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Richard Lee Winger
Born(1943-08-27)27 August 1943(age 80)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUC Berkeley College of Natural Resources
University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation(s)Political activist and analyst
SpouseJarrold Kunz[1]

Richard Lee Winger(born August 27, 1943) is an American political activist and analyst. He is the publisher and editor emeritus ofBallot Access News.He sits on the editorial board of theElection Law Journal.Winger publishes analysis, statistics and legal information and supports expanded access to the ballot forminor parties.[2][3][4][5][6]

Overview

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Winger is widely regarded as an expert onballot accessandelection law,[7][8][9][10]as well as on the topic ofthird-party politics in the United States.[11]Though not an attorney, Winger periodically testifies in court cases and legislative hearings and is a source for both the media and political organizers.[12][13][14][15]He has been published inThe Wall Street Journal,Journal of Election Law,theFordham Urban Law Review,American Review of Politics,California Journaland other publications.[16]He has appeared as a commentator on ballot access onNBC,ABC,CNN,andNPR.[16]Since 1985 Winger has publishedBallot Access News,[17] [18]a monthly newsletter covering developments in ballot access law and among American minor parties generally.[3][19]

On June 1, 2023, Winger announced his retirement fromBallot Access News.He continues to write on the website.[20]

Background

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A lifelongCalifornian,Richard Winger graduated from theUniversity of California, Berkeleyas aPolitical Sciencemajor in 1966,[12]and attended Graduate School in Political Science atUCLA.

Coalition on Free and Open Elections

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In 1985 Winger co-founded, along with several minor party representatives, theCoalition on Free and Open Elections(COFOE).[4]The group attempts to co-ordinate action and provide mutual support among the various minor parties for efforts to liberalize and reform ballot access laws.

Politics

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Winger has been a member of theLibertarian Partyfor several years.[21]

Winger has made one run for public office, a 1986 campaign forSecretary of State of Californiaon the Libertarian ballot line. As he was running for the office charged with the administration of elections, the campaign was styled as being nonpartisan, intended to represent the interests of all minor parties. Winger finished fourth among five candidates with 1.5% of the vote.[22]

References

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  1. ^"Jarrold Kunz Obituary (1933 - 2023) - San Francisco, CA - San Francisco Chronicle".Legacy.com.
  2. ^"D.C. Mayor Williams and national ballot access problem".The New York Beacon.August 28, 2002. Archived fromthe originalon March 8, 2016.RetrievedApril 23,2012.
  3. ^abLeBlanc, Steve (November 4, 2002)."Third Parties Hope to Raise Profile".Associated Press.Archived fromthe originalon May 31, 2016.RetrievedApril 23,2012.
  4. ^abSileo, Chi Chi; Leiter, Lisa (September 11, 1995)."Ballot access on the '96 ticket. (third parties want a chance)".Insight on the News.Archived fromthe originalon January 27, 2020.
  5. ^Persinos, John F. (September 1, 1995)."Third party rising? (potential for a third party in the US)".Campaigns & Elections.Archived fromthe originalon March 4, 2016.RetrievedApril 23,2012.
  6. ^Rudin, Ken(November 1, 2006)."Who's On Third? Those 'Other' Candidates".NPR.RetrievedApril 24,2012.Richard Winger ofBallot Access News,who follows this stuff more thoroughly than anyone else, notes that every state holding partisan statewide races this year has minor-party or independent candidates except for Alabama, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Pennsylvania....
  7. ^Lowi, Theodore J.;Romance, Joseph (1998)A Republic of Parties?: Debating the Two-Party System.Rowman & Littlefield.1998. p. 18.ISBN9780847686094.
  8. ^Roth, Robert (1999).A Reason to Vote.Macmillan.pp. 10, 22–24].ISBN9780312243166.
  9. ^Richardson, Darcy G.(2004).Others: Third Party Politics from the Nation's Founding to the Rise and Fall of the Greenback-Labor Party, Volume 1.iUniverse.p. x.ISBN9780595317233.
  10. ^Doyle, Randall Jordan (2005).America and Australia: Writings and Observations from the 'Empire' and 'Van Diemen's Land'.University Press of America. p. 26.ISBN9780761832720.
  11. ^Scher, Bill (April 19, 2020)."Will the Pandemic Keep Third Parties Off the 2020 Ballot?".Politico.RetrievedAugust 16,2020.
  12. ^abFord, Marcia (2008).We the Purple: Faith, Politics, and the Independent Voter.Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.pp.30–31.ISBN9781414317175.RetrievedMay 8,2013.Richard Winger.
  13. ^"Ballot Access: Restriction on Democracy?".Kansas City infoZine.July 20, 2004.RetrievedApril 24,2012.
  14. ^"Libertarians sue for ballot access".Independent Weekly.October 5, 2005. Archived fromthe originalon March 7, 2016.RetrievedApril 23,2012.
  15. ^Wood, Daniel B. (September 7, 2010)."Californians debate debates: Who gets to participate?".Christian Science Monitor.RetrievedApril 24,2012.
  16. ^abMattson, Kevin;Hayduk, Kevin (2002).Democracy's moment: reforming the American political system for the 21st century.Rowman & Littlefield.p. 271.ISBN9780742517509.RetrievedMay 8,2013.
  17. ^Cain, Andrew (January 1, 2012)."How did Virginia's ballot access get so strict?".Richmond Times-Dispatch.WSLS-TV.RetrievedApril 24,2012.
  18. ^"Dump the petitions, lower the bar".Chicago Tribune.May 4, 2010.RetrievedMay 11,2010.
  19. ^Fairbank, Katie (October 25, 1996)."A vote for 3rd party movement".The Madison Courier.Associated Press.RetrievedApril 24,2012.
  20. ^"Personnel Change for Ballot Access News | Ballot Access News".2023-06-01.Retrieved2023-08-13.
  21. ^Levin, Ross (May 11, 2010)."Listen to Richard Winger and Abel Moldonado debate Prop 14".Independent Political Report.RetrievedMay 11,2010.
  22. ^Join California:Election History for the State of California/Elections 1986-11- - 1995,www.JoinCalifornia.com.
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