AIP Likely To Restrict 2010 Primary Voters

[Ayatollahgondola]

This could be a defining moment for our old headmistress Chelena. If the committee decides to restrict who can vote in their primary, this would rob her of much of her support base, and likely leave her out on the street without a party affiliation, and probably out of the ballot entirely

http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01...artys-primary/

The American Independent Party of California is currently split into two factions, the one which favored Alan Keyes for president in 2008, and the one that favored Chuck Baldwin for president in 2008. The California Secretary of State recognizes the Alan Keyes faction.

The Alan Keyes faction has tentatively decided to revoke the ability of independent voters to vote in AIP primaries for public office, but the party has not made a formal notification to the California Secretary of State. State law requires such a notification to be made by January 25, 2010. Apparently the State Central Committee of the Keyes faction will meet on January 13, 2010, to formalize the decision. The location of that meeting is the home of Mark Robinson, 476 Deodora Street, Vacaville. Members of the state central committee can also participate via computer.

No California state court has ever made a ruling on the substance of the various lawsuits filed last year, or in 2008, to determine the identity of the bona fide party officers. The 2008 lawsuit filed by the Baldwin faction was dismissed for procedural reasons, and the 2009 lawsuits have been stalled because the officers in the Keyes faction have managed to avoid being served, or at least have raised unresolved questions about whether service was successful.

The Republican Party of California, and the Democratic Party of California, both let independent voters vote in their primaries for Congress and state office. The Green Party, the Libertarian Party, and the Peace & Freedom Party, do not let independents vote in their primaries.