On July 3, the California Assembly Elections Committee passed SB 696, which says that no party can have “independent” as part of its name. The vote was 5-1. Five witnesses were there to oppose the bill. Assemblymember James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) was the only “no” vote; he predicted that the bill would be held to violate the First Amendment.
Although this bill had previously passed the State Senate, it was an entirely different bill then. If it passes the Assembly, it will then need to return to the State Senate.
How many more party names to get purged in the CA Donkey RED COMMUNIST regime ???
Freedom, American, Nationalist, Republican, etc. — ie ALL except RED DONKEY/COMMUNIST/*Democratic* ???
Keep suing the statist hacks for BIG $$$ damages — esp to avoid mootness nonsense.
Richard:
Were there ANY witnesses in favor of the bill? After all, if this were such a terrible problem, shouldn’t the Committee room have been crowded with anti-Independent registered voters?
It’s definitely a problem:
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-road-map-american-independent-party-20180330-story.html
The problem could be solved in other ways. There is a very strong tradition of U.S. parties having the word “Independent” or “Independence” in their names. I will probably prepare a chart about this for the August 1 2019 BAN. I am guessing now that in at least 45 states, there has been a party on the ballot with “Independent” or “Independence” in its name. The bill appears to ban both words.
How many Express riders carried the DOI from Philly, PA to the other States – 24/7 ???
Last State to get notice — GA ???
Some original copies of the DOI still missing in action ???
Was THE printing press moved when the Brit Army attacked and occupied Philly in the Am Rev War ???
Was THE printing press also used to print THE NEWS of the 19 Oct 1781 USA-France Victory at Yorktown, VA and the 1783 USA-Brit Peace Treaty ???
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Is the 4 July 1776 Declaration of Independence banned in the CA RED communist regime [yet] ???
Will Trump declare the CA regime to be in a state of rebellion and order the USA military to take over CA ???
Today being DOI Day —
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
Lots of American teens born in 1750s-1760s and some even in 1770s [???] killed/injured fighting the Brit monarch/oligarchs in 1775-1784.
Some/many would fight the Brits again in War of 1812 — 1812-1815 – Esp A. Jackson.
Pensions paid into late 1860s AFTER Civil WAR I.
RIP.