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Moderate Party Files California Paperwork to Become a Political Body

Posted on August 4, 2011 by admin

Currently the only state with a ballot-qualified Moderate Party is Rhode Island. However, on July 25, the Moderate Party of California filed with the Secretary of State to be a “political body”. This means it intends to try to qualify as a party in California, and elections officials will tally how many people register into it. It needs 103,004 registered voters by January 2, 2012.

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Ken Block on August 4, 2011 at 9:30 am said:

I wish them well. A 100K+ registration threshold is a large barrier to entry.
Brad M on August 4, 2011 at 9:53 am said:

That is a very steep climb for ballot access.
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Demo Rep on August 4, 2011 at 10:51 am said:

*Moderate* statism in RI ???
Doremus Jessup on August 4, 2011 at 1:14 pm said:

Paging Friedrich Nietzsche. Moderate Party = Nihilist Party: They don’t care one way or another about anything because life is without objective meaning.
Jim Riley on August 4, 2011 at 1:55 pm said:

The SOS web site says “California Moderate Party”, so there’s still room for an American Moderate Party.

Is 18 a record?

American Third Position
Americans Elect
California Moderate Party
Christian Party
Conservative Party
Constitution Party of California
Dharma Party
Federalist Party
New Revolution Party
Open Party
Reform Party
The Humane Party of California
The People’s Party of California
Twelve Visions Party of California
Utopia Manifesto Political Party
We Like Women Party
WHIG Party
Working Families Party of California
Jim Riley on August 4, 2011 at 2:01 pm said:

#2 Qualification in California only applies to presidential primaries and nomination of presidential candidates, State-funded election of central committees, and endorsements on sample ballots.

According to the California statutes, candidates for state, congressional, and legislative office may use their party preference which the disclosed on their voter registration affidavit, on the ballot.
Donald R Lake on August 4, 2011 at 2:03 pm said:

one local opinion, Unfettered Letters

http://www.kcstar.com
Donald R Lake on August 4, 2011 at 2:19 pm said:

Moderates needed [Letters]

It’s time for plain talk. Both parties are responsible for the mess we are in. I would like someone to start a National Moderate Party.

I’m sure there are moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats (like me) who have had to leave their party because they are not represented in those parties any longer.

I’m tired of calling myself an independent. It is the moderates who keep things in perspective.

Nancy Sams, Knob Noster [Missouri]

Posted by Letters Editor on August 03, 2011:| Permalink

Read more: http://blogs.kansascity.com/unfettered_letters/2011/08/moderates-needed.html#ixzz1U6JiWsQg
Libertarian Voter on August 4, 2011 at 3:47 pm said:

Moderate *I mean Whimp* Party. #5 summed it up very succinctly.
Ash Roughani on August 4, 2011 at 4:39 pm said:

@Doremus Jessup (#5) and Libertarian Voter (#10) – No, more like paging Jurgen Habermas. “Moderate” is a verb, not a platform. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas
Ash Roughani on August 4, 2011 at 4:42 pm said:

Also, I’m confident we can raise the funds to meet the 100k threshold by January. After all, we’ll need about a million by June 2012 to be a viable movement. This is not a fringe effort.
Donald R Lake on August 5, 2011 at 5:22 am said:

Congradulations on ballot access in RI ——- but not responding to interested parties is not the way to go and grow. The Passivity Party? Ash Roughani needs to be very concerned. They specifically act as a fringe movement.