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To be recognized as a political designation in
Massachusetts, fifty registered voters must file a document with the state seeking this status. To be recognized as a political party, a designation must either have obtained at least 3% of the vote for any state-wide office at the preceding biennial
118:, and cannot cross-over to vote in another party's primary, but "unenrolled" voters may cast a primary ballot for any one of the parties. Political designations are treated as "unenrolled" voters for primary purposes, and so they too may choose to vote in one of the party primaries.
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Election ballots include the candidates' names followed by either the candidates' party or their designation. In many cases, non-party designations still include the word "party" in their name. In 2023, however, only three such designations are recognized as parties: the
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requesting that they, or any other voters, may change their registration to such designation." These non-party political designations may field candidates for statewide office, if they petition with a sufficient number of signatures (10,000).
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63:, while political designations do not. A political designation is a one-to-three word descriptive term which may appear next to candidates' names on election ballots.
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All registered voters may vote in general elections. Massachusetts voters enrolled in a particular party may vote only in that party's
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listed three officially recognized political parties and 30 officially recognized political designations in
Massachusetts.
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The various political designations have generally small membership, although they have attracted some media attention.
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Voters may change their enrollment status with their election official, with a deadline ten days before an election.
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may choose to (1) enroll in a political party; (2) enroll with a political designation; or (3) choose to be an
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state election, or have enrolled at least 1% of all registered voters.
785:"Libertarian Petition in Massachusetts Has Enough Valid Signatures"
813:"Tired of politics as usual? Tap your inner pirate, or try pizza"
840:
Cambridge
Election Commission Voter Registration Training Manual
773:, City of Boston Election Department (accessed August 27, 2016).
683:"Massachusetts Directory of Political Parties and Designations"
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Political
Parties and Political Designations, As of 12/31/2014
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may choose to enroll. Voters may also choose to remain as "
651:"General Laws, Part I, Title VIII, Chapter 50, Section 1"
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The
General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
745:, Town of North Reading (accessed August 27, 2016).
691:Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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18:List of political parties in Massachusetts
771:Frequently Asked Questions for New Voters
759:National Conference of State Legislatures
627:Political party strength in Massachusetts
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133:List of current parties and designations
858:"Town of Reading Election Staff Manual"
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716:"In Mass., there's even a Pizza Party"
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908:Political parties in Massachusetts
622:List of elections in Massachusetts
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783:Winger, Richard (8 August 2016).
714:Rhodes, George (6 August 2015).
607:non-party political designation
594:non-party political designation
579:non-party political designation
566:non-party political designation
553:non-party political designation
540:non-party political designation
525:non-party political designation
510:non-party political designation
497:non-party political designation
484:non-party political designation
469:non-party political designation
454:non-party political designation
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424:non-party political designation
409:non-party political designation
396:non-party political designation
381:non-party political designation
368:non-party political designation
353:non-party political designation
338:non-party political designation
332:Massachusetts Independent Party
325:non-party political designation
312:non-party political designation
299:non-party political designation
284:non-party political designation
269:non-party political designation
254:non-party political designation
239:non-party political designation
226:non-party political designation
211:non-party political designation
866:Town of Reading, Massachusetts
92:Enrolled and unenrolled voters
35:), there are three recognized
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139:Secretary of the Commonwealth
123:Secretary of the Commonwealth
29:Commonwealth of Massachusetts
811:Quinn, Tom (14 April 2016).
755:State Primary Election Types
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893:United States election law
219:American Independent Party
903:Politics of Massachusetts
504:Timesizing Not Downsizing
844:Cambridge, Massachusetts
657:. State of Massachusetts
518:United Independent Party
306:Interdependent 3rd Party
898:Massachusetts elections
547:Veterans Party America
41:political designations
39:and an additional 29
601:World Citizens Party
491:Twelve Visions Party
233:American Term Limits
292:Green-Rainbow Party
205:America First Party
818:Worcester Magazine
790:Ballot Access News
361:New Alliance Party
262:Constitution Party
247:Conservative Party
96:In Massachusetts,
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432:Rainbow Coalition
417:Prohibition Party
375:New World Council
346:Natural Law Party
319:Latino-Vote Party
98:registered voters
86:Libertarian Party
61:primary elections
57:Political parties
49:unenrolled voters
45:registered voters
37:political parties
16:(Redirected from
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191:Libertarian
147:Designation
106:independent
887:Categories
661:2022-11-28
638:References
104:(i.e., an
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67:Background
33:U.S. state
862:Elections
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616:See also
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