The California bill to force the American Independent Party to change its name has been amended. It has an urgency clause. If it is signed into law, it will take effect immediately. The AIP would need to change its name by December 1, 2019.
The California bill to force the American Independent Party to change its name has been amended. It has an urgency clause. If it is signed into law, it will take effect immediately. The AIP would need to change its name by December 1, 2019.
I disagree with this bill, but if it passes, maybe the AIP could re-affiliate with the national Constitution Party, and change their name to the Constitution Party of California.
I see a long court fight ahead.
How soon before ONLY *RED Donkey COMMUNIST* is allowed for A/THE Party Name
— in the CA Soviet Socialist Republic — CASSOR ???
What’s the rush?
How does a Party in California change it’s name? I thought the reason the AIP did not become the Constitution Party was there is no way for a Party to change it’s name. Does the law provide a method for changing the name of a Party?
Will the AIP file a Complaint this coming week in USA District Court ???
Must demand $$$ damages to bankrupt the Morons- along with injunctions.
Must also demand the USA District Attorney convene a USA Grand Jury to indict ALL the gerrymander Hacks and exec hacks involved — blatant violation of 1st and 14 Amdts.
See 18 USC 241-242 — derived from Civil War I.
@Andy
I doubt the AIP would change their name to affiliate back with the Constitution Party. It appears they suffer from the no-true-Scotsman problem even more than the LP does. Several state Constitution parties have unaffiliated from the national party over the past few years over disagreements about “purity”.
I would like to see an answer to Gail Lightfoot’s question above. Is this just a method of killing off a ballot qualified party?
Gail may have been thinking of Michigan’s CP affiliate the “U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan” which kept its name because in MI they would have lost their ballot status https://ballotpedia.org/U.S._Taxpayers_Party_of_Michigan
The goal of Senator Umberg is to have the American Independent Party of California to be “Legislated Out Of Existence” on January 1, 2020.
Gail Lightfoot had a good question, viz., is the a procedure where the qualified political party can
change its name outside of a party convention?
Under California Law the American Independent Party of California can not convene a Convention until after the
direct primary in 2020, so it is impossible to change its
name even if the delegates to the convention desired to do so. Therefore, it is very clear the only thing Senator
Umberg wants is to end the AIP as a qualified political party on January 1, 2020.
It looks like the AIP will begin a lawsuit in Sacramento,
very soon.
Mark Seidenberg
Vice Chairman,
American Independent Party of California
Brandon Lyon
I recall in the 1970’s the Republican Party In MN changed its name to the Independent Republican Party
Gail Lightfoot
A answer to your question as to why the AIP will not change it name to the “Constitution Party of California”
Is Dr. Don Grundmann, who was an AIP party officer until the close of the date September 2, 2008.
Dr. Don Grundmann is the Chairman of the Political Body
of the “Constitution Party of California”. I know of no officer in the AIP currently that would want associate
again with Dr. Don Grundmann who lost his last office
with AIP on the close of the date September 2, 2008.
Procedure for changing ANY assumed/artificial name ??? —
Bizs change names all the time — mergers, etc.
It would seem that the legislative power of a party would be able to change the party’s name.
How many parties have party constitutions specifying the party name [rather BASIC] ???
— ie require vote by party members – direct or indirect ???
Minnesota (MN) has different laws than Michigan (MI)? I’m confused as to your post here: http://ballot-access.org/2019/07/13/california-bill-on-party-names-now-has-urgency-clause/#comment-689861
Brandon, most of the problems in the Constitution Party which had led to several state parties disaffiliating with the national Constitution Party have little to nothing to do with ideological purity. Several states have disaffiliated because they disagree with the way that the national party is run, and/or out of overall frustration. The American Independent Party of California disaffiliated with the national Constitution Party back in 2008, after a rouge faction in the AIP placed Alan Keyes on the ballot for President, even though Chuck Baldwin won the Constitution Party’s nomination fair and square at their national convention that year. Chuck Baldwin was also the more “pure” candidate, as Alan Keyes deviated from the CP’s platform on several key issues, such as that Keyes supported the war in Iraq, the Patriot Act, and the United Nations.
The AIP quit the Constitution Party because they did not play by the rules (ours or the CP’s) and because the CP sponsored a rump faction to take over the State Party and make it a Howard Phillips sock puppet.
In 2008, there were two state conventions of the AIP. Secretary of State Bowen recognized the faction that had about 7 members of the state central committee president, and ignored the state convention that had about 50 members of the state central committee present.
Many of the commentators are correct, that once California passes this bill, it will be inconsistent for the state to tell any other ballot-qualified party that it can’t change its name if it wants to.
Also, if this bill is signed into law, California will have no excuse for continuing to bar independent candidates for Congress and partisan state office from having the word “independent” next to their names on the ballot. Current law says they must have “party preference: none.” When that was challenged in court, California said independent candidates for congress and partisan state office can’t have “independent” because there would be confusion with the American Independent Party. Depriving independent candidates of the label “independent” is very hurtful to them.
How about the PRO-DEMOCRACY REVOLUTION Party in quaked CA ???
Richard Winger,
In 2008 there was only one convention of the AIP and that was in Sacramento. Even Don Grundmann attended that Convention. Don Grundmann claimed there were three conventions in 2008 on three different
dates. However, that event in Los Angeles was not a convention of the AIP. Conventions can only take place in Sacramento under the California Elections Code.
Don Grundmann remained an officer of the AIP until the
end of the day on September 2, 2008. After that date he
had no status with the AIP.