Fight Eminent Domain Abuse

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The Anti-Demopublican League...

Another project brewed at the Govern Thyself Laboratory, deep from within the Pioneer Mill Autonomous Zone…

The Anti-Demopublican League

Obstacles To Peace...

Coercion…Aggression…Taxation….Privilege….Corporations (State Capitalism)….

Peace, the daughter of Liberty and Equality, is obstructed under the conditions listed above. She is absent when neighbors steal from each other via taxation (legal plunder).

She refuses to dwell in the shadow of privilege for she knows inequality when she sees it.

We will never dwell in Peace as long as we use force to achieve social and political goals. If we truly love our neighbors, we will respect their rights and property.

To govern ourselves is to allow others to do the same.

My Visit To The Board Of Elections....

This past Friday, I journeyed to the Board of Elections. The purpose of my journey was to confirm whether my vote for myself in the 8th Congressional District would be tossed in the trash. I walked into the office and a lady asked if she could help me. I asked her if someone could look over a copy of my absentee ballot and tell me which votes were being cast out.

Silence....then confusion ensued.

Christina Daniels came into the room and took control of the chaos. She confirmed what I already knew, North Carolina has a general statute that forbids write-in votes in partisan races (Disclaimer: You can gather petition signatures to have a write-in line inserted onto the ballot for a particular race).

I pointed out the fact that the U.S. and N.C. Constitutions say I am qualified to serve in Congress.

She agreed...

I told her that a general statute could not trump constitutional law...

She agreed...

I asked her if the Constitution or conscience had any role in the BOE decision to throw away my vote...

With regret, she admitted that they do not.

I thanked her for her help and then made my way to the basement of the building where the process to count provisional votes was about to start.

Near the end of the count, I asked Mr. Moss, Cabarrus BOE Chairman, if I could ask him a question. I walked up front to the table he was sitting at. I introduced myself and gave him my voter ID number. I presented him with a copy of my absentee ballot and asked him the same questions I asked upstairs. He couldn't answer my questions. He said he would have to dig out my original ballot to know for sure. I told him that wasn't necessary. I told him that I already knew the answer. About this time, Linda Grist, BOE Director got involved and confirmed to Mr. Moss that there was a write-in ban here in N.C..

I told Mr. Moss I had announced in August 2005 that I was seeking the Libertarian nomination for U.S. Congress, District 8, only to have my party decertified a couple weeks later. I quoted Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. I quoted Article 6, Section 6 of the N.C. Constitution. I told him that I was being treated like a second class citizen. I told him that I was tired of being lied to.

I told him I was taking legal action. Linda Grist said that they were only following the law. I corrected her by saying they were following a statute, the Constitution was the law.

Linda walked me to the door. She put her arm around me as we walked...I put my arm around her. She said I was doing what any citizen had a right to do. Before I walked out the door, I looked into Linda's eyes and asked her to put herself in my position...to listen to her conscience.

I hope she does...

Lawsuit Filed Against Bonds In Kannapolis

From the Independent Tribune....

"The North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law, a legal foundation in Raleigh, filed a lawsuit saying voters were not informed their rights to vote on local bond issues would be taken away."

This is very good news. I am glad to see an organized resistance to corporate welfare.

[Later in the article]

"North Carolina voters passed Amendment One in 2004 - the amendment to the state constitution that allows municipalities to use self-financing bonds for projects in conjunction with private development.

Orr and his group represent four registered voters from North Carolina who say their federal voting rights under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and their due process rights under the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment were violated. They are asking that the N.C. constitutional amendment be nullified.

Orr said the language on the ballot did not inform voters they would give up their voting rights.

"It's really a truth-in-advertising issue," Orr said. "Proponents of the amendment said it was about jobs and economic development. But the purpose of the amendment is asking people to give up their right to vote."

Dangerous To Be Right...

" It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."

Voltaire

Thanks For The Show Of Support

With heart felt affection, I want to thank each of the 6,288 folks who voted for me. Thank you for supporting the parent's right and responsibility to educate their children.

My campaign cost me the $5 filing fee and a little gas money. I raised no money. I told less than a hundred people about my campaign. No advertising. No signs.

I answered all the questionaires and interview requests. I used my existing blog and website to promote my campaign. No additional cost involved.

6,288 votes or 10.19% of the votes on less than $30. I would call that a fiscally conservative campaign.

This was a true grassroots educational campaign. You don't have to win the election to influence public policy. Winning campaigns are not an end unto themselves....moving public policy in a libertarian or market anarchism direction is but a part of a larger struggle...

...a struggle to reclaim our birthright of self government.

Second Class Citizen With His Outlaw Ballot

This is me with my absentee ballot before our trip to the print shop (I made 20 copies) and the County Board of Elections. How many "voters" go to the trouble of recording their ballot? How else can I prove that the system is rigged.

My ballot has a total of eight (8) unopposable candidates. In spite of the U.S. and N.C. Constitutions, write-in votes in these and other races, will be cast out.

How can statutory law trump constitutional law?

The electoral system has been rigged by the Demopublicans and I aim to prove it!