By: Ms. Cris Ericson

Ms. Cris Ericson — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:22:18 +0000

if a resident was afraid of collecting petition signatures on a particular subject,
then people would be hoping and praying
for a non-resident to have the guts to do it.

I have spoken up on certain subjects in Vermont and have been treated very badly for doing so.

I can understand perfectly that people would want a non-resident to come in and help them to speak up.

For example, I wrote a letter to the editor in a local paper,
http://www.messagefortheweek.com titled,
“Separation of Church & State: How it Relates to Presidential Election”
and it was published in the Jan. 30 – Feb. 5, 2008 edition of the weekly paper,
and on Feb. 6, 2008 my medical doctor, Dr. Mitchell Miller, (802) 228-7000 of Ludlow, VT, cancelled my monthly appointment.

I complained in an online form to Governor James Douglas (contact the Governor online form)
and Dr. Miller came to my home on Saturday, Feb. 9 and said,
“nice people can take a hint”
and he quickly wrote my prescriptions,
which I needed because I need my regular herpes suppressant medicine,
and that’s pretty tacky to leave me without it, and he left without giving me another appointment, and I think people need to know that just because I spoke up on some issues that I’m being persecuted for expressing my freedom of speech,
so I can understand why it is necessary sometimes to have out of state people come in and help people to speak up,
to circulate petitions that locals would be afraid to circulate.
Cris Ericson http://crisericson.com

By: Jeff Wartman

Jeff Wartman — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:06:30 +0000

I think it’s sad that instead of loosening restrictive ballot access laws, we cheer when laws which would make ballot access even more restrictive are vetoed.

I guess nothing will happen until something big happens to really break the duopoly on American politics.

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