According to this story, Americans Elect has begun circulating the party petition in Rhode Island, which requires 17,115 valid signatures. The party petition procedure has only existed since 1994. It has never been used, except by the Moderate Party in 2010. Thanks to Ken Block for the link.
Better 17,115 than the 23,538 the MPRI had to collect!
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