Start by refusing to be the victim and beginning to take control of your own future.

The following is a guest post by the state coordinator of Pennsylvania Precinct Activists . I believe this will be useful to all of you. This is part of a national project that any of you can become involved with regardless of your political party.

The Hijacking of Primary Elections
 
            I used to say that if you wait until the General Election in November, you are too late.  The real contest is in the Primary, where the political parties, which are similar to private clubs, elect their candidates.    Now I am going to assert that if you wait until the Primary Election, you may be too late already.
 
            The Primary Election is where the party voters select their candidates by secret ballot.  That's democracy, right?  Well, it would be if that was what was truly happening.  In reality our Primaries, the most important of all elections, are being hijacked as we speak by party leaders and other deal-makers before the party voters even get a chance to hear the candidates and learn what they stand for.
 
            Candidates are quietly traveling around Pennsylvania, meeting with party leaders, asking for endorsements.   Do you think they are asking the party leaders to endorse them based on the fact they, the candidates, are going to do the best job to protect our freedoms and promote principles of justice?  If only we could be the little bugs on the wall that our party leaders seem to think we are to hear what was said during those meetings….
 
            In February, the Republican State Committee will vote whether or not to endorse our statewide candidates.  Most likely they will vote "yes."  Before that, county leaders will meet in regional caucuses and do the same.  After they vote Yes to endorse, then they will go ahead to endorse the Annointed Ones for whom we, the party soldiers, are expected to fall in line and get busy putting out yard signs, passing out literature, and do other assorted grub work.
 
            So what's the problem?
 
            The problem is that the Primary process is being manipulated and hijacked before the party voters get to vote.  By endorsing candidates, they are unnecessarily influencing the outcome of an election that is supposed to be decided by the voters.  Do we really need to be told who to vote for?  What happened to good old-fashioned political debate and discourse and freedom of choice?  
          

  In fact, why have a Primary Election at all?  If the party leaders "know best,' why not skip the Primary Election altogether and save the taxpayers a truckload of money?  I mean, they already told us who to vote for, right?

            Do you get the feeling that someone out there doesn't want you to choose your elected officials?  Do you get the feeling that the process is corrupted from top to bottom?  Well, I do.
           
How We Change It
 
            In May, all the state party committee members and most of the county committee members will be re-elected.  The county committees will elect their Chairmen shortly after the election.  So this is what you do:

1.      Concerned voters should run for a spot for their county committee seats.  You can obtain a nomination petition on Feb. 16 at the county Elections Office.
2.      Before you vote for your Chair, you ask him if he will pledge to vote NO on any questions regarding endorsing candidates.  If he does not pledge NO, you vote for someone who will pledge YES.
3.      Before you vote for any state committee members, ask them how they will vote on endorsements.  If you cannot reach them or can't get an answer, don't vote for them.
4.      Find people to run for state committee positions who pledge to vote NO on endorsing candidates.
 

If we can't take back our Primary Elections and let the electorate choose their candidates, we will never get the candidates we want in the General Election.  Period.

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Lois Kaneshiki is the Pa state coordinator for the Pennsylvania Precinct Activists . Remember~~All politics are local! Lois Highly recommends the following video:

I recently became involved in the National Nullification Project  and am one of the administrators for Pennsylvania. This follows on the heels of fighting the fight here in Pennsylvania.

Many people ask what they can do to fight the takeover of health care. Months ago I began promoting legislation in Pennsylvania to reject any infringement on our 4th, 9th and 10th Amendment rights.

Today I visited our state representative at his  Christmas open house and had a chance to speak with him and his legislative assistant and give him this letter:

 TAXPAYERS UNITED FOR REPRESENTATION NOW

December 29, 2009

Hon. Matt Gabler
Dubois Area Plaza, Suite 10
1221 East Dubois Avenue
Dubois, PA 15801

Dear Representative Gabler,

Greetings! Thank you for having a Christmas Open House for your constituents and the invitation for us to come and share our concerns with you.

We would like to thank you for your support to date for HB 2053 and for being a cosponsor of the bill. Since we last met, we have had audience with both Rep. Sam Smith and Lt. Gov/Senator Joe Scarnati and discussed this legislation with them.

The consensus seems to be that a piece of legislation with teeth, such as HB 2053, is the proper prescription for Pennsylvanians who are concerned about their 4^th, 9^th and 10^th amendments rights. Since we already have a tenth amendment, passing a resolution that we now intend on using it almost seems like we are asking for permission to assert a right.

As I alluded to in our last visit, the last thing that we need is for our state legislatures to be reduced to figure heads. If that is the case, why do we even need to have them?  I am sure that the power of the state and it’s sovereign status crosses all partisan lines and that any legislator can look past today and recognize that majorities shift, so what they find to be acceptable today because their party is in power would be deemed intolerable when it is not.

I would ask that you do two things in reference to HB 2053.  First, approach the insurance committee and ask that there be a public hearing on the bill. Secondly, urge Sam Smith to step forward as a  cosponsor .

Do not hesitate to ask for any assistance that we can be in assisting you. Both TURN and Pennsylvania Freedom Fighters are ready, willing and able to assist you in your effort. Additionally, I am now part of a National Nullification Project and am an administrator in Pennsylvania. People are just waiting to know how they can be of assistance.

Regards,

John B

  TAXPAYERS UNITED FOR REPRESENTATION NOW  http://turnpa.com 

If you live in Pennsylvania we strongly urge you to contact your state representative and ask them to support this bill and to call for a public hearing on this bill. If you live in another state, this is a very good model; ask your representative to sponsor a similar bill in your state.