The Minnesota Legislature last session created new criteria for major party status. To qualify, a party must hold local conventions and have executive committees for at least 45 counties or legislative districts, and must submit documentation that includes the list of dates and locations of those conventions during a general election year.
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The secretary of state’s office told the Legal Marijuana Now Party it needed to submit specific dates and locations of the conventions. Schuller submitted a third letter, which included a list of the party’s 2022 conventions. The list consisted of its state convention, eight legislative district conventions and 67 legislative district or county conventions, all held on the same date in June 2022 at an address in Bloomington and online via Zoom.
There will be nothing to miss if the LM party goes away. It was a known secret that the party was used as a shill party. And partially funded by republican dark money to split the liberal voters and gain a conservative candidate edge.
The new criteria that needs to be met, should help prevent fake political parties being formed to just split voters - though only time will tell just how effective it might be at that.