The Approval Voting Party nominated past presidential candidate Blake Huber and voting reform advocate Andrea Denault as its 2024 presidential ticket earlier in May.
The Approval Voting Party, first organized in 2016, is dedicated solely to implementing proportional approval voting in the United States. Its first presidential ticket, consisting of Frank Atwood and Blake Huber, ran in 2016 and only appeared on the Colorado ballot, where it earned just over 337 votes. In the 2020 election cycle, the ticket switched to Blake Huber and Frank Atwood and was on the ballot in both Colorado and Maine, with write-in recognition status in several other states, earning a total of 409 votes. The party currently has ballot access in Colorado.
It is unclear when and how the nomination specifically took place; however, according to internet archives, the listing of candidates on the Approval Voting Party website was first updated on May 5, 2024, to reflect the new presidential ticket.
According to candidate information on the Approval Voting Party website and other sources, Blake Huber has been involved with the party since its founding. He previously served as both its presidential and vice-presidential nominee and has several decades of experience in management. Huber states that his passion for election method reform was sparked by the candidacies of Ross Perot and Ralph Nader.
Meanwhile, Andrea Denault, a political activist from North Dakota, is Vice President of the Equal Vote Coalition and a board member of STAR Voting Action. She considers herself an advocate for economic justice, environmental policy, and antiracist work. Her background includes studies in Journalism and Economics, marketing work, and human rights lobbying.
Special thanks to the Gadfly Politics Podcast for initially informing Independent Political Report of the nomination.
For the vice presidential candidate of single-issue party, Pocahontas sure seems to be carrying a lot of political baggage with her – or should I say, garbage.
So one has to ask….. what method of voting was used?