Purple People Party · Michigan · 81,000 signatures by July 15, 2026

What if there's another way? You know something is off. We all do — in the headlines, the ballot box, the silence after someone asks who you're voting for. Openness is needed now. The earth is yearning for minds that can still change.

What comes after white-knuckling the news cycle and defending the bullies beating our asses in the sandbox?

A creative, radically nonviolent system designed to optimize life for all people. Abundance by birthright. Michigan has a $100 billion annual budget — that money belongs to the people of this state.

What is possible — if we unshackle it?

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The Threshold

81,000 signatures opens a door
nobody expected to exist.

Once we collect and file 81,000 valid signatures by July 15, 2026, the Purple People Party becomes an officially recognized political party in the state of Michigan.

Here's what that door opens:

Now

Signature Drive

81,000 valid signatures across Michigan

July 15

File with the State

Submit petitions for verification

The Fall

Convention

Open, community-led nominations

Election Tuesday

Real Candidates

Purple on the ballot. For real.

Follow your pull →

What is a third option
in a two-party system?

It's not a compromise. It's not splitting the difference. It's asking a completely different question.

We're not selling a platform. We're practicing one. Built on the belief that how we make decisions together matters more than any one opinion. Representative government means honoring the will of the people — all of them, and what they are after.

Curiosity is a civic skill. Compassion is infrastructure. Care builds trust, and trust powers change — you cannot organize people who don't feel seen.

The gentleness is the structure.

Process Over Platform

Governance is a skill, not a tribe. We build the table and trust what happens when real people sit down together.

Non-Ideological by Design

Former Republicans. Former Democrats. People done voting because nothing on the ballot reflected who they actually are. What we share isn't a worldview — it's a way of showing up.

Radical Transparency

Decisions made in public. We show our work, stay accountable. Disagreement is information, not threat.

Community-Led Candidates

Curious enough to find out. Humble enough to say "I don't know yet." Accountable to the room, not the donor list.

The Consciousness Carnival

108 days across every district in Michigan. Live music, spoken word, shared meals, listening circles, artist markets, petition tables — and radical hospitality at every stop. The Carnival is beautiful on purpose. Joy opens doors that canvassing alone never could. Potlucks over PACs. Our donors bring casseroles.

Mar 29, 2026 The Fire Starts Washtenaw County
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The Carnival is coming
to your town
Every district.
One Michigan.
July 15, 2026 81,000 Signatures Michigan Ballot Access
The carnival is coming. Make sure it stops at your door.
Get In

The door is open.
The carnival is already moving.

Follow your pull — go where you're drawn. The carnival runs on people power, Polly's pecan pies, and the radical act of showing up.

🗺️ The Flitter Field Guide

A treasure map of every way to plug in — printable, stampable, keepable. Collect them all.

↓ Open the Field Guide
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Collect Signatures & Join the Tour

This is the one. Street teams, pop-up tables, neighborhood asks. 81,000 signatures by July 15. Travel with us or run your own drive — either way, you're the campaign.

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Get Creative

Let us dream in broad daylight. Make art, music, yard signs, buttons, clothes, social content. Every format, every platform. Creation is war's kryptonite — and a single point of light collapses the dark.

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Host

A couch, a yard, a community room. Open your door and the movement walks in. Radical hospitality keeps this carnival rolling toward November.

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Bring Food, Drink & Logistics

Potlucks over PACs. Cook, drive, haul gear, run tech, give rides. Polly's packin' pecan pies — vegan and gluten free. We all got something this movement needs.

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Flitter & Vend

Set up your booth. Keep 100% of your sales while you keep the Carnival rolling. Your creations, your cause, your table — and a clipboard nearby.

✦ The Holy Grail ✦
Run for Office.

Once we have ballot access, we need real people — rooted in their communities, curious, humble, accountable to the room, not the donor list. If something in you is stirring right now, that's the signal.

→ I'm curious
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Spread the Word

Post, share, forward, invite. Your network is the campaign. Every person who feels something reading this is a potential signature — and a potential Flitter.

Let's talk Host a Stop
Grief into gasoline.
108 Days · Starting Mar 29 · Every District · One Michigan
⚡ 81,000 signatures needed · Michigan Ballot · Deadline July 15, 2026 ⚡
Reach Out

Get in Touch

A question, a curiosity, a pull toward something. Drop a message and we'll find you a thread.

Or email us directly: joinus@purplepeopleparty.us

I'm drawn to…
🔥 You're in the current. We'll be in touch soon.
Common Questions

Honest answers.

Yes — and it will be even more real on July 16. Right now we're a ballot drive: collecting the 81,000 signatures Michigan law requires to officially recognize a new party. Once filed and verified, PPP becomes a formal third party with the right to nominate candidates for every office on the Michigan ballot.
It means we're not asking you to adopt a platform before you can belong. We're process-oriented. Communities who practice good-faith dialogue arrive at better solutions than any pre-written policy agenda. We trust people more than platforms.
Because the way we change politics has to feel different from the politics we're changing. Joy builds trust. Art isn't decoration on this campaign — it's the strategy. People who dance and eat and make things together are people who can govern together.
We file with the state, verify signatures, and begin formal party-building. Then Michigan's first Purple People Party convention — open, transparent, run by the people who showed up. Candidates emerge for every office on the ballot. Bylaws get written. A real infrastructure takes shape.
Absolutely. Once we have ballot access, we want thoughtful people rooted in their communities. You don't need a political background — you need curiosity, integrity, and a willingness to be accountable to the people who actually showed up. Reach out now.
Most third parties are ideological alternatives — a different set of answers to the same questions. We're asking different questions. PPP isn't built around a policy program — it's built around a practice. We're trying to change how civic life feels, not just what it decides.