> there is nothing in election law that requires political parties be recognized in elections. State election law in Illinois and others disagree with you. I a

> there is nothing in election law that requires political parties be recognized in elections. State election law in Illinois and others disagree with you. I already posted Illinois. Look in your State laws for major/minor party, and they often set some % for the Governor race. I don't like the way it is coded, but that is the current law for the States I have researched. Political parties get special benefits which encompass keeping down the third parties or minor parties. It's not like a group of randos who play cards and got a bank account to write a check to rent the bingo hall - there are special benefits to the major political parties in the election laws.