Richard Lee Winger (born August 27, 1943) is an American, political activist and analyst. He is the publisher and editor of ''
Ballot Access News
''Ballot Access News'' is a United States-based website and monthly online and print newsletter edited and published by Richard Winger of San Francisco, California. Winger is an expert on ballot access law in the United States.
History
Published ...
''. He sits on the editorial board of the ''
Election Law Journal
''Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed law journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. covering legal issues related to elections and voting rights. It was established in 2002 with Daniel H. Lowenstein ( ...
''. Winger publishes analysis, statistics and legal information and supports expanded access to the ballot for
minor parties.
Overview
Winger is widely regarded as an expert on
ballot access
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and
election law
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, as well as on the topic of
third parties in the United States. Though not a attorney, Winger periodically testifies in court cases and legislative hearings and is a source for both the media and political organizers.
He has been published in ''
The Wall Street Journal
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'', ''Journal of Election Law'', the ''Fordham Urban Law Review'', ''American Review of Politics'', ''California Journal'' and other publications.
He has appeared as a commentator on ballot access on
NBC
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,
ABC
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,
CNN
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, and
NPR
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.
Since 1985 Winger has published ''Ballot Access News'',
a monthly newsletter covering developments in ballot access law and among American minor parties generally.
Background
A lifelong
California
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n, Richard Winger graduated from the
University of California, Berkeley
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as a
Political Science
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major in 1966,
and attended Graduate School in Political Science at
UCLA
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.
Coalition on Free and Open Elections
In 1985 Winger co-founded, along with several minor party representatives, the
Coalition on Free and Open Elections (COFOE).
The group attempts to co-ordinate action and provide mutual support among the various minor parties for efforts to liberalize and reform ballot access laws.
Politics
Winger has been a member of the
Libertarian Party
Active parties by country
Defunct parties by country
Organizations associated with Libertarian parties
See also
* Liberal parties by country
* List of libertarian organizations
* Lists of political parties
Lists of political part ...
for several years.
Winger has made one run for public office, a 1986 campaign for
Secretary of State of California
The secretary of state of California is the chief clerk of the U.S. state of California, overseeing a department of 500 people. The secretary of state is elected for four year terms, like the state's other constitutional officers; the officeho ...
on the Libertarian ballot line. 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 finished fourth among five candidates with 1.5% of the vote.
Join California:Election History for the State of California/Elections 1986-11- - 1995
www.JoinCalifornia.com.
References
External links
''Ballot Access News''
COFOE
*
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1943 births
Living people
American bloggers
American online publication editors
American political activists
American political scientists
California Libertarians
Newsletter publishers (people)
United States federal election legislation
UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources alumni
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Activists from California