Americans Elect is now a qualified party in Mississippi. Mississippi has never required a petition for a party to qualify itself. Instead, a party is recognized by submitting a list of state officers, and also a list of congressional district committee officers. Mississippi has four U.S. House districts.
Mississippi is the only state that has never changed its law, on how a group becomes a qualified party. The law has existed since 1890. Mississipi’s experience shows that there is no need for states to require large petition hurdles for groups to become recognized parties.
How many is it now? And what about California?
1890 in MS — about the time that the robot Donkeys wiped out lots of black voters — until the 1960s.
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#1, eleven plus Hawaii has enough valid signatures but isn’t “on” until it submits a list of party officers.