The Conservative Party USA has just become a member of the board of the Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE). The Conservative Party USA is a new party that has not yet become ballot-qualified in any state, nor has it yet run any nominees for public office. It is not affiliated with the Conservative Party of New York.

It was founded by Sam A. Gallo of Baton Rouge, who has been a business leader in the insurance industry, a bankruptcy trustee for the federal bankruptcy court in Louisiana, and president of the Kiwanis Club of Baton Rouge. For more about him, see here. He originally founded the Louisiana Conservative Party. See the Conservative Party USA’s webpage, http://www.conservativepartyusa.org or click here.

On February 20, the New Mexico House passed HB383, the bill for the National Popular Vote. The vote was 41-27.

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