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Notation: For more information on running for office or forming a political party, contact your state election agency.

Although at that place are hundreds of political parties in the United States, simply certain parties qualify to have the names of their candidates for office printed on election ballots. In order to authorize for election placement, a party must encounter certain requirements that vary from state to state. For example, in some states, a party may take to file a petition in society to qualify for ballot placement. In other states, a party must organize around a candidate for a specific office; that candidate must, in plow, win a percentage of the vote in order for the party to be granted ballot status. In still other states, an aspiring party must register a certain number of voters.

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  • Every bit of December 2021, Virginia officially recognized two political parties: the Democratic and Republican parties.

  • In some states, a candidate may cull to have a characterization other than that of an officially recognized party appear alongside his or her name on the ballot. Such labels are chosen political party designations. Virginia allows candidates to use party designations.

    • To learn more than nigh election access requirements for political parties in Virginia, see this article.

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    As of December 2021, in that location were two recognized political parties in Virginia.[ane] [2]

    Party Website link By-laws/platform link
    Autonomous Political party of Virginia Link Party platform
    Republican Party of Virginia Link Party by-laws

    In some states, a candidate may choose to have a label other than that of an officially recognized party announced alongside his or her proper name on the ballot. Such labels are called political political party designations. A political party designation would be used when a candidate qualifies as an independent just prefers to employ a unlike label. Virginia does allow candidates to identify in this fashion. A total of 22 states allow candidates to use political party designations in non-presidential elections.[3]

    The 11 states listed below (including Washington, D.C.) practise not provide a process for political organizations to gain qualified status in advance of an election. Instead, in these states, an aspirant party must first field candidates using political party designations. If the candidate or candidates win the requisite votes, the organisation may then be recognized as an official political party. In these states, a political party can exist formed only if the candidate in the general election obtains a specific number of votes. The number of votes required and type of race vary from state to state. Details can be found on the state-specific requirements pages.[4]

    See also

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    • Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Virginia
    • Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Virginia
    • List of political parties in the United States
    • Democratic Party of Virginia
    • Republican Political party of Virginia

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Jerrick Adams, "E-mail communication with the Virginia Department of Elections," April 19, 2016
    2. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Political Party Committees," accessed December half-dozen, 2021
    3. ↑ Ballot Code of Virginia, "Department 24.2-101," accessed February eleven, 2014
    4. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Electronic mail communication with ballot access expert Richard Winger," January 2014
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