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The Free & Equal Elections Foundation is a non-partisan, non-profit, 501(c)4 public policy advocacy group dedicated to election reform and improving ballot access laws in the United States. Many states have restrictive requirements that make it difficult for Independent and Third Party candidates to place their names on the ballot. Free & Equal will challenge these laws, through lobbying of state legislators, court challenges, and initiatives. Free & Equal will also engage in activism for causes independent of the current two-party duopoly.

During the 2008 Presidential Election, Free & Equal debuted with a Presidential Debate at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC. The Free & Equal debate was the ONLY Presidential debate featuring Independent and Third-Party candidates held during the 2008 election to be broadcast to a national audience. The debate was broadcast LIVE on C-SPAN2 in Primetime. Following the success of our Presidential Debate, a Vice-Presidential Debate was Held in Las Vegas, NV. Please click on this link to view the debates: http://www.freeandequal.org/debates/

Free & Equal will take over the next two years to eliminate the restrictive ballot access laws that make it difficult for Independent and Third Party candidates to secure their place on the ballot.

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Debate to be Held in Du Quoin October 9th

The Free & Equal Elections Foundation will hold a Gubernatorial Debate for 2010 Candidates in Du Quoin, Il on October 9th, 2009.
ALL 14 candidates who have announced their intentions of running in the race are invited to participate.

Free & Equal Founder and Chair Christina Tobin today updated members of the press on the debate’s latest developments:
“The debate will begin at 6PM and will continue until 8PM. I will serve as the moderator for the debate. At this time, three candidates are confirmed, and we are in discussions with many others. This debate will be unique in that ALL the candidates, including Independent and Third party candidates are invited to participate. We are confident that the debate will be well-attended, both by the candidates themselves, and the voting public.”

The event will be sponsored by Free & Equal, and will take place as part of the Midwest Liberty Fest in Du Quoin. The debate will include members of the Democratic and Republican parties as well as Third-Party candidates and Independents.

The Free & Equal Elections Foundation is committed to ensuring that the ballot choices of the voters of Illinois are not limited to members of only two parties.

“Free & Equal is committed to giving all candidates a forum, regardless of political ideology or partisan affiliation,” said Tobin. “It is imperative that the voters have a chance to hear all the candidates, not just those who may appear in the headlines regularly.”
The Free & Equal Elections Foundation is a non partisan, non-profit 501 (c)4 public policy advocacy organization dedicated to eliminating restrictive ballot access laws that target Independent and Third-Party Candidates.

Free & Equal is committed to reforming restrictive ballot access laws across the nation, so that all candidates have a chance to be heard, regardless of political affiliation.

During the 2008 election, Free & Equal held an independent Presidential Debate in Washington, DC. The Free & Equal debate was the ONLY Presidential debate featuring Independent and Third-Party candidates held during the 2008 election to be broadcast to a national audience. The debate was broadcast Live by C-SPAN.

Leadership

Christina M. Tobin is the Founder of Free & Equal Elections Foundation. As Ralph Nader’s national ballot access coordinator in 2008, she helped gather over 500,000 signatures to ensure that voters had a choice in who they cast their vote for. She has secured ballot lines for numerous independent candidates and alternative political parties including the Constitution, Democrat, Green, Libertarian, Republican and Socialist Equality parties.

Sean Haugh is the Executive Director of Free & Equal Elections Foundation. As Political Director of the Libertarian Party in 2008, he coordinated petitioning and legal efforts for the party, while sharing resources and building relationships with other Third Parties and Independent candidates. Previously, Haugh has managed three ballot drives for the Libertarians in North Carolina, one of the hardest states in the country to gain ballot access. He was also part of successful lobbying efforts for reform in NC, and is a plaintiff in a current lawsuit seeking further reforms in NC.

Christopher Thrasher, serves as the Political Director for the Free & Equal Elections Foundation. An independent political consultant, he was the Deputy National Campaign Coordinator for the 2008 Presidential campaign of Senator Mike Gravel. A registered Libertarian, Thrasher shares the foundation’s conviction that ALL candidates should have a reasonable chance to put their name on the ballot, regardless of political party affiliation

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  • I’ve been working on this project with a fellow patriot for some 10 months on and off. At any rate, we have formed a new division of Darkstar Incorporated (home of the Congressional Hammer) called the American Center for Constitutional Government. We formed this division for the express purpose of showcasing constitutional/conservative candidates for the upcoming 2010 Congressional Elections. Here is the link to our Candidate Video Showcase: http://www.acfcg.com. Please note that we are still developing, but the site is live.

