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=== 1979-1980: Initial Qualification === | === 1979-1980: Initial Qualification === | ||
[[File:caliber_1980-02_5th-official-party.jpg|right|thumb|State newsletter front page | [[File:caliber_1980-02_5th-official-party.jpg|right|thumb|State newsletter front page article announcing success of registration drive.]] | ||
California election law provides two ways that a new party can become "qualified" -- by a petition or by getting people to affiliate with the party via registration. Since the number of signatures required for the petition method is ten times the registration requirement, new parties that have any aspiration to be a continuing force in the political system generally choose the latter option. | California election law provides two ways that a new party can become "qualified" -- by a petition or by getting people to affiliate with the party via registration. Since the number of signatures required for the petition method is ten times the registration requirement, new parties that have any aspiration to be a continuing force in the political system generally choose the latter option. | ||
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=== 1981-1999: Maintaining Qualified Status === | === 1981-1999: Maintaining Qualified Status === | ||
[[File:lpc-hist-regvot-2003.gif|thumb|Graph which appeared on the LPC web site in 2003 showing statewide Libertarian registration counts, with the red dashed line representing the minimum count required to retain qualified | [[File:lpc-hist-regvot-2003.gif|thumb|Graph which appeared on the LPC web site in 2003 showing statewide Libertarian registration counts, with the red dashed line representing the minimum count required to retain qualified status.]] | ||
California election law provides two ways that a party can retain "qualified" status -- by maintaining a certain level of registration or by at least one of its candidates for statewide office receiving at least 2% of the vote. | California election law provides two ways that a party can retain "qualified" status -- by maintaining a certain level of registration or by at least one of its candidates for statewide office receiving at least 2% of the vote. | ||