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Parties Run Date: 4/5/2021 Registration - All Parties Run Date: 4/5/2021 PARTY CODE PARTY NAME ABBR PARTY COUNT 234 0 NO PARTY ENTERED NONE 8,997 1 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT AI 126,867 2 DEMOCRATIC DEM 1,001 3 GREEN GRN 2,643 4 LIBERTARIAN LIB 58,491 6 REPUBLICAN REP 37 7 NATURAL LAW PARTY NAT 67 8 REFORM PARTY OF CALIFORNIA REF 61,403 10 NO PARTY PREFERENCE NPP 12 11 AMERICAN CHRISTIAN AMCR 1 13 LA RAZA UNIDA PARTY LRU 883 16 INDEPENDENT INDP 1 18 THE PEOPLE'S PARTY OF CALIFORNIA PPC 115 19 OTHER OTH 1 20 POPULIST POP 0 21 CHRISTIAN HERITAGE CHRS 1 23 NATIONAL UNITY NATN 1 24 WHIG PARTY WP 3 27 ENVIRONMENTALIST ENVR 4 32 CONSTITUTION PARTY CONT 9 33 REAL AMERICAN PARTY RAMR 9 36 NATIONAL PARTY NATL 14 37 CONSERVATIVE PARTY CTP 0 38 EQUAL JUSTICE PARTY EJP 1,251 39 PEACE AND FREEDOM PF 0 40 NEW ECONOMY PARTY NE 0 50 HUMANITARIAN HUM 1 62 OPEN PARTY OP 17 72 NONPARTISAN DEMOCRATIC NPDEM 0 74 CONSTITUTION PARTY OF CALIFORNIA CPC 0 76 NONPARTISAN REPUBLICAN NPREP 3 77 CHRISTIAN PARTY CP 0 78 UTOPIA MANIFESTO PARTY UMP 2 79 DHARMA PARTY DP 0 80 JUSTICE PARTY JP 0 81 NEW REVOLUTION PARTY NRP 0 82 THE MIDDLE CLASS PARTY MCP 1 83 FEDERALIST FED ESSVR, LLC —2021 4/5/2021 8:49:49AM R108.01 Page 1 of 3 Registration - All Parties Run Date: 4/5/2021 PARTY CODE PARTY NAME ABBR PARTY COUNT 0 84 WE LIKE WOMEN POLITICAL PARTY (PKA WE LIKE WOMENWWP PARTY) 7 85 AMERICANS ELECT AME 0 86 AMERICAN CONCERNED PARTY AMC 0 87 AMERICAN THIRD POSITION PARTY ATP 8 88 MODERATE PARTY (PKA CALIFORNIA MODERATE PARTY)CMP 0 90 TWELVE VISIONS PARTY OF CALIFORNIA TVP 0 91 WORKING FAMILIES PARTY OF CA WFP 0 92 THE HUMANE PARTY OF CALIFORNIA HPC 27 93 NONPARTISAN AMERICAN INDEPENDENT NPAIP 19 94 NO CORPORATE MONEY NCM 0 95 B.O.P. (BALANCE OF POWER) BOP 0 96 THE GOOD PARTY TGP 0 97 UCES 3RD MAN UCE 1 98 VETERANS' PARTY OF AMERICA VPA 0 99 CANNABAS PARTY CPP 1 100 CALIFORNIA PIRATE PARTY PIR 0 101 SUPERHAPPY NEUROSCIENCE PARTY SNP 0 102 POT PARTY POT 0 103 AMERICAN FREEDOM PARTY AFP 0 104 UCES' CLOWNS UCCL 1 105 TRANSHUMANIST PARTY TRANS 0 106 INDEPENDENT CALIFORNIA PARTY ICP 1 107 GANGSTA PARTY GSTAP 3 108 TEA PARTY TEA 9 111 CALIFORNIA NATIONAL PARTY CNP 0 112 TRANSHUMANIST PARTY THP 0 113 UCES' CLOWNS UCS 5 114 BLACK PANTHER PARTY BPP 2 115 HUMANE PARTY HMNP 5 116 PROGRESSIVE PARTY PROG 0 117 PLETHORATARIAN PLETH 2 118 MIXED BAG MXBG 0 119 FREE SPIRIT FRSPT 0 120 NONPARTISAN LIBERTARIAN NPLIB 0 121 BUSINESS CONSERVATIVE BUSCO 0 122 K9 PARTY K9 0 123 THE PEOPLE FOR JUSTICE PFJ 2 124 AMERICAN PARTY AMCN ESSVR, LLC —2021 4/5/2021 8:51:43AM R108.01 Page 2 of 3 Registration - All Parties Run Date: 4/5/2021 PARTY CODE PARTY NAME ABBR PARTY COUNT 0 125 PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL PARTY PROL 0 126 YOUNG SMART PARTY YOSM 8 127 AMERICAN SOLIDARITY PARTY ASP 7 128 LIBERAL PARTY LIBP 0 129 COMMUNIST PARTY COMMP 0 131 PROGRESSIVE PARTY PP 1 132 GOOD GOVERNMENT PARTY GGP 0 133 NEW AMERICA POLITICAL PARTY NEW 945 134 UNKNOWN UNK 1 135 BULL MOOSE PARTY BMP 0 138 CALIFORNIA PROGRESSIVE PARTY CPRP 7 139 DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA DSA 0 140 INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN INREP 1 141 JUSTICE DEMOCRAT JPDEM 1 142 DEMOCRATIC INDEPENDENCE DEMIN 0 143 INDEPENDENT MODERATE INMOD 3 144 PARTY FOR SOCIALISM & LIBERATION PFS&L 0 145 LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE LIBCO 3 146 CONSTITUTIONALIST CNLST 0 147 INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVES INCON 1 148 SPIRITUAL HUMANITY PARTY SPHUM 12 149 SOCIALISM SOC 0 150 ANARCHY ANRHY 0 151 SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY SOWRK 2 152 CENTRALIST CNTRA 0 153 THE HOGWASH PARTY HWP 2 155 ONE NATION PARTY 1NAT 0 156 NEW WORLD PARTY NWP 27 157 COMMON SENSE PARTY CSP 0 158 CONSTITUTION PARTY OF CALIFORNIA SPC 8 160 RALLY WEST PARTY RWP 0 161 ONE PARTY ONE 0 162 CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S PARTY CWP 12 163 PEOPLES PARTY PPP TOTAL : 263,203 ESSVR, LLC —2021 4/5/2021 8:51:43AM R108.01 Page 3 of 3.
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