This ten-minute You Tube video interview with Brock Pierce, independent presidential candidates, contains a portion in which Pierce says he intends to start a new party next year. He has not yet chosen the name. The issues the party would stand for are revealed in the interview.
Wonderful. I’m sure Bernie will welcome him to the club – https://peoplesparty.org/
BIG Projects ???
BIG Party ???
Brock Party ???
etc. ???
Never heard of someone doing this before…
So many small parties already out there and he can’t find one to bankroll? https://politics1.com/parties.htm
On his Facebook page he shows photos of the inauguration of his party at his headquarters in New York City. The party seems to be called the Independence Party. I’m assuming that he is involving the Independence Party of New York (who chose him as their candidate for President) in setting up his party. If that’s the case then a party has already been set up since sometime as Independence Party of New York originated from the Reform party.
I applaud and supports Brock’s initiative. I also like the fact that he is a supporter of blockchain technology. This is something relatively big and he is the only candidate that is focusing on this. Perhaps along with Libertarian party. Brock should try to see if he can collaborate if not merge with the Alliance Party which itself is the merger of various centrist parties.
One of the photos of his inauguration shows that the logo of his party which has the letter I along with an Eagle. So yes looks highly likely that his party will consist of Independence Party of New York which is registered with the FEC and has ballot access in NY. Do you want to take back what you said Jeff Becker? 😛
Hero: No need for Jeff to take back a word, as I see it, and I totally agree with him.
His facebook page references the Independence Party of New York. It is unclear as yet whether the word “independence” will be in his new party name. I hope not since it about as hackneyed, overused, and misused as the word American in party names. He needs to come up with a central theme rather than a rambling “platform” as heard in that video.
MORE/LESS control freak statism —
6,000 plus years and counting.
Too many dead / injured / enslaved bodies to count.
666 New Age of computerized tyrants and MORON media – loving all powerful tyrants and destruction of life, liberty and property.
Well he already had the logo with the l letter. Of course logos can always be changed. By the way the Independence Party of Florida had expressed interest in backing the candidacy of Brock Pierce if they were able
to get ballot access which they didn’t. Perhaps they would be interested in joining this new party. Anyway eager to see how this plays out. Pity that no one from Alliance Party writes here.
Aren’t the words “Independent” and “Independence” banned in some states for political party names?
How many zillion types of election law stuff now ???
— with zillion added footnotes ???
CAN ONLY THE RW/BAN SUPER-DATABASE HANDLE THE SUPER-MAJOR LOAD ???
Where is that MODEL ELECTION LAW — WITH A-L-L THE VARIOUS OPTIONS ???
Tennessee is the only state that has a law banning “Independent” or “Independence” from being part of a party name. It was declared unconstitutional in 2014, by a U.S. District Court. But then the Sixth Circuit reversed, saying none of the plaintiff parties in the lawsuit (the Green and Constitution Parties) had standing to challenge the law.
California banned the Independent Party on the basis that its name was too similar to the name of the ballot-qualified American Independent Party.
Tennessee is the only state that has a law banning “Independent” from being part of a party name. It was declared unconstitutional in 2014, by a U.S. District Court. But then the Sixth Circuit reversed, saying none of the plaintiff parties in the lawsuit (the Green and Constitution Parties) had standing to challenge the law.
California banned the Independent Party on the basis that its name was too similar to the name of the ballot-qualified American Independent Party.
One might wonder how this launch will go if NY Independence party loses its ballot line. Do we need a party that caters to giving billionaires a platform to spout their “wisdom”, at a price?
The American Delta Party merger with the Reform, Natural Law, and Alliance parties at least shows an effort to coalesce among similar factions. One would think that a strategy to build a party for the long term would be integral to the plan to run, rather than an afterthought tagged on during a campaign.