Tired of the 2-Party System?
Want to have Term-limits in Congress?
Unless you are willing to do something about it – the 2-Party
system have done much to ensure that, despite our wishes, it will never change.
Good, responsible, constitutional loving Independents WILL NEVER be able to
campaign and win in a big way without some kind of reform to the current laws.
The drafters of the US Constitution set forth 3 requirements
to run as president. These requirements were based on the need for patriotism,
civic duty, and judgment. The need to appoint electors – to represent of the voters
of the USA is also addressed. The electors tally up the majority vote and then
all electors cast a vote based on the majority. Electors are the voter’s
representatives not the candidates. Other than that – there are no words in the
constitution that states the president must also run the gauntlet of individual
and arbitrary rules of the individual states.
Did you know 63% of voting America would like to see a 3rd
party in office?
In 34 states, an independent must file paperwork with intent
to run as 3rd party elect. Each state has its own requirements. 9
States will not allow a write in candidate.
Understand most of these requirements by the 34 States cannot
be started before the Democrat/Republican primaries but must be finished by an
arbitrary date set by the state. (For those who are about to ask why didn’t the
Independents just start earlier?)
Did you know the state of MAINE – originally had a requirement
deadline for September 23th – for 3rd party voters to
file a Notice of Intent to run for a position as a “write-in”? Yet, on
September 6th – Maine changed that requirement deadline to September
9th. That’s a 3 day notice that WAS NOT PUBLICIZED. Any independent
candidates not on the ballet will not be able to receive valid votes in this
state. The state of MISSISSIPPI DID A SIMILAR TRICK.
Did you know the state of INDIANA has 3 different criteria
for ballot access? The Dem’s have one set. The republicans have another – and finally
the 3rd party independents yet an entirely different set of
criteria. In Indiana, if you run as Independent you must provide 26,699
signatures stating they are ok with an Independent’s name to appear on a
ballot. The other parties? 4,500. Wow!
TEXAS requires 80,000 signatures by the 9th of
May of the year of election for an independent to get on a ballot. That’s not
impossible…said no one ever.
In ILLINOIS the independent candidate must file a separate
notice of intent via each individual county/voting area. That’s over 100+
documents that must be filed in 1 state by September 9.
There is this law referred to the “sore-loser” law that
mandates any candidate running under the Dem or Rep parties that did not
receive the party nomination MAY NOT FILE INDEPENDENTLY.