Banning political parties would fall afoul of the First Amendment's protections of both free speech and association.

You can possibly remove laws which create specific parties but you can't make creating political parties altogether illegal.

As stated in the above post, there is nothing in election law that requires political parties be recognized in elections. Government does not need to acknowledge political parties on ballots nor is there a requirement to assist with running primaries & caucuses.

This doesn't run afoul of their free speech, Candidate A can still say they are buddies with Candidates B,C & D etc. But when people go to the polls, they shouldn't rely on gang colors to determine who to vote for. Names only.

> there is nothing in election law that requires political parties be recognized in elections.

State election law in Illinois and others disagree with you. I already posted Illinois.

Look in your State laws for major/minor party, and they often set some % for the Governor race. I don't like the way it is coded, but that is the current law for the States I have researched.

Political parties get special benefits which encompass keeping down the third parties or minor parties. It's not like a group of randos who play cards and got a bank account to write a check to rent the bingo hall - there are special benefits to the major political parties in the election laws.

>State election law in Illinois and others disagree with you. I already posted Illinois.

That's a good point about Illinois election law. I suppose if I were king for a day I would add an amendment to the US Constitution that specifically prevents this.

>But when people go to the polls, they shouldn't rely on gang colors to determine who to vote for. Names only.

They shouldn't, but they have an obvious right to if they want.