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'''Richard Lee Winger''' (born [[August 27]], [[1943]]) has been for the last forty years the leading advocate in the [[United States]] for [[Third party (United States)|minor political parties]], in particular for more equitable laws allowing access to the ballot for minor parties. Though he has no formal education in [[law]], Winger is regarded as a formidable authority on election law, having testified as such in countless court cases across the country, and having been published in journals ranging from the ''Journal of Election Law'' to the ''Fordham Urban Law Review''. Since [[1985]] he has published [[Ballot Access News]], a monthly newsletter covering developments in ballot access law and among the minor parties generally. | '''Richard Lee Winger''' (born [[August 27]], [[1943]]) has been for the last forty years the leading advocate in the [[United States]] for [[Third party (United States)|minor political parties]], in particular for more equitable laws allowing access to the ballot for minor parties. Though he has no formal education in [[law]], Winger is regarded as a formidable authority on election law, having testified as such in countless court cases across the country, and having been published in journals ranging from the ''Journal of Election Law'' to the ''Fordham Urban Law Review''. Since [[1985]] he has published [[Ballot Access News]], a monthly newsletter covering developments in ballot access law and among the minor parties generally. | ||
In 1985 Winger helped found, along with several minor party representatives the [[Coalition on 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 | In 1985 Winger helped found, along with several minor party representatives the [[Coalition on 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 legislatures 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 annually with reliable support from nearly all minor parties. | ||
Winger has been a loyal partisan of the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|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 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. | Winger has been a loyal partisan of the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|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 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. | ||
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*[http://www.ballot-access.org Ballot Access News] | *[http://www.ballot-access.org Ballot Access News] | ||
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