June 2016 Update
Summertime is here! Children are out of school. Memorial Day gave us opportunity to remember those who gave their last measure of devotion to our nation. And frustrations with the Republican-Democrat duopoly continue to heat up. Hard questions are being asked about whether the duopoly actually represents what they tell the voters. Devoted partisan activists are faced with their political party’s rejection of values they hold dear. Now is the time for a separate, unique, and distinct political party, and as ballot access petition signer remarked this is the year the Constitution Party can build it from the grassroots up!
In this month’s Update we highlight the upcoming 2016 State Convention on Friday evening, June 10th in McDonough, and the status of ballot access efforts in Georgia from Ballot Access Coordinator Carolyn Cosby. This month's articles address topics of Georgia electoral politics, discuss the criteria for voting, training your politician (instead of the other way around), and the proper role of the courts in applying the law. These are also available on the state party website, and speak to a number of current discussions surrounding politics.
Howard Phillips' political philosophy promoted the basic principles of Christian civil government. This cannot be achieved by duopoly reform groups like the Democratic Pro-Life Caucus, the various TEA Party groups, or the Republican Assembly, but rather by the Constitution Party of Georgia (CP-Ga) working to build a multifaceted network of like-minded supporters and organizations to achieve specific political ends with a multi-generational vision to build. True spiritual revival in our communities provides the soil in which the CP-Ga can thrive. The party’s expansion will be paced with the growth of a constituency that will vote for representatives who have the courage to implement the party's principles.
Currently all of the party’s elected officials around the country are serving in local offices. Here's the long game: our presidential campaign attracts voters, building our base of support. This positions us to win battles over the next four years in our communities!
With a vision of victory,
Ricardo Davis
State Chairman
In This Update
- 2016 State Convention featuring Presidential Candidate Darrell Castle
- June Ballot Access Update
- Will Alternative Parties on the Ballot Help Get Clinton Elected in Georgia?
- Ask These Questions Before Voting
- How to Train Your Politician
- Political Capital
- Originalism
- Building the Supporter Pipeline
- Upcoming Events
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Political Science Professor: If You Want Choice In Politics, Turn To Third Parties
Dr. J. David Gillespie, a former professor and vice president of academic affairs at Presbyterian College, teaches political parties and third-party politics at the College of Charleston. He authored two books on third parties, more recently Challengers to Duopoly: Why Third Parties Matter in American Two-Party Politics. Though Gillespie's article focuses on ballot access inequity in South Carolina, this systemic problem is just as pervasive in Georgia.
From TheState.com - February 23, 2015
http://www.thestate.com/2015/02/23/4000080_gillespie-if-south-carolinians.html
Retrieved March 2, 2015
Choice lies right at the heart of democracy. Democracy empowers citizens to enter a free marketplace of ideas and choose from an array of candidates, parties, issue positions, policy alternatives and proposals for reform. It warms many Americans’ hearts to think that democracy is among this nation’s precious exports, its gift to the world.
Read morePolitical Reality – A Compromised Vote Ensures You Get What You Don’t Want
The GOP and Democrat parties (a.k.a. the Republicrat party) know that if you'll compromise your core beliefs to vote for their candidates then you'll be in a lose-lose situation. You'll lose because you've given the party the power to do what you don't want, and thus relinquishing your power to stop them. And you'll lose again because you've emboldened the party to push for more compromise and compromised candidates. For example, if you believe that marriage is the creation of God, ordained by Him to only be the union between a man and woman, then voting for either Obama or Romney will ensure that you get what you don't want.
The Republicrat party will remind you of the way things were, the struggles of old where they fought for what you believe when you pledged your loyalty to the party. The Republicrat party and their supporters are calling you to join them in supporting these ideals by rallying around their candidates. The party hopes you'll not pay attention to the fact that by their actions - and increasing numbers of their candidates - they could care less about those ideals today.
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