On April 2, the California Senate Elections Committee unanimously passed SB 505. It makes it more difficult for presidential candidates to get on the primary ballots, especially for the Peace & Freedom Party and the American Independent Party. The author of the bill, Senator Tom Umberg, told the witness for the Peace & Freedom Party that candidates who want to be on the PFP ballot can just collect signatures. The petition would need 1% of the party’s registrants, and only party members could sign. Senator Umberg said a PFP presidential candidate would only need about 750 signatures. Of course, when the California Constitution was amended in 1972, concerning presidential primary ballot access, the whole objective was to eliminate the need for petitions for that purpose.
The CA genius folks have the power to join with other large States to END all minority rule OLIGARCHY stuff –
the Electoral College
the USA Senate and even
the USA H Reps.
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See the 1777 Art Confed being ignored in 1787 USA Const Art VII.
PR and AppV
NO caucuses, primaries and conventions.
Ballot access ONLY via EQUAL nominating petitions / filing fees.
PR and AppV
Us men need to do a better job at bringing women into the LP. For example, fewer than 25% of Californian Electors who Johnson signed in 2016 were female.
We at the United Coalition USA need at least 33.33% (plus one) so to be guaranteed a male elected as VP by female Electors in our plan for 2020 for supporting our opposite gender.
Let’s ask all dues-payer L.P. member to bring a female Elector to the team in 2020 until we reach more than 33.33% female Electors.
The primary opponent of Proposition 4 in 1972 was George Deukmejian, then a state senator. Deukmejian argued that candidates could just petition to get on the ballot, much the same argument that Senator Umberg makes now.
Both senators served in the army in legal roles, both represented parts of Long Beach, and both lost races to become Attorney General. Their physical appearance is not that dissimilar.
I think Umberg is channeling his inner Deukmejian.