Faced with impossible barriers placed by two-party system, Minnesota third parties work together | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

According to a new Ballot Access News post, “Minnesota Ballot Access Group Forms, Meets with Secretary of State” published on August 31, 2015 by expert Richard Winger, a new alliance has challenged Democratic and Republican dominance. Take a look:

Earlier this month, Minnesota minor parties created an informal group to work together on ballot access problems, and last week the group met with Secretary of State Steve Simon. The meeting went well and it is likely that Secretary Simon will arrange to have ballot access improvement bills introduced in the 2016 legislature. Minnesota has historically been hospitable to minor parties, and yet ironically Minnesota is one the twelve or thirteen states that has no ballot-qualified parties other than the Democratic and Republican Parties.

Other states with no statewide ballot-qualified parties other than the Democratic and Republican Parties are Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, and Washington. Tennessee is ambiguous and a court will decide whether the Constitution and Green Parties are on the ballot.