The San Francisco Chronicle has this article on the California Moderate Party, which hopes to qualify for the 2010 ballot. The party needs 88,991 registered members by January 6, 2010. Thanks to Nancy Hanks’ blog The Hankster for the link.
The party has asked California elections officials to tally people or fill out the voter registration card “Moderate” as well as people who fill it out “California Moderate”. But if it qualifies, its official name on the ballot would be “California Moderate Party.”
If this party can begin the process, why can’t the Constitution Party go out and achieve a line on the ballot?
As for as the Constitution Party in California, there has been a big internal struggle within that movement in the last few years.
A moderate party would do well in California because most of politicians at the state and national level are either strongly liberal or strongly conservative. If they get established they might join the national Independence Party movement.
Vaughn, and pretty much any one else on the West Coast: Chelene [Save our State, anti Illegal Immigation] Nightingale is being pushed for California governor with the Chuck Balwin, old line faction [unrecognized by Secretary of State Democrat Deby Bowen] and can be knocked off the ballot, or even write in status, by the opposing faction [Alan Keyes ally Ed Noonan] at any time in the next twelve months.