One of the co-founders of the Forward Party, along with Andrew Yang, is former Republican congressmember David Jolly of Florida. Yet the Forward Party still hasn’t qualified as a political party in Florida.

Florida lets any group become a qualified party if it submits a list of its officers and its bylaws. Florida has thirteen qualified parties, more than any other state. Here is the list. For some unknown reason, the Forward Party is not on the list.

A qualified party in Florida is entitled to its own primary, although no primary is actually held unless more than a single candidate files for any particular office.

Oklahoma Senator Julia Kirt (D-Oklahoma City) has introduced SB 288. It eases the petition in lieu of the filing fee. Current law requires a petition of 2% of the number of registered voters for candidates who choose not to pay filing fees. For statewide office, this is 44,502 signatures. The bill would lower the number of signatures to 4,000 for important statewide office, and 2,000 for the less important statewide offices and U.S. House.

Bills have been introduced in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Missouri, and Texas, to have those states join the National Popular Vote Plan Pact.

Alaska: SB 61.
Arizona: SB 1485.
Florida: HB 53.
Missouri: HB 829.
Texas: SB 95 and HB 237.