The Working Families Party has been circulating a petition to place its statewide nominees on the Connecticut ballot, and has over 9,000 signatures. The deadline is in early August and 7,500 valid signatures are needed.
The Working Families Party’s statewide nominees are the same individuals as the Democratic Party nominees. Because the identity of some of the Democratic Party nominees is not yet known, the Working Families Party statewide petition has some temporary nominees. Connecticut permits substitution when the final nominee is known.
It is odd that the Working Families Party in Connecticut already is ballot-qualified for all 5 U.S. House districts, and 15 of the 36 State Senate districts, and 49 of the 151 State House districts, yet it isn’t ballot-qualified for any statewide offices. Connecticut is the only state in which a party’s qualified status is determined office-by-office. The Working Families Party has never before had any statewide nominees on the Connecticut ballot. It is virtually certain that the party will poll over 1% for each of its statewide nominees this year, and then it will be ballot-qualified for all statewide offices except President.
True, they are an alternative party in name only.
Although the WFP may be amassing some political clout, how can a party consider themselves a real party when they say we are endorsing the Dems no matter who they are? They do not know who the candidates are yet they state that they are no even considering Greens, independents, etc.