Approval Voting Party

The Approval Voting Party was co-founded by Blake Huber and Frank Atwood.^[4] The party ran Huber for the position of Colorado Secretary of State in 2018.^[5] Huber received 13,258 votes, 0.5 percent of all cast, behind the Democratic, Republican, and Constitution Party nominees.^[6]

In October 2019, the party received minor party status in Colorado after surpassing 1,000 registered members.^[7]

In 2019, Atwood, a member of the Littleton, Colorado election commission, attempted to pass a measure that would have implemented approval voting in non-partisan municipal elections within that town. The election commission voted to send the measure to the city council; however, the city council voted 4-3 against the measure.^[8]

During the 2016 presidential election, Frank Atwood served as the AVP's presidential nominee and Blake Huber as its vice-presidential nominee. Atwood and Huber only appeared on the ballot in Colorado, receiving 337 votes.^[8][9][10]

On March 8, 2020, four delegates voted to give Huber the presidential nomination and Atwood the vice-presidential nomination at a meeting in Sheridan, Colorado.^[11] Huber and Atwood were on the ballot in Vermont and Colorado,^[12][13] receiving 409 votes.^{[citation needed]}

Blake Huber was the AVP's presidential nominee and Andrea Denault the vice-presidential nominee. Huber and Denault were on the ballot in Colorado, receiving 2,196 votes.

• The Center for Election Science