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November 01, 2004
Massachusetts | The Fate of Third Party Status

The Boston Globe is reporting today that two parties — the Libertarian party as well as the Green-Rainbow party — will lose their status as official political parties on Massachusetts ballots if they fail to garner at least 3 percent of votes statewide. According to the article:

If the parties fail to earn 3 percent of the vote, they would become political designations. So voters could still register as a Libertarian or Green-Rainbow, but they would not be able to vote in primaries because there would not be party primaries.

Currently, Libertarians account for 0.58 percent of registered voters statewide, while the Green-Rainbow party accounts for 0.23 percent.

The Boston Herald also weighs in.



Posted by Jen at November 1, 2004 07:33 PM | TrackBack
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