Mike Maturen

Maturen was born in Saginaw, Michigan{{cite web |url=http://myduhawk.com/news/lorian-exclusive-interview-with-mike-maturen/|title=Lorian exclusive: Interview with Mike Maturen|website=myduhawk.com|access-date=2016-10-24|quote=I was born and raised in Saginaw, MI.}} in 1964 and was adopted into a Catholic family.{{cite web |url=http://aleteia.org/2016/08/05/magic-mike-voter-angst-over-2016-candidate-choices-paves-opening-for-american-solidarity-party/|title=Magic Mike: 2016 voter angst brings attention to American Solidarity Party|last1=Tighe|first1=Tommy|last2=Burger|first2=John|date=2016-08-05|website=Aleteia|publisher=Aleteia SAS|access-date=2016-08-11}} He attended Douglas MacArthur High School,{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-maturen-57ba1b5|title=Mike Maturen|website=LinkedIn|access-date=2016-08-11}} attended Central Michigan University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology with a minor in journalism,{{cite web |url=http://myduhawk.com/news/lorian-exclusive-interview-with-mike-maturen/|title=Lorian exclusive: Interview with Mike Maturen|website=myduhawk.com|access-date=2016-10-24|quote=I hold a Bachelor of Science from Central Michigan University in Psychology, with a minor in Journalism.}} and, in 2002, Maturen graduated from the Minnesota Graduate School of Theology.

That same year, Maturen was ordained as a priest in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches (an Evangelical church in the Anglican tradition—though outside of the Anglican Communion), although he eventually returned to the Catholic Church.{{cite web|url=http://www.chnetwork.org/journey-home/michael-maturen-evangelical-episcopal-priest-became-catholic-journey-home-program/|title=Michael Maturen: Former Evangelical Episcopal Priest|date=30 August 2004|publisher=Coming Home Network|language=en|access-date=25 August 2016|quote=Later Mike attended seminary and, in 2002, was ordained a priest in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches. Soon after he found his way home to the Catholic Church.}} As of 2016, Maturen worked as a salesperson and part-time magician. He has also served as the District Deputy for the Michigan Jurisdiction of the Knights of Columbus.{{cite web |url=http://www.solidarity-party.org/#!committee-candidates/h8en2|title=COMMITTEE & CANDIDATES|date=2016|website=American Solidarity Party|access-date=2016-08-24|quote="He's also a frequent volunteer at his church, and his hard work has led to his appointment as the District Deputy for the Michigan Jurisdiction of the Knights of Columbus."}}

In 2012, he wrote and published a weekly devotional book entitled A New Dawn: Weekly Wisdom From Everyday Life.{{cite book |last=Maturen|first=Mike|date=2012-11-10|title=A NEW DAWN--Weekly Wisdom From Everyday Life|url=https://www.amazon.com/NEW-DAWN--Weekly-Wisdom-Everyday-Life-ebook/dp/B00A5F8JL2/ref=sr_1_1|publisher=Mike Maturen}}

[[File:Mike Maturen ballot access (2016) (1).svg|thumb|Ballot status in the fifty states and D.C. {{legend|#D45500|Ballot access}}

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Maturen was the presidential nominee for the American Solidarity Party.{{cite web |url=http://www.solidarity-party.org/#!blank-2/kwhrm|title=American Solidarity Party|website=American Solidarity Party|access-date=2016-08-11}}

Maturen is opposed to abortion and capital punishment. He refers to himself as "WHOLE life...not just anti-abortion".{{Cite web|url=http://www.enteringthepublicsquare.com/blog/2016-third-party-presidential-candidate-mike-maturen-and-the-rise-of-the-american-solidarity-party-an-interview|title=2016 Third-Party Presidential Candidate Mike Maturen and the Rise of the American Solidarity Party: An Interview|last=Schmoll|first=Zak|date=2016-08-15|website=Entering the Public Square|access-date=2016-08-17}} He supports the Christian democratic concepts of solidarity and subsidiarity.{{YouTube|id=o05sQLbOVMA|title=Acceptance Speech}}

Electoral votes: 9 (332 with write-ins)

Ballot access: Colorado{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/vote/generalCandidates.html |title=2016 General Election Candidate List |website=Sos.state.co.us |access-date=2016-08-12}}

Write-in access:

Alabama,

Alaska,{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/election/2016/General/candidate_info_gen_2016.php |title=November 8, 2016 General Election Candidate List |website=elections.alaska.gov |publisher=State of Alaska Division of Elections |year=2016 |access-date=2016-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021061643/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/election/2016/General/candidate_info_gen_2016.php |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

California,{{cite web |url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2016-general/list-write-in-candidates.pdf |title=November 8, 2016, General Election Certified List of Write-In Candidates |publisher=State of California Secretary of State|date=2016-10-28|access-date=2016-10-28}}

Georgia,{{cite web |url=http://elections.sos.ga.gov/GAElection/CandidateDetails |title=Qualifying Candidate Information |first=Brian |last=Kemp |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |website=sos.ga.gov |date=September 12, 2016 |access-date=September 13, 2016}}

Idaho,{{cite web |url=http://sos.idaho.gov/elect/candidat/2016/16_General_WriteIn_List.pdf|title=CANDIDATES HAVING FILED A DECLARATION OF INTENT TO BE A WRITE-IN AT THE NOVEMBER 8, 2016 GENERAL ELECTION|website=Idaho Secretary of State|access-date=2016-10-11}}

Iowa,{{cite web |url=http://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_for_presidential_candidates#Requirements_for_write-in_candidates|title=Ballot access for presidential candidates|website=Ballotpedia|access-date=2016-09-26}}

