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| lanesharon | Seat All Delegates | 1 | Jun 3 2008, 8:42 PM EDT by shepholland | |||
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Thread started: Feb 11 2008, 7:43 PM EST
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Passage of Florida legislative bill HB 537 has caused 1,684,390 US voters to become disenfranchised. Unless the RNC & DNC policies are changed, this could happen to you some day; regardless of your state or party affiliation. The contents of this website will discuss this bill, what happened; and what you can do to try to reverse this situation and prevent it from recurring. Please help us reinstate the voting rights of Florida Democrats. How you can help:
Visit the website http://florida-delegates.com Read the Position Summary Section http://florida-delegates.com/pages/our-position.php Visit the What To Do Page and follow our action suggestions http://florida-delegates.com/pages/your-help/what-to-do.php Pass this information on to others. Please keep these facts in mind as you read the contents of this website: * The Florida Democratic primary election ballot had all democratic candidates listed. * Florida Dems have been disenfranchised, through no fault of their own * HB537 was written by a Florida Republican to change Florida's primary date. * A state legislature has interfered with it's constituents National voting rights. * The Florida Democratic Party did NOT change this date, the legislature did. * The Florida legislature has an overwhelming Republican majority. * The House of Representatives in Florida have 41 Democrats; 71 Republicans. * The Senate in Florida have 14 Democrats; 26 Republicans * The state of Florida has a Republican Governor. * The citizens of the state of Florida did NOT vote on this date change. * HB537 was passed in May 2007 & legislatively changed the Florida primary date. * This date was, and still is, unalterable by the Florida Democrats. Sharon Lane, http://florida-delegates.com
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| J-Me | Two Party System | 2 | May 3 2007, 7:13 PM EDT by J-Me | |||
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Thread started: May 3 2007, 4:38 PM EDT
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I think that there is a serious flaw in the two party system. There are two dominant parties, and several smaller parties (who we can choose to vote for, but we all know that they're not going to win--- although I think this might be a good third party year since there are so many candidates that people are generally indifferent to)... tangent.
In any event, we vote for a President, and then we get the VP and whatever else comes along with him. If we vote for the "guy" (because that's what it is) who is not elected, then our vote doesn't count. Really. It doesn't. We voted, we got nothing for it. Same goes for our representatives in the House and Congress. I like the "proportional representation" used by several European countries, where your vote does count. You vote for a party (not the person) and your representatives are sent to the government (parliament, whatever) based on percentages of the vote. In many countries, the President has little or no power and is essentially a figurehead (which is the way it should be, particularly in America where we're so polairzed that only about half the country elects the president anyway).
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| Anonymous | Presidential Run | 0 | Jan 25 2007, 11:37 PM EST by Anonymous | |||
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Thread started: Jan 25 2007, 11:37 PM EST
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Why is it that the fools in the news media are ignoring possible good candidates for public office? I thought that the American people were suppose to choose the President, Vice-Presidnet. Since when did the news media get the right to tell us who to vote for? I have been trying to run for public office since 1992, and all I get is ignored. Try this one on for size.
After eight (8) years of Dumb (Cheney), and Dumber (Bush), isn't time for America to start looking SHARP! That's Craig Eric Sharp for President. I spent 3 and a half years of my childhood on the Iron Curtain, I know how to fight. Send me an email @ CraigEricSharp@hotmail.com Thank you |
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