Education
University of California, Berkeley. University of California, Los Los Angeles
University of California, Berkeley. University of California, Los Los Angeles
He is the publisher and editor of Ballot Access News. He sits on the editorial board of the Election Law Journal. Winger is widely regarded as an expert on ballot access and election law.
He has appeared as a commentator on ballot access on National Broadcasting Company, American Broadcasting Company, Cable News Network, and National Public Radio.
A lifelong Californian, Richard Winger graduated from the University of California, Berkeley as a Political Science major in 1966, and attended Graduate School in Political Science at University of California, Los Los Angeles
In 1985 Winger helped found, along with several minor party representatives, the (COFOE).
The group attempts to co-ordinate action and provide mutual support among the various minor parties for efforts to liberalize and reform ballot access laws. Winger has made one run for public office, a 1986 campaign for Secretary of State of California on the Libertarian ballot line.
Winger finished fourth among five candidates with 1.5% of the vote.
Winger publishes analysis, statistics and legal information and supports more equitable laws allowing access to the ballot for minor parties. Though not a lawyer, he testifies in court cases and legislative hearings and is a source for media and political organizers. He has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Journal of Election Law, the Fordham Urban Law Review, American Review of, California Journal and other publications.
Since 1985 Winger has published Ballot Access News, a monthly newsletter covering developments in ballot access law and among the minor parties generally. As he was running for the office charged with the administration of elections, the campaign was styled as being nonpartisan, intended to represent the interests of all minor parties.
Winger has been a member of the Libertarian Party for several years.