Kansas,{{cite web |url=http://www.kwch.com/content/news/21-write-in-candidates-filed-for-presidential-election-399541361.html|title=21 write-in candidates filed for presidential election|date=November 2016 |access-date=2016-11-02}}

Kentucky,{{cite web|url=http://apps.sos.ky.gov/elections/candidatefilings/statewide/default.aspx?id=1 |title=Election Candidate Filings - President of the United States |website=Kentucky.gov |access-date=2016-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930035408/http://apps.sos.ky.gov/elections/candidatefilings/statewide/default.aspx?id=1 |archive-date=2016-09-30 }}

Maryland,{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2016/general_candidates/gen_cand_lists_2016_4_001-.html|title=2016 Candidate Listing|website=Maryland.gov|access-date=2016-09-26}}

Michigan,{{cite web |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G16/MI#P|title=Michigan 2016 General Election|website=The Green Papers|access-date=2016-10-19}}

Minnesota,{{cite web |url=https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/10-20-2016%20am%20Reg%20Write-Ins%20List.pdf?token=AWy3MKz-mXUUti9V_XYGc0HgY7qB_PH8myX9QkcoPpkrm7LoLUW6PdC1UxuuPPZTpzm9kK7i8-y1GZ-SMlar9vs8Gd2DeWLnQMn-3r5nA6fqe4EhDf7WYvK2ZTdBLwbNhFy8UCEwBcoQwgXBiTYWhBYzS19SEwVMAZrg34meTMfL4w |title=Federal, State & County Candidates – Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State – Registered Write Ins |publisher=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328060229/https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/10-20-2016%20am%20Reg%20Write-Ins%20List.pdf?token=AWy3MKz-mXUUti9V_XYGc0HgY7qB_PH8myX9QkcoPpkrm7LoLUW6PdC1UxuuPPZTpzm9kK7i8-y1GZ-SMlar9vs8Gd2DeWLnQMn-3r5nA6fqe4EhDf7WYvK2ZTdBLwbNhFy8UCEwBcoQwgXBiTYWhBYzS19SEwVMAZrg34meTMfL4w |archive-date=2017-03-28 |url-status=dead }}

Nebraska,{{cite web |url=https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/Nebraska.pdf?token=AWzgVm_SNPdabCjA5iE7TttlY0ds4nvunB9zZG6ayrlswsMTh14rCmyVZcb6PAFx-bKNo0AlGMWPnF2PSdgps7F1yLhxWCbjELwYcRo3no9imTo-fmTeTKPfJ-MZNj5egm1gtESkq2pdzdX_K0z0uM8a72qloB-kADVNh-807VbYMV6YINSZCZlKga8aEX3zw7o|title=Write-In Presidential Candidates 2016|access-date=2016-10-27}}

New Hampshire,

New Jersey,

New York,{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/download/law/OfficialPresidentialWrite-Ins2016.pdf|title=Official Write-In Candidates for President|date=2016-10-24}}

North Dakota,{{cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/10/20/six-write-in-presidential-candidates-file-to-have-North-Dakota-write-ins-counted/|title=Six Write-in Presidential Candidates File to Have North Dakota Write-ins Counted|last=Winger|first=Richard|date=2016-10-20|website=Ballot Access News|access-date=2016-10-22}}

Ohio,{{cite web |url=http://www.co.greene.oh.us/DocumentCenter/View/8999 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-09-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927204525/http://www.co.greene.oh.us/DocumentCenter/View/8999 |archive-date=2016-09-27 }}

Oregon,{{cite web |url=http://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/elec_law_summary.pdf|page=14|title=Election Law Summary|publisher=Elections Division|website=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=2016-10-19|quote=Oregon voters have the option of not voting for any of the candidates for office who are printed on the ballot, but instead writing in a name of a candidate for each office. All write-in votes for each office on the ballot are tallied together with a lump sum recorded unless: 1 No names of candidates are printed on the ballot for the office; or 2 If the total number of write-in votes for candidates equals or exceeds the total number of votes for any candidate for the same nomination or office. In these two circumstances, the county clerk tallies all write-in votes cast for the office to show the total number of votes for each write-in candidate.}}

Pennsylvania,

Rhode Island,

Texas,{{cite web |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article98439222.html|title=Fighting to get on the presidential ballot in Texas|website=The Star-Telegram|access-date=2016-09-26}}

Vermont,

Virginia,{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.virginia.gov/Files/CastYourBallot/CandidateList/CertifiedWrite-in-USPresVicePres2016.pdf|title=2016 Certification of Write-in Candidates - President and Vice President|access-date=2016-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029114815/http://www.elections.virginia.gov/Files/CastYourBallot/CandidateList/CertifiedWrite-in-USPresVicePres2016.pdf|archive-date=2016-10-29|url-status=dead}}

Washington,{{cite web |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/candidates/2016-Write-in-Presidental.pdf|title=Official List of Write-In Candidates for the 2016 General Election|website=Washington Secretary of State|access-date=2016-10-11}}

Wisconsin{{cite web|url=http://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/page/registered_write_in_candidates_10_19_2016_pdf_54893.pdf |title=Registered Write-in Candidates for November 8, 2016 |publisher=Wisconsin Elections Commission |website=elections.wi.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023051131/http://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/page/registered_write_in_candidates_10_19_2016_pdf_54893.pdf |archive-date=October 23, 2016 }}

• Peter Lawler,[http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/441061/bob-dylan-never-trump-american-solidarity-party-mark-maturen-2016 National Review]: I will almost surely vote, in case you're wondering, for Mike Maturen, the candidate of the American Solidarity Party. Roman Catholic political scientist
• Mark P. Shea,[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markshea/2016/10/i-endorse-mike-maturen-and-the-american-solidarity-party.html "I endorse Mike Maturen and the American Solidarity Party" from his blog "Catholic and Enjoying it!] Roman Catholic apologist

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