"On September 30, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 2351. It makes it easier for a group to qualify as a 'party.' It changes the registration test from 1% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 0.33% of total registration. For 2014, a group needed 103,004 registered members to either obtain, or keep, qualified status.
"Although no one can know how many voters there will be in 2016, the last tally (Sept. 2014) showed California had 17,634,876 registered voters, and 0.33% of that number is 58,195.
"The
bill also says that a party remains qualified if it polls 2% for a
statewide race in the primary in mid-term years. This is an alternative
to the registration test. The Peace & Freedom, Libertarian, and Green Parties met this vote test in June 2014."
Ted Brown adds his personal note:
"This means that we don't have to worry about our ballot status in California any time soon. We have almost twice the necessary registrants, plus Jonathan Jaech's vote total for Attorney General in June allowed the LP to keep ballot status through 2018."
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This applies ONLY to the Primary Election where ALL voters may participate. That means that only Democrats and Republicans will appear on the General Election Ballot, where there is no place to write-in a candidates name. The State Constitution needs to be amended to allow write-ins in ALL elections. That should be your immediate goal.
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