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How Florida's third-largest political party just ceased to exist
The party's over. No, really.
The third-largest political party in Florida ceased to exist this week. It was wiped out not by infighting or ideology but by a technicality that may or may not exist.
If that sounds odd, that's par for the course: The Independent Party of Florida has always been slightly off kilter. Not in its views — which are quite moderate — but in its influence.
The party boasted more than 250,000 voters in Florida, which made it 10 times the size of the Libertarian Party and almost 50 times as large as the Green Party.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/romano-how-floridas-third-largest-political-party-just-ceased-to-exist/2313348