Wyoming does not permit a petition for a new party to start circulating until April 1 of the odd year before the election year. Two parties that are not now ballot-qualified in Wyoming are getting ready to start. They will each need 3,734 valid signatures. They are the Constitution Party and the Country Party.
The Constitution Party is an old party that has never before qualified as a party in Wyoming. It tried very hard in 2010, but Wyoming requires more signatures to qualify a party in midterm years than in presidential years. The party fell short of obtaining the 2010 requirement of 4,988 signatures.
The Country Party is a new party that only exists in Wyoming. The Constitution Party preparations have received publicity; see this story in the Billings Gazette.
Every election is new and has ZERO to do with prior elections — except the number of actual electors-voters in each election area at the immediate prior election.
One more BASIC point that the SCOTUS party hack MORONS have failed to detect — since 1968 at least.
The Country Party is, if I remember correctly, a split-off from the Libertarian Party.
As I understand it, they object to the libertarian leanings of the Libertarian Party, and aim to advocate for free markets and property rights in guns without having to sign on to the unpopular varieties of civil libertarianism that come with the national LP platform.
Country Party has got to be one of the worst names I’ve ever heard for a political party.
Andy says “Country Party has got to be one of the worst names…”. iPad was one of the worst names I’ve ever heard of for a non-feminine product. Preconceived notions fade quickly in the face of success. As WS said “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”.
The Wyoming Country Party will hold its convention on April 16th in Casper, with petitioning for ballot access to start soon after.
There have been Australian parties with variations on the name “Country Party” for decades now. They tended to be represent rural landowners. I expect that this is where the idea came from. If so, it’s an interesting inspiration.
“iPad was one of the worst names I’ve ever heard of for a non-feminine product. ”
ROFL. Seriously.