The Coalition for Free & Open Elections holds an annual meeting every spring. The minutes of the March 27, 2011 meeting are now posted at COFOE’s web page, www.cofoe.org.
COFOE was formed in 1985. It works to ease the legal environment for minor parties and independent candidates. Most of the nation’s nationally-organized minor parties, as well as certain other organizations, are members. Each organization member is entitled to a representative on the COFOE Board. In recent years, COFOE uses its income to help pay for lawsuits that improve ballot access laws for independent candidates. One of the most successful COFOE-financed lawsuits was Lee v Keith, in which the 7th circuit struck down Illinois’ ballot access laws for independent candidates for the legislature. Thanks to Kevin Murphy, COFOE’s webmaster, for this news.
Who in COFOE can detect that —
Separate is NOT equal.
Brown v. Bd of Ed 1954
— in public schools and even in public ballot access.
Yeah,i want to know that who in COFOE can detect that.
I will have to have a word with the Constitution Party about participation with this most excellent group.
http://www.cofoe.org/minutes_2011.html
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The Constitution Party is a member of COFOE, but it didn’t send anyone to the meeting.
Jeff,
I was, unfortunately, unable to make that meeting as was the person who from NY who I had asked to sit in for me. I have known Richard for a long time and have always supported his efforts and the work of COFOE, as does the Constitution Party.
Still, I am glad you noted our absence. Better to be safe than sorry.
Gary
With the State UN-equal ballot access laws there is also the subversion of —
The NO title of Nobility clause in Art. I, Sec. 10
and
The Republican Form of Government clause in Art. IV, Sec. 4.
Will the U.N. intervene in the U.S.A. gerrymander system of UN-equal ballot access laws ???
Gary,
OK. I see from the other minutes that the CP has only missed one other since 2005. Always once a year Feb-June in New York. Looks like a great excuse to travel to the Empire State.