Oregon's Newest Political Party Draws Three Voters

Capitol Currents:

As of early last month, Oregon voters could choose to become members of the Americans Elect party. That party, as you may recall, was formed as part of a national group's efforts to get a slot on the presidential ballot in all 50 states. But when no national candidate earned enough support during the Americans Elect selection process, the group abandoned the effort. But the process had advanced far enough that the group had qualified itself as an Oregon political party, even though they have no apparent intentions to field a candidate for president or any other office. That might explain the meager number of voters wanting to join. In the first monthly voter registration totals made available since Americans Elect was certified, a grand total of three voters signed up. Two are in Lane County, and one is in Marion County.

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