{"article":{"id":146586,"heading":"Electoral Miracle of February 2006","author":"Don Lake, a reform minded citizen","created":"2006-02-08 05:18:21","modified":"2013-11-11 00:38:10","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:38:10","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>BACK GROUND, BACK GROUND, BACK GROUND: <br>  <br> PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY BACK ON JUNE BALLOT <br>  <br> February 5, 2006  (SUNDAY), By Josh Richman, STAFF WRITER <br>  <br> Link To Article   Print Article   Email Article <br>  <br> Article Launched: 02\/04\/2006 03:03:12 AM <br><br> SECRETARY OF STATE REVERSES EARLIER DECISION TO REMOVE <br>  <br> PARTY FOR NOT HAVING ENOUGH REGISTERED VOTERS <br><br> SECRETARY OF STATE BRUCE McPHERSON DID AN ABOUT FACE <br>  <br> FRIDAY, REVERSING AN EARLIER DECISION TO KICK THE PEACE AND <br>  <br> FREEDOM PARTY OFF JUNE&rsquo;S BALLOT FOR INADEQUATE COUNT . <br><br> Besieged by third-party accusations that state law was misapplied, McPherson's <br>  <br> office said it stands by its interpretation of the Election Code section regarding when <br>  <br> a party's qualification should be reviewed but acknowledges that precedent supports <br>  <br> the party's claim to a ballot berth. <br><br> \"Secretary McPherson strongly favors greater ballot access for qualified parties; <br>  <br> therefore, he has chosen to act upon the side of the historical precedent,\" <br>  <br> spokeswoman Jennifer Kerns said in an e-mail, adding that counties are being <br>  <br> notified of the reversal. \"In the future, we may seek legislation on the issue to help <br>  <br> clarify the statute.\" <br><br> Oakland attorney Bob Evans, the party central committee's recording secretary, said <br>  <br> the party is \"glad\" McPherson reconsidered: \"The past interpretation of the statute is <br>  <br> the only reasonable one.\" <br><br> Evans credited Richard Winger, editor of the online newsletter Ballot Access News <br>  <br> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballot-access.org\">http:\/\/www.ballot-access.org<\/a>, with providing McPherson historical information on <br>  <br> the law's application. <br><br> McPherson's report of registration in advance of June's gubernatorial primary, <br>  <br> released Monday, had said \"the Peace and Freedom Party dropped below the <br>  <br> required percentage of registered voters and is no longer a qualified party. That <br>  <br> leaves six qualified parties eligible to nominate candidates in the upcoming <br>  <br> primary.\" The report showed the Peace and Freedom Party had 59,193 registrants <br>  <br> statewide &mdash; about 0.4 percent of all registered voters. <br>  <br> ***************************************************** <br>  <br> ARTICLE, ARTICLE, ARTICLE, ARTICLE <br><br>  <br>  <br> WEST COAST ELECTORAL DUNKIRK 2006  (FEBRUARY MIRACLE?) <br><br> ----Donald Raymond Lake, Founder, Citizens For A Better Vets Home (1998), Barstow California <br><br> Read the following words carefully, as they will probably not see the light of day in <br>  <br> the so-call mainstream media. A valiant knee jerk response by &lsquo;Decline To State&rsquo; <br>  <br> Independents and smaller party types has saved a vital piece of democracy here in <br>  <br> the Neo Nazi 21st Century. The current so-called reformist governor of California is <br>  <br> a former fascist military cadet from Austria. After defeating <br>  <br> the other worst governor in state history, Arnold Schwarzenegger then became Gray <br>  <br> Davis. (Ya never see both of them in the same room at the same time any more!) <br><br> Arnold&rsquo;s Secretary of State, acting like a corrupt opportunist from the Gray Davis <br>  <br> Machine, tried to clobber a local four decade old institution of national significance. <br>  <br> For a while it looked like the illegal Blitzkrieg of the Peace and Freedom Party was <br>  <br> akin to the original Nazi&rsquo;s containment of allied forces in Northern France many <br>  <br> years ago. The Peace and Freedom Party, having been a piece of the cultural <br>  <br> landscape in California politics since that other overseas military adventure in South <br>  <br> East Asia, was endanger of unlawful disenfranchisement. This is despite of their <br>  <br> federal senatorial candidate gathering over 2% of the 2004 vote. <br><br> Like the small ships of England in 1940, the shadowy &lsquo;irregular&rsquo; players of West <br>  <br> Coast politics rushed in to save their comrades. Guided by legal details from San <br>  <br> Francisco&rsquo;s Richard Winger and his Ballot Access News, the lovers of true liberty, <br>  <br> real justice, and fairness for every one flooded the politicians, main stream media, <br>  <br> blogosphere, and each other with righteous indignation and secular outrage. <br><br> The Sacramento Bully Boys folded like a battered card table. (And who are the actual Girly Men?) GOP Lite Democans and main line Republicrats <br>  <br> are the enemies of the every day citizen and the average wage slave. Our allies, our <br>  <br> Peace and Freedom cousins, can now continue  to moan, groan, bitch, and gripe EN <br>  <br> BOLLETTA about the mess that the Big Guys have conned the rest of us into. <br><br> I do not see the Libs (like Winger) or Greens (like 2004 independent\/ Nader running <br>  <br> mate Peter Camejo or Napa Sentinel Pubisher Harry Martin) holding a fancy Press Conference (with free food and drink for <br>  <br> the press, of course?). Natural Law types and reform minded citizens are regaining their <br>  <br> organizational footing and helped out in a less organized fashion.  <br><br> &lsquo;Spontaneous&rsquo; out rage from the Establishment types are <br>  <br> scheduled for Mondays and Tuesdays---not the Weekend! Do not look for these <br>  <br> words to appear any where but the alternative media. (Not with the Daily News' current editorial staff.  Not with insider Ron (Son- <br>  <br> Of- General- Collin-) Powell at the Federal Communications Commission!)    <br><br>  - 3 0 -<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"donlake@sbcglobal.net","link":"www.calvets.blogspot.com","address":"263 Eucalyptus Court, Chula Vista, Perfecture of CAlfirnia, ZIP Code 91910-3030","phone":"619.420.0209, 760.253.2371","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The untold story of indies and smaller party types rescuing fabled Peace and Freedom Party by Nazi Govenator. (NOT CARRIED IN DAILY NEWS!)","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2006\/02\/146586.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}