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In [[1985]] Winger helped found, along with several minor party representatives the '''Committee For Free And Open Elections (COFOE)''' in an attempt to co-ordinate action and provide mutual support among the various minor parties for efforts to liberalize and reform ballot access laws, through state legistlatures as well as through the [[courts]]. COFOE has been a modest operation throughout, although they briefly had the backing of the [[ACLU]], and has sponsored various lawsuits and other initiatives through the years with mixed success. They have been particularly concerned with urging enforcement of the [[Helsinki Accords]] in America, an international treaty on democratic practices which America is believed to constantly violate by its restrictions on minor parties. COFOE continues to meet anually with reliable support from nearly all minor parties. | In [[1985]] Winger helped found, along with several minor party representatives the '''Committee For Free And Open Elections (COFOE)''' in an attempt to co-ordinate action and provide mutual support among the various minor parties for efforts to liberalize and reform ballot access laws, through state legistlatures as well as through the [[courts]]. COFOE has been a modest operation throughout, although they briefly had the backing of the [[ACLU]], and has sponsored various lawsuits and other initiatives through the years with mixed success. They have been particularly concerned with urging enforcement of the [[Helsinki Accords]] in America, an international treaty on democratic practices which America is believed to constantly violate by its restrictions on minor parties. COFOE continues to meet anually with reliable support from nearly all minor parties. | ||
Winger has been a loyal partisan of the [[Libertarian Party]], though this has hardly interfered with his overall nonpartisanship in his advocacy for the rights of minor parties. Some have even taken him to task for being nonpartisan to a fault, most notably, in the [[1980s]] he was a rare defender of the [[New Alliance Party]], a group which was widely regarded as a [[cult]]. Winger has made only one run for public office, in [[1986]] for the office of [[Secretary | Winger has been a loyal partisan of the [[Libertarian Party]], though this has hardly interfered with his overall nonpartisanship in his advocacy for the rights of minor parties. Some have even taken him to task for being nonpartisan to a fault, most notably, in the [[1980s]] he was a rare defender of the [[New Alliance Party]], a group which was widely regarded as a [[cult]]. Winger has made only one run for public office, in [[1986]] for the office of [[Secretary of State]] in [[California]] as a Libertarian, however, 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. | ||
A lifelong Californian, Richard Winger graduated from the [[University of California at Berkeley]] as a [[Political Science]] major in [[1966]], and attended Graduate School in Political Science at [[UCLA]]. He has lived for the last 35 years in [[San Francisco]] with his partner Jerry Kunz. | A lifelong Californian, Richard Winger graduated from the [[University of California at Berkeley]] as a [[Political Science]] major in [[1966]], and attended Graduate School in Political Science at [[UCLA]]. He has lived for the last 35 years in [[San Francisco]] with his partner Jerry Kunz. | ||