In Colorado, the Constitution Party is named the “American Constitution Party.” According to this story, the Colorado Constitution Party has asked the Secretary of State not to permit Americans Elect to use “Americans” in its party name. However, it doesn’t seem likely that the Secretary of State will accede to that request. Thanks to Uncovered Politics for the link.
Has anyone thought of suing a party for having the word “party” in its name yet?
VALID OBJECTION
I REMEMBER BACK IN 68 GEORGE WALLACE HAD TO RUN IN NY AS THE CANDIDATE OF THE COURAGE PARTY BECAUSE THE WORD AMERICAN WAS NOT ALLOWED BY STATE LAW
Yeah, that was a dumb law too.
#3, technically, the New York law only says a qualified party can’t have the word “American” (or the words “United States”) as part of its name.
George Wallace was being too cautious when he chose the “Courage” label instead of either “American” or “American Independent.” Technically he could have chosen either one. In New York, a group can’t become a qualified party during a presidential election year. If George Wallace had used “American” there is no means by which he could have transformed that group into a qualified party during 1968.
Many people, especially the writers of history books, forget that 3 of the 5 states George Wallace carried in 1968 were under the “American Party” label. The other two were “independent” in Mississippi and the regular Democratic Party column in Alabama.
Speaking of caution, Wallace was also cautious in Florida, resulting in him using the name “George Wallace Party” in Florida, because a group there already using the name “American Party” threatened action again the Wallace Campaign that had initially wanted to use the “American Independent Party” label.
Also, I thought I read somewhere that the word “American” of and by itself cannot be copyrighted or trademarked. Is this true?
Then why didn’t the unqualified American Party use the name “American” in 1974 when the party was running candidates for the Senate and Governor?
Richard Winger
You are correct in part only, In New York the name American could not be used as part of a party name in
1968. The Courage Party affliated with the American
Independent Party as the New York State affliate of the
American Independent Party. It was Mrs. Shearer that
came up with the name American Independent Party.
Nevada picked the name Independent American Party. Parties in New York can not use Empire State either.
Sincerely, Mark Seidenberg, Chairman, American Independent Party of California.
So tell us Mark, what will the former America’s Independent Party, now just “America’s Party” aspire to call itself in New York? The “Party”?
MARK, IS YOUR PARTY GOING WITH THE CONSTITUTION NOMINEES THIS TIME?
The CP should have their own ballot line in CA. Why should Mark have to endorse, whoever is the CP nominee.
#11… Not this year. Not even close.
J.D. Fargo
The American Independent Party of California has not been affiliated with the Constitution Party since 2008.
Dave
1. In January, 2012, I filed with the California Secretary of State Debra Bowen 14 names for POTUS on the
June 5, 2012 primary ballot, which included Virgil Goode
as one of the 14. However Debra Bowen rejected 11 of
the list including Virgil Goode. To date I do not know
why Vergil Goode and any of the ten others were rejected
by Debra Bowen from running for POTUS in that primary.
Two may have been rejected because they were Alaska
Eskimos, viz., Todd Palin (former first dude of Alaska)
and Walter Nayakik (of Wainwright, AK who was the son of
Della Adams who was born on Wrangell Island (in the Arctic Ocean), Alaska on April 1, 1924, several hours after the Lomen Brothers Company of Nome, Alaska purchase that Alaska island. Under terms of a collective naturalization act of Congress effective on
January 13, 1941, Eskimos became United States
Citizens if the were born in the United States only.
They did not get the same rights as others who were born
to United States Citizens at birth, they received a 2nd class form of citizenship.
Under the 1875 Minor case natural born citizens are ones
born in the United States to United States citizen parents. However, Eskimos to be citizens of the United
States do not need any United States citizen parent to
be a citizen. They just have to be born in the United
States. Therefore, an Eskimo (a person with 1/16 Eskimo
blood), Todd Palin has 1/8 Eskimo Blood by being born
in the United States became a citizen of the United States, but did not require his parents to be a citizen
of the United States. Therefore, was Todd Palin a natural born citizen of the United States within the
meaning of the constitutional requirement for holding
the office of POTUS or VPOTUS? I take the view that
his mother who was also an Eskimo (of 1/4 blood) was
born in Alaska after it became a Organized Territory of
the United States in 1912. Thereby meeting the requirement of being born in the United States under the
act of 1940, effective January 15, 1941. Therefore, his
mother was a citizen of the United States at the time of
Todd Palin birth. Therefore, Todd Palin at birth had two United States Citizen parents. I believe that Senator Barry Goldwater was a natural born citizen at his birth in Arizona Territory. Therefore, I believe
that Todd Palin’s mom was a United States Citizen because she was born in Alaska. Likewise, I believe
that Della Adams became a citizen of the United States
on January 15, 1941, because she was born on Wrangell
Island (in the Arctic Ocean) and because Captain Calvin Hooper, USRM [defacto Governor of Alaska, aboard the
ship “Corwin” issued a order to annex Wrangell Island
to the United States in August, 1881], which was acted
upon by Major Ezra Clark (main river on Wrangell Island
was named after him, who was the head of the Revenue Marine [for runner of the United States Coast Guard])
who place Wrangell Island in Alaska under his authority
from the United States Secretary of the Treasury of 1877. Which the United States Congress established an
organic act in 1884 covering territory “known as Alaska”. In 1912, that territory covered by the 1884
organic act became a territory of the United States.
Sincerely, Mark Seidenberg, Chairman, American Independent Party of California