The Pirate Party of the United States

The Pirate Party of the United States (official abbrevation: "PPUS") is the pirate party of the USA.

Officials

 * Andrew Norton (Chairman of the Pirate Party of the US)
 * Glenn Kerbein (Operations Officer for the National Party)
 * Ray Jenson (Administrator for the Pirate Party of Utah/Promotions officer for the National Party)

Official status
Registered as a National Party (Section 527 political nonprofit). Not recognized yet, still working on it. Registration information is available on the US Internal Revenue Service's financial disclosure site, though there are issues with obtaining a new password so that we can report earnings from donations, etc., but at least it's listed. Chalk on up for transparency!

Official Party constitution - http://memwiki.pirate-party.us/wiki/Constitution (under revision and amendment, in green)

Utah
PPUS announces registration in Utah Submitted by Andrew Norton on Thu, 2007-08-09 00:39.Utah

PRESS RELEASE

The Pirate Party of the United States announces it is now accepting statements of support in the State of Utah. These statements are the first step in the registration of the Pirate Party as a political body in the State of Utah. (...) The Pirate Party of Utah, as the state party will be known, has until early February 2008 to return the 2000 signatures of registered voters it needs.

The form for the petition can be downloaded here

There were not enough signatures collected before the deadline. Plans are to start at the beginning of the next canvass in December 2008 for another try, and all petitions were destroyed by a paper shredding service so that personal information is maintained as private.

Other States
Several states are actually appearing to have their own state-level parties forming.

The following states have people who have contacted the Pirate Party of the United States, looking for state-level charters and to at least start the petition drive.


 * California
 * Connecticut
 * Michigan
 * Mississippi
 * New Jersey
 * New York
 * Ohio

PPUS Endorses Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
Pressrelease (3.1.2008)

PPUS USA Tour
Tour Schedule for The Pirate Party Tour http://pirate-party.us/content/tour-schedule

Resources

 * Website: http://www.pirate-party.us/
 * Forum: http://www.pirate-party.us/forum
 * Wiki: http://memwiki.pirate-party.us/index.php/Main_Page
 * Utah Website: http://utah.pirate-party.us/