Richard Winger Explained

Richard Lee Winger
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources
University of California, Los Angeles
Birth Date:27 August 1943
Occupation:Political activist and analyst
Spouse:Jarrold Kunz[1]

Richard Lee Winger (born August 27, 1943) is an American political activist and analyst. He is the publisher and editor emeritus of Ballot Access News. He sits on the editorial board of the Election Law Journal. Winger publishes analysis, statistics and legal information and supports expanded access to the ballot for minor parties.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Overview

Winger is widely regarded as an expert on ballot access and election law,[7] [8] [9] [10] as well as on the topic of third-party politics in the United States.[11] Though not an attorney, Winger periodically testifies in court cases and legislative hearings and is a source for both the media and political organizers.[12] [13] [14] [15] He has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Journal of Election Law, the Fordham Urban Law Review, American Review of Politics, California Journal and other publications.[16] He has appeared as a commentator on ballot access on NBC, ABC, CNN, and NPR.[16] Since 1985 Winger has published Ballot Access News,[17] [18] a monthly newsletter covering developments in ballot access law and among American minor parties generally.[3] [19]

On June 1, 2023, Winger announced his retirement from Ballot Access News. He continues to write on the website.[20]

Background

A lifelong Californian, Richard Winger graduated from the University of California, Berkeley as a Political Science major in 1966,[12] and attended Graduate School in Political Science at UCLA.

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).[4] 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 for several years.[21]

Winger has made one run for public office, a 1986 campaign for Secretary of State of California 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.[22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jarrold Kunz Obituary (1933 - 2023) - San Francisco, CA - San Francisco Chronicle . Legacy.com.
  2. Web site: D.C. Mayor Williams and national ballot access problem . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308185437/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79496803.html . dead . March 8, 2016 . The New York Beacon . August 28, 2002 . April 23, 2012.
  3. Web site: Third Parties Hope to Raise Profile . https://web.archive.org/web/20160531235042/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-69285752.html . dead . May 31, 2016 . . November 4, 2002 . April 23, 2012 . LeBlanc, Steve.
  4. Web site: Ballot access on the '96 ticket. (third parties want a chance) . . September 11, 1995 . Sileo, Chi Chi . Leiter, Lisa . January 27, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200127105610/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-17290373 . dead .
  5. Web site: Third party rising? (potential for a third party in the US) . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043706/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17777462.html . dead . March 4, 2016 . . September 1, 1995 . April 23, 2012 . Persinos . John F..
  6. Web site: Who's On Third? Those 'Other' Candidates . . Richard Winger of Ballot Access News, who follows this stuff more thoroughly than anyone else, notes that every state holding partisan statewide races this year has minor-party or independent candidates except for Alabama, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Pennsylvania.... . November 1, 2006 . April 24, 2012 . Rudin, Ken . Ken Rudin .
  7. [Theodore J. Lowi|Lowi, Theodore J.]
  8. Book: A Reason to Vote . . Roth, Robert . 1999 . 10, 22–24] . 9780312243166 . registration.
  9. Book: Richardson, Darcy G. . Darcy Richardson . Others: Third Party Politics from the Nation's Founding to the Rise and Fall of the Greenback-Labor Party, Volume 1 . 2004 . iUniverse. 9780595317233. x.
  10. Book: Doyle, Randall Jordan . America and Australia: Writings and Observations from the 'Empire' and 'Van Diemen's Land' . 2005. University Press of America. 9780761832720 . 26.
  11. Web site: Will the Pandemic Keep Third Parties Off the 2020 Ballot?. Politico. Scher. Bill. April 19, 2020. August 16, 2020.
  12. Book: Ford, Marcia . We the Purple: Faith, Politics, and the Independent Voter . registration . Richard Winger. . May 8, 2013. 2008 . . 9781414317175 . 30–31.
  13. Web site: Ballot Access: Restriction on Democracy? . Kansas City infoZine . July 20, 2004 . April 24, 2012.
  14. Web site: Libertarians sue for ballot access . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307145424/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-933335431.html . dead . March 7, 2016 . . October 5, 2005 . April 23, 2012.
  15. Web site: Californians debate debates: Who gets to participate?. . September 7, 2010 . April 24, 2012 . Wood, Daniel B..
  16. Book: Mattson . Kevin . Kevin Mattson . Hayduk . Kevin . Democracy's moment: reforming the American political system for the 21st century . May 8, 2013 . 2002 . . 9780742517509 . 271.
  17. Web site: How did Virginia's ballot access get so strict? . . . January 1, 2012 . April 24, 2012 . Cain, Andrew.
  18. News: Dump the petitions, lower the bar. May 4, 2010. . May 11, 2010.
  19. Web site: A vote for 3rd party movement . . . October 25, 1996 . April 24, 2012 . Fairbank, Katie.
  20. Web site: 2023-06-01 . Personnel Change for Ballot Access News Ballot Access News . 2023-08-13 . en-US.
  21. News: Listen to Richard Winger and Abel Moldonado debate Prop 14. May 11, 2010. Independent Political Report. Levin. Ross. May 11, 2010.
  22. http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1986-11-04 Join California:Election History for the State of California/Elections 1986-11- - 1995

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