Saturday, September 10, 2016

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.

Are you tired of reading this? I am too. I’m going to continue to fight for the right of any person in the USA meeting the 3 requirements of the US Constitution to run for president. Is that what we were told when we were kids? Isn’t that what we tell our kids? You can be anything you want to be, even the President of the United States. It’s not that we were lied to or lying, it’s that the 2-Party system has insured the US Constitution no longer has any value or use for Americans.