↑ Luning, Ernst (October 2, 2019). "Colorado's Approval Voting Party achieves minor party status". Colorado Politics. Retrieved August 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ Fleming, Sara (October 15, 2019). "Approval Voting Party Gains Minor Party Status — But It Doesn't Want Your Votes". Westword. Retrieved August 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ Winger, Richard (September 5, 2018). "Approval Voting Party Hopes to Become Ballot-Qualified in Colorado". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. ↑ Griswold, Jena; Flanagan, Jenny; Choate, Judd. 2018 Abstract of Votes Cast (PDF). Denver: Office of the Secretary of State. p. 103. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  7. ↑ Winger, Richard (October 4, 2019). "Approval Voting Party Becomes Ballot-Qualified in Colorado". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. 1 2 Gilbert, David (October 4, 2019). "Making a case for a different way to vote". Littleton Independent. Retrieved August 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ↑ Marcus, Peter (October 1, 2016). "A grand and 9 friends can get you on Colorado ballot". The Durango Herald. Retrieved August 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ↑ "2016 presidential election results in Colorado". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. September 14, 2002. Retrieved August 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ↑ Winger, Richard (June 11, 2020). "Approval Voting Party Chooses Presidential and Vice-Presidential Nominees". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ↑ Winger, Richard (August 20, 2020). "Vermont Posts General Election Candidate List; Will Have 22 Presidential Candidates on Ballot". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ↑ "2020 General Election Candidate List in Colorado". Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved August 20, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. ↑ "2026 General Election Official Candidate List". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved October 13, 2026.
  15. ↑ "2024 Biennial Abstract" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved October 13, 2026.
  16. ↑ "2021-2022 State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved October 13, 2026.
  17. ↑ "2019-2020 State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved October 13, 2026.
  18. ↑ "2018 State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved October 13, 2026.