The American Solidarity Party, which supports “the sanctity of human life, the necessity of social justice, our responsibility to care for the environment, and promotion of a more peaceful world,” is expected to be included in the Wisconsin November 3 election ballot when slots are decided by the Wisconsin Election Commission on September 1.
David Bovee, Wisconsin ASP Chair, announced in an email to supporters the successful result of the 2020 Wisconsin petition drive on behalf of presidential candidate Brian Carroll and vice presidential candidate Amar Patel:
“On August 4, we delivered approximately 2600 signatures and Brian Carroll’s declaration of candidacy form (Amar Patel’s was already there) to the office of the Wisconsin Elections Commission in Madison. On August 6, the commission reported that they accepted 2508 signatures (2000 valid signatures are needed) and the Carroll/Patel ballot status was listed as “pending.” The 3-day challenge period expired at 5 p.m. on Friday, August 7, and our nomination papers had no challenges.
“According to a WEC staff member, the WEC staff now has to make a recommendation to the 6-member (3 Democrats, 3 Republicans) commission. The WEC has its next meeting on September 1, at which they will decide whether our candidates are officially on the Wisconsin ballot. The WEC staff member told me that there has never been a case where a candidate had the required number of signatures and there were no challenges and the candidate did not make it on the ballot.”
The American Solidarity Party was formed in 2011 as the Christian Democratic Party USA, with the name change made the following year. The party mounted its first national presidential campaign in 2016. Brian Carroll, the 2020 candidate for president, is an evangelical Christian who lives in Visalia, California. He is a former history teacher, his teaching career included teaching the children of missionaries in Colombia for nine years.
Brian Carroll’s website has a discussion of the issues he supports. The party website also has a page of platform positions, which are largely based on Catholic social teaching.