The Approval Voting Party was co-founded by Blake Huber and Frank Atwood.

[4] The party ran Huber for the position of Colorado Secretary of State in 2018.

[5] Huber received 13,258 votes, 0.5 percent of all cast, behind the Democratic, Republican, and Constitution Party nominees.

Atwood and Huber only appeared on the ballot in Colorado, receiving 337 votes.

[11] Huber and Atwood were on the ballot in Vermont and Colorado,[12][13] receiving 409 votes.