Comments on: Senate bill for revised FEC would require one non-major party http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/08/senate-bill-for-revised-fec-would-require-one-non-major-party/ Covering America's third parties and independent candidates since May 2008 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:04:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trent Hill http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/08/senate-bill-for-revised-fec-would-require-one-non-major-party/comment-page-1/#comment-88828 Trent Hill Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:56:22 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=9382#comment-88828 It will be easily avoided by simply recruiting someone from a state with no registration and calling them an "independent". There will be no proof to the contrary. It will be easily avoided by simply recruiting someone from a state with no registration and calling them an “independent”. There will be no proof to the contrary.

]]> By: Robert Milnes http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/08/senate-bill-for-revised-fec-would-require-one-non-major-party/comment-page-1/#comment-88795 Robert Milnes Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:41:08 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=9382#comment-88795 d.eris, agreed. It looks like some sort of elemental bipartisan balancing act was negotiated here. 3 members. 1 chair. 1 member must be third party/independent. They may not have realized the significance. Also looks like a lead baloon. We'll see. d.eris, agreed. It looks like some sort of elemental bipartisan balancing act was negotiated here. 3 members. 1 chair. 1 member must be third party/independent. They may not have realized the significance. Also looks like a lead baloon. We’ll see.

]]> By: George Phillies http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/08/senate-bill-for-revised-fec-would-require-one-non-major-party/comment-page-1/#comment-88785 George Phillies Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:35:11 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=9382#comment-88785 So we find someone who was registered independent for the past decade and has never been an elected public official. I suspect that out there someplace is a top-two primary advocate who qualifies. So we find someone who was registered independent for the past decade and has never been an elected public official. I suspect that out there someplace is a top-two primary advocate who qualifies.

]]> By: d.eris http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/08/senate-bill-for-revised-fec-would-require-one-non-major-party/comment-page-1/#comment-88779 d.eris Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:24:51 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=9382#comment-88779 Whatever the bill's faults, the very idea of a three person board that would require a viewpoint from someone who is neither a Republican nor a Democrats is a major step forward from the usual notion that bi-partisan means non-partisan. Whatever the bill’s faults, the very idea of a three person board that would require a viewpoint from someone who is neither a Republican nor a Democrats is a major step forward from the usual notion that bi-partisan means non-partisan.

]]> By: Robert Milnes http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/08/senate-bill-for-revised-fec-would-require-one-non-major-party/comment-page-1/#comment-88750 Robert Milnes Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:08:57 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=9382#comment-88750 Initially I was elated at reading this. But then reality set in. McCain-Feingold got ignored by Obama last year. What's to say this even passes? & which party is to be the third -generic third party/independent-representative? This whole bill or parts might be unconstitutional too. Initially I was elated at reading this. But then reality set in. McCain-Feingold got ignored by Obama last year. What’s to say this even passes? & which party is to be the third -generic third party/independent-representative? This whole bill or parts might be unconstitutional too.

]]> By: Kimberly Wilder http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/08/senate-bill-for-revised-fec-would-require-one-non-major-party/comment-page-1/#comment-88747 Kimberly Wilder Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:56:51 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=9382#comment-88747 Sometimes when we get a chain of hat tips, I feel like the Chinese Emperors who put their stamps on pictures they admired... Anyway, for the above story, thank you to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News...Who, himself gave, "Thanks to Damon Eris of Poli-Tea for this news, and also to ElectionLawBlog." Sometimes when we get a chain of hat tips, I feel like the Chinese Emperors who put their stamps on pictures they admired…

Anyway, for the above story, thank you to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News…Who, himself gave, “Thanks to Damon Eris of Poli-Tea for this news, and also to ElectionLawBlog.”

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