The Natural Law Party of the United State of America

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The Natural Law Party of the United State of America The Natural Law Party was formed April 1992 in the United State of America. It was set up by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers in Fairfield, Iowa who practiced Transcendental Meditation, and it led by John Hagelin who is the presidential candidate and kingsley Brooks who is the chairman of this party since 1994. It is the third party which is largely center-left in ideology. The main aim of the party is to “bring the light of science into politics.” This party purposes to bring the field-tested solutions to America’s problems, which have already existed and are ignored, to the government with its member’s knowledge. The history about the Natural Law Party is started from 1992, and it is getting increase on support from the public. In 1992, the Party was founded, and it qualified for the ballot in 32 states, fielded 128 candidates. Moreover, it was a party to be granted “national party” status by the Federal Election Commission after the Republicans and Democrats in the same year. Also, it has its presidential candidate, Dr. John Hagelin. In the next year, Dr. Hagelin and his running mate, Dr. Mike Tompkins, worked on Capitol Hill received a strong support from the leadership of both the Republican and Democratic parties when they introduced language into health care legislation can support the funding for proven prevention-oriented health care programs. In the following year, the party had gained more support in the 1994 election. It got 20% more vote than in 992. In 1995, the support for the party was increase. In California, the party gained the ballot access over 100,000 new members and in Ohio with 55,000 signatures, so the party became the national spotlight. In the election of the next year, the party gained a highly visible, powerful leadership role in U.S. Politics. The support of the Natural Law Party was increasing continually. It qualified for the ballot in 48 states and ran 400 candidates for federal, state, and local offices. In 1998, the Party got a new try. It promoted the public education of preventive health care nationwide with other national organizations. In 1998, more votes are received. The candidates of the party received 1.2 million votes nationwide in 24 states.

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