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If traditional politics bore you, consider the Toga Party
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Edited | RBH Aug 30, 2010 03:16pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Aug 27, 2010 03:00pm |
| Description | If every vote counts, perhaps a loose coalition of obscure political parties could affect the outcome of Saturday's U.S. Senate primary - including members of the Jedi, Whig, Bull Moose, Freak Power and Druid parties, all of which claim the allegiance of West Virginia voters.
While only the Republican, Democratic and Mountain parties have fielded candidates that will appear on the special primary election ballot, the Secretary of State's office recognizes 130 other political parties.
Many of the numerous parties claim only one member. Many were created when a person filled out a voters registration form and chose "other party" and whimsically filled in the blank.
Some of the "parties" are puns, like the Pajama and Toga parties, which have one member apiece.
Altogether, there are 17,800 voters registered in such parties. That's fewer than 2 percent of the state's 1.2 million registered voters, but certainly enough to swing a close election - if such voters were to agree on a certain candidate, and that is unlikely. |
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