July 25th, 2008
Pennsylvania Senator Mike Folmer (R-Lancaster and Lebanon Counties) has introduced a bill to greatly ease minor party and independent candidate ballot access. The bill doesn’t have a bill number yet. It is believed that it permits a minor party to be ballot-qualified (and to nominate by convention) if it has registration of either one-tenth of 1%, or one-twentieth of 1%. If that were current law, the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties would be ballot-qualified with no need for any petitioning for their nominees.
Independent candidates would need the same number of signatures that Democrats and Republicans need when they try to get on primary ballots. The statewide independent petition would be 2,000 signatures.
www.ballot-access.org
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Urgent Message
Pennsylvania Constitution
Party Members and Supporters!
The final and most crucial weekend of the 2008 Constitution Party ballot access petition drive in Pennsylvania is upon us! The turn-in deadline is one week from tomorrow, on Friday August 1, 2008.
It is imperative that we place the Baldwin/Castle ticket, our statewide slate of Constitution Party candidates and our Constitution Party Legislative and Congressional candidates on the ballot in Pennsylvania so that the voters this great Commonwealth will have real "Constitutional" choices in the November election.
Ron Paul, of course, will not be on the ballot for President in November of 2008, but his very good friend and Constitution Party nominee, Chuck Baldwin, can be and with your help, will be on the ballot.
We are within striking distance of success in putting the Constitution Party ticket on the ballot in Pennsylvania in 2008, but, frankly we are also in danger of failing. We need every person who cares about constitutional government to make a supreme effort to obtain signatures of registered Pennsylvania voters on Constitution Party ballot access petitions over the next several days, and particularly over this coming weekend.
If you already have Constitution Party petitions in your possession, please do whatever it takes to fill up those petitions with the signatures of registered voters (remember: each petition may only contain the signatures of voters from a single county, which should be indicated on the front of the petition).
If you are in need of petitions please call the Constitution Party National Office at (717) 390-1993 and we will do everything in our power to get petitions to you ASAP.
Yes, we do have professional petitioners out working everyday in support of this effort, but unfortunately, there are not quite as many of them as there have been in past years. And, yes, we also do have local legislative and congressional candidates who are working diligently to secure signatures, too. They (you) are doing a great job and we appreciate their (your) efforts. Without the efforts of these good folks we would not have any chance, now, of getting the Constitution Party on the ballot in Pennsylvania in 2008. Because of their efforts, however, we do still have a very good chance to make it! We know that we can count on them to continue to work hard over the next several days.
But now, it isn't about "them." It is about "us." All of us! What will "we" do to make sure that "our" ballot access effort in Pennsylvania is a success? We still have an opportunity to control our own destiny and secure the Constitution Party a place on the November ballot, but we are quickly running out of time. After August 1, it will be too late to wish that we had done more for this important effort.
Many in receipt of this email message have already made great sacrifices on behalf of this effort. Please know that your time and sacrifices are deeply appreciated. Others of us may not yet have had the time or opportunity to help out. Now, we need everybody... EVERYBODY, regardless of prior contribution of time and effort, to make the absolute maximum effort over the next several days! Everything depends on the effort that we are willing to make over the next few days!
What will you do?
Again, if you require information about how you can help, please do not hesitate to call our office at (717) 390-1993. Danielle Warren and/or I will be happy to assist you.
You will soon be contacted about petition turn-in procedures. In the meantime, however, please do everything in your power to secure as many signatures as you possibly can in order for our effort to succeed.
Please pass this message on to every friend of the Constitution Party you can think of who may be willing to help over the next few days.
God bless everyone for your efforts!
Gary Odom
National Field Director
Constitution Party
23 N. Lime St.
Lancaster, PA 17602
(717) 390-1993
Party Members and Supporters!
The final and most crucial weekend of the 2008 Constitution Party ballot access petition drive in Pennsylvania is upon us! The turn-in deadline is one week from tomorrow, on Friday August 1, 2008.
It is imperative that we place the Baldwin/Castle ticket, our statewide slate of Constitution Party candidates and our Constitution Party Legislative and Congressional candidates on the ballot in Pennsylvania so that the voters this great Commonwealth will have real "Constitutional" choices in the November election.
Ron Paul, of course, will not be on the ballot for President in November of 2008, but his very good friend and Constitution Party nominee, Chuck Baldwin, can be and with your help, will be on the ballot.
We are within striking distance of success in putting the Constitution Party ticket on the ballot in Pennsylvania in 2008, but, frankly we are also in danger of failing. We need every person who cares about constitutional government to make a supreme effort to obtain signatures of registered Pennsylvania voters on Constitution Party ballot access petitions over the next several days, and particularly over this coming weekend.
If you already have Constitution Party petitions in your possession, please do whatever it takes to fill up those petitions with the signatures of registered voters (remember: each petition may only contain the signatures of voters from a single county, which should be indicated on the front of the petition).
If you are in need of petitions please call the Constitution Party National Office at (717) 390-1993 and we will do everything in our power to get petitions to you ASAP.
Yes, we do have professional petitioners out working everyday in support of this effort, but unfortunately, there are not quite as many of them as there have been in past years. And, yes, we also do have local legislative and congressional candidates who are working diligently to secure signatures, too. They (you) are doing a great job and we appreciate their (your) efforts. Without the efforts of these good folks we would not have any chance, now, of getting the Constitution Party on the ballot in Pennsylvania in 2008. Because of their efforts, however, we do still have a very good chance to make it! We know that we can count on them to continue to work hard over the next several days.
But now, it isn't about "them." It is about "us." All of us! What will "we" do to make sure that "our" ballot access effort in Pennsylvania is a success? We still have an opportunity to control our own destiny and secure the Constitution Party a place on the November ballot, but we are quickly running out of time. After August 1, it will be too late to wish that we had done more for this important effort.
Many in receipt of this email message have already made great sacrifices on behalf of this effort. Please know that your time and sacrifices are deeply appreciated. Others of us may not yet have had the time or opportunity to help out. Now, we need everybody... EVERYBODY, regardless of prior contribution of time and effort, to make the absolute maximum effort over the next several days! Everything depends on the effort that we are willing to make over the next few days!
What will you do?
Again, if you require information about how you can help, please do not hesitate to call our office at (717) 390-1993. Danielle Warren and/or I will be happy to assist you.
You will soon be contacted about petition turn-in procedures. In the meantime, however, please do everything in your power to secure as many signatures as you possibly can in order for our effort to succeed.
Please pass this message on to every friend of the Constitution Party you can think of who may be willing to help over the next few days.
God bless everyone for your efforts!
Gary Odom
National Field Director
Constitution Party
23 N. Lime St.
Lancaster, PA 17602
(717) 390-1993
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