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The Unity Party of America is a centrist political party founded on November 4, 2004〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unity Party of America )〕 which has a membership in 34 states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin) listed on its website. ==History== Eric Bodenstab is described on the Unity Party website as having been the first Unity Party candidate, declaring in May 2007 for Boulder, Colorado City Council, even though that is a non-partisan election.〔〔()〕 The Unity Party fielded two Congressional candidates in the 2008 election cycle (Bill Hammons in Colorado's 2nd District (0.63%) and Terry Ronzio in Pennsylvania's 12th District (did not qualify for the ballot).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Terry Ronzio – Walking for Troops )〕 Sherman Reickart declared for Brant, New York Town Council with the Unity Party,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unity Party Candidate Sherman Reickart for Brant NY Town Council )〕 Bill Hammons declared for Colorado's 2nd District again on June 22, 2009,〔()〕 Energy Drilling Consultant Levi Hancock declared as the first Unity Party candidate for Colorado Governor in 2009,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Online Guide to Colorado Politics )〕〔http://www.electlevi.com〕 and Oilfield Drilling Engineer Mike Nelson declared as a Unity Party candidate for Colorado's 4th Congressional District.〔〔http://www.mikenelsonforcongress.com〕 Hammons and Nelson are both former residents of Odessa, Texas, even though both now live in Colorado.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Writing and Running in Boulder, Colorado – The Author's Story )〕〔http://www.mikenelsonforcongress.com/Aboutmeandmypointofview.html〕 On January 11, 2010, Navy veteran and Pueblo, Colorado resident Ray Roman declared as the Unity Party's first candidate for US Senate, running against incumbent Senator Michael Bennet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unity Party Welcome from Unity Party of America Chairman )〕 That same month, Hammons appeared on Denver 9 News' ''Your Show'' to make the case for changing Colorado election law and allowing the Unity Party's more recently affiliated candidates to petition onto the General Election ballot as Unity Party candidates, along with himself.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unity Party of America – Not Right, Not Left, But Forward )〕 On May 27, 2010, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed House Bill 10-1271, which will allow Colorado's unaffiliated candidates for public office (including, technically, Unity Party candidates) to run for office if their voter registration has not changed during the year of the election in question, beginning in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Colorado General Assembly )〕 An April 9, 2010 ''Colorado Statesman'' article highlighted the fact that the Unity Party of Colorado had fielded twice as many candidates in 2010 as the Green Party of Colorado, and four times as many candidates as the Constitution Party of Colorado.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Third party candidates take root... )〕 On July 15, 2010, Hammons announced his withdrawal from the 2nd CD race, citing challenges in obtaining the required number of petition signatures to appear on the ballot a second time. His fellow three Unity Party Colorado candidates had withdrawn as well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Online Guide to Colorado Politics )〕 The party was recognized in the state of Colorado from 2008 to 2011 as a Qualified Political Organization〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unity Party of America )〕 as a direct result of the petition of Unity Party Congressional candidate Bill Hammons onto the 2008 General Election ballot with 899 valid signatures. As a QPO, the Unity Party was designated on the Colorado voter registration form as a voter affiliation option,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elections & Voting )〕 and 179 voters had affiliated with the Unity Party as of October 22, 2008,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elections & Voting )〕 an increase of 92% over the party's voter registration numbers just three weeks before. 407 Colorado voters had affiliated with the Unity Party as of June 1, 2011,〔http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/VoterRegNumbers/2011/May/VotersByPartyStatus.pdf〕 before the party was removed from state voter registration form as a result of its failure to place a candidate on the general election ballot in the 2010 election cycle.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Political Party Information )〕 In June 2010, the Unity Party of Utah launched the first state Unity Party website, unityutah.com, and announced its intention to petition, as a party, onto Utah's 2012 ballot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Unity Party of Utah )〕 As of November 2015, one national, six state (Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, South Carolina and Texas), and two candidate (Roger Nichols for President, Bill Hammons for US Senate) Facebook pages were linked to from the Unity Party national website home page.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unity Party of America Home Page )〕 On April 27, 2011, Jim Pirtle of Colorado Springs declared as the Unity Party's first and only candidate of the 2012 election cycle, for Colorado's 5th Congressional District. He received 22,738 votes, or 7.41%. However, he appeared on the ballot as a Libertarian. In August 2014, the Unity Party was placed back on Colorado's voter registration form as the option "Unity," as a result of Hammons's successful petition onto the ballot for the 2014 Colorado U.S. Senate election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2014 General Election Candidate Petition List )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Colorado Voter Registration Form )〕 (In the general election, Hammons came sixth out of six candidates, with 0.3% of the vote (votes ).) As of November 1, 2014, 142 Colorado voters had affiliated with the party, an increase of over 200% over the previous month.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Total Registered Voters by Party Affiliation and Status )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Total Registered Voters by Party Affiliation and Status )〕 As of November 2, 2015, 231 Colorado voters had affiliated with the party.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Total Registered Voters by Party Affiliation and Status )〕 On November 4, 2015 the United National Committee registered with the Federal Election Commission, with Reid Strouss-Tallman listed as Treasurer and Galen Woodson Bercaw as Assistant Treasurer, though Bill Hammons is listed as the Chairman and Custodian of Records, and "W.R. Hammons" is listed on the submission envelope's return address.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=United National Committee Statement of Organization )〕 On November 15th, Hammons was mentioned by the Longmont Times-Call as a Unity Party candidate in the 2016 Colorado US Senate race.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boulder County Republican, Democratic party chiefs prepare for 2016 election battles )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unity Party of America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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