Friends and fellow activists,
The Secretary of State is attempting to further marginalize third Parties,
especially Peace & Freedom, California's only socialist 3rd Party by omiting
several of our candidates from the Presidential Primary Ballot. California
voters need choice beyond the failed policies that have benefited only the one
percent. Below is an article from Ballot Access News, describing the
situation. Please read it and sign the online petition.
Please contact the L.A. County Peace & Freedom Party for questions or comments:
323-960-5063
Thank you,
Cindy
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:29:24 -0800
From: ctwebervot...@att.net
To: joanna.south...@sos.ca.gov
Subject: [pfp-scc]
Here is an article from Ballot Access News which talks about Keyes v Bowen,
C062321. It concluded that candidate eligibility is best left to each party.
C. T. Weber
Peace and Freedom Party of California
State Chairperson
Peace & Freedom Party Attempts to Persuade California Secretary of State to
List All Four Presidential Candidates in Party Presidential Primary February
9th, 2012
The Peace & Freedom Party is carrying on an active campaign to persuade
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen to list all four presidential
candidates that the party suggested for its presidential primary ballot. See
this story in the Sacramento Bee, which says the party has a press conference
at 10 a.m. in Sacramento on Thursday, February 9. The story starts with another
topic at the top; just continue reading beyond the first-listed item.
The story implies that the reason the Secretary of State left one of the four
candidates off the partys presidential ballot, Peta Lindsay, is that she is
under age 35. However, the reporter seems unaware that the California State
Court of Appeals already determined that parties, not the Secretary of State,
should make their own determinations of eligibility. In Keyes v Bowen, C062321,
decided on October 25, 2010, the Appeals Court wrote, Any investigation of
eligibility is best left to each party, which presumably will conduct the
appropriate background check or risk that its nominees election will be
derailed by an objection in Congress. See this wiki page for Lindsay.
Furthermore, if the basis for the Secretary of States action is that Lindsay
is under age, that still doesnt explain why she omitted the name of Stephen
Durham from the ballot. Durham only recently announced his presidential
candidacy, so he hasnt had much time to publicize it, but he is the subject of
a lengthy, full-page article in the Freedom Socialist, issue of February-March
2012.
An internet petition is circulating, asking the Secretary of State to list the
two omitted candidates. The two candidates who are not omitted are Rocky
Anderson and Stewart Alexander. However, it is somewhat likely that Rocky
Anderson will withdraw from the PFP primary, and if he does, and if the
Secretary of States action is not reversed, the presidential primary will
carry only one name. UPDATE: here is a story from indybay.
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