September 04, 2010 12:59 AM UTC

Is the ACP ready to be a major party?

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• by: Dan Willis

Under state law [CRS 1-1-104 (22)], any party that achieves 10% in a gubnatorial election afterwards shall be designated as a “major political party” (hereafter, MPP).

The only MPP’s in Colorado are the Democrats and the Republicans and that is the way it has been since the law establishing these definitions was passed. (last modification: 1960).

With Tancredo carrying the banner in the Governor’s race for the American Constitution Party (ACP), they will probably top that 10% cap and be moved into MPP territory

But are they ready for it?

Being an MPP carries a lot more burden than the minor political parties have to carry:

1. They must hold precinct caucuses. (major expense and a logisitical nightmare for big counties)

2. They must elect precinct committee people (assuming they have 2 people in the precinct to elect – my pct has none).

3. They have to hold assemblies for all of the districts and counties in the state (state House, state Senate, congressional, etc , etc) as well as a state assembly.

4. They have to re-organize (elect new officers) every two years and all of those same district, county, and state levels.

Hope they know what they are getting into.

BTW, the latest numbers from the SOS’s website show 2,539 registered ACP members out of 3,258,754 registered voters (.00078%)