Various Rhode Island town clerks have now determined that the Moderate Party has enough valid signatures to be a qualified party for 2010. UPDATE: see this newspaper story, covering the Moderate Party’s achievement. The Moderate Party is the first party in history to qualify itself by petition in Rhode Island. The party petition procedure has only existed since 1994. In the past, the Green Party and the Reform Party and the Cool Moose Party have also been qualified parties in Rhode Island, but they got that status by running an independent candidate (with party label) for President or Governor and getting 5% of the vote for that candidate.
Every election is N-E-W and has ZERO to do with any prior election — much too difficult for armies of MORON lawyers and judges to understand.
…except that it’s mostly the same people voting…