The California Secretary of State regularly issues a document called “Report of Registration”, which shows how many registered voters there are in each party. The document always includes the name and contact information for the chair of each qualified party, and also the chair of parties that are trying to qualify.
The latest Report of Registration, for March 2022, was initially released to show that Markham Robinson is state chair of the American Independent Party, but he died in 2021. The Secretary of State has now revised the Report to show no state chair for the American Independent Party. It only shows the address of the party’s website, which has not been altered for two years. See the Secretary of State’s list of party officers here.
It is the duty of the Secretary of State to determine the party officers of each qualified party, and no Secretary of State of California has previously refused to do that. In 2008 then-Secretary Debra Bowen determined who the party officers were, at a time when there was a dispute over the identity of the party state officers.
Mark Seidenberg has moved to Anchorage and is hosting Robert Ornelas, who has thrown his hat into the AK Special Congressional Election under the Amercian Independent Party label.
Yes, Mark has registered to vote in Alaska. Mark says in his opinion, Wiley Drake is the California state chair of the American Independent Party.
JR, do you think he is trying to sabotage you, or is this just a coincidence?
Don Grundmann should be chairman. The party was stolen from him with fake documents in 2008.
It’s really a mystery to me. Perhaps this is their attempt to build a national American Independent Party? I don’t think it will work.
I believe their plan is to have Alaska reunify with Russia, on the road to restoring Russian holdings in North America which once extended well into California. I favor this plan. In general, anything which expands Russian territory, power, and influence is a good thing.