West Virginia Delegate Mike Manypenny (D-Taylor) has introduced HB 3248, to change the definition of a qualified political party from a group that received 1% for Governor in the last election, to a group that received 1% of the vote for any statewide race in the last election. The bill complements a similar bill in the Senate, SB 417. Thanks to Jeff Becker for this news. The House bill does not contain any provision for a party to also be qualified if it has a certain minimum number of registered members, as the Senate bill does.
The vote test would only apply to regularly-scheduled elections, so this year’s special gubernatorial election would have no effect on party qualification. That is also the case under the existing law.
If HB 3248/SB 417 pass, the Constitution Party would be ballot-qualified, because it got 1.21% for U.S. Senate in 2010. The Mountain Party would continue to be ballot-qualified; it got 1.92% for U.S. Senate last year.
Is there ANY party hack capable of having a P.R. proposal — in order to reduce the chances for CIVIL W-A-R in the U.S.A. ???
See the mobs in Madison, WI.
Worry a bit less about foreign stuff — Egypt, etc.
MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR loot the treasuries stuff in the U.S.A. — heading to CW II since 1929 — due to ANTI-Democracy unequal ballot access laws, plurality nominations and elections and gerrymanders.
P.R. and App.V. NOW — before it is too late.
Those of you who can help lobby for this bill are asked to visit the West Virginia Constitution Party website where all Judiciary Committee members’ telephone numbers are listed: http://cpwv.org/2011/02/22/ballot-access-bill-in-wv-house-judiciary
Email addresses and other numbers can be found on the state legislature’s website: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
Thank you!
http://www.change.org/petitions/equal-ballot-access-for-all-candidates-for-all-offices-in-government-of-the-united-states