    On the Video Showcase page (http://www.acfcg.com/?pid=36), please be sure to play the Bill Parson video to see how the videos are displayed. This is our way of helping to level the playing field so grassroots candidates can compete. Many of them do not have lots of funds in their coffers and they don’t have big party backing or backing from special interests (which is a good thing).

    The CMS (Content Management System) running on the back end is in BETA and scheduled for version release in June. Again, please note the site is now live, much to the chagrin of my developer! There Typically, a website is developed, tested in a controlled environment, and then launched. We are doing it live because we know that primaries for some states are held very early (TX is already over). When it is finally done in a few months, it will knock your socks off as there is nothing out there like it. Technology is cutting edge, and we have many plans that I will share with you later. These plans could quite possibly revolutionize the election process. The main thrust of the American Center for Constitutional Government is to educate the voter in every way possible…that is the ONLY way we will get our Republic back and then be able to maintain it. You can’t have a government by the people for the people if the people aren’t involved and educated on the candidates and the legislation being proposed. ACFCG aims to change that!

    We are marketing to a target audience…conservative groups, tea party groups, tea party PACS, conservative PACS, etc. ACFCG will have a presence on social networking sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, Ning, and LinkedIn. Darkstar already has over 4,450 subscribers and they are growing every day. I’ve grown our subscribers by 450 in just 4 short weeks (that’s an average of 100 subscribers each week). We are also utilizing the most effective methods of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to move higher up in rankings.

    Videos are housed on our own secure servers and are not taken down unless you tell us to. Yes, you can put videos up on YouTube for free, but they aren’t as secure as on our servers. Try a search for ”conservative candidates” or ”grassroots” candidates on YouTube and get tons videos in return…no rhyme or reason. Our site will be searchable by state as we add more candidates. We will also link to the candidate’s website with a reciprocal link to ours…which gives both our sites more hits and moves us up higher in the search engines.

    Like many of the tea party activists, my partners and I all have day jobs. Like you, we are burning the candle at both ends to get this out there, and we are developing it live because we just couldn’t wait until the full version release if we are going to help grassroots candidates get the exposure they deserve.

    My email address is fleighton.acfcg@gmail.com. I know we can make a difference and get the word out on these grassroots candidates.

  • Hello my friends. This will be my last post here as I have become too busy with endeavors to save our country with our organization at Voters of America to continue postings. I thought I would make this last post because I have heard from many of you the truth….that we must unite the vote.

    That is a simple statement. A focal point on which I think everyone agrees. We will accomplish nothing until we do. If it is done right we can then do anything and everything… upon which the majority can agree. However, if the majority are going to agree to the rightness and the necessity of any given change an organization must be in place to support, educate, and inform those voters in order to develope the consensus of opinion on the need to do so and enlist their support.

    One of the biggest downfalls of the group sites, the patriot groups, and many individuals within those, is the time spent researching problems, surfing the net, discussing these problems, sending them around in emails and posts. Much of what is out there is rumor, planted by the left, or inaccurate. Regardless, it is immaterial. The fact is that most of us already know that the problems that exist are too numerous to count. We know that they must be corrected. How much do you need to know to know that it is time to spend your time resolving the situation?

    Perhaps much of this is because people are bored or have time on their hands which is devoid of a plan on which they can devote time to the cure instead of dwelling on the problems. All the time spent dwelling on the problems is self defeating. It gets people discouraged, disheartened, and serves no constructive purpose….nor does one single thing to cure the problems.

    Discussing the problems leads to diverse opinions. Diverse opinions lead to divisions because of disagreements and serve only to keep us divided and will lead only to our failure to unite. It is self defeating and plays right into the hands of our opposition.

    My opinion on an issue is irrelevant. Your opinion is irrelevant. For now. The only opinion which matters in the end will be that of the majority of the people. We have to be willing to go with the majority vote and hope that in the end we may influence that vote to the point it is on track with what is right and best for our country. Right now we have NOTHING! As long as that continues our opinions will remain irrelevant.

    I have heard that there is no plan…which is untrue. We have one. You either do not know of it or do not understand it. We have people working and spending time on the cure….which is working to unite the vote. It is our priority one and the focus of our time and efforts.

    I am not going to discourage a single person from any effort in which you are engaged to fight what is happening to our country. You should continue your fight on those fronts. This much I do think; that you should join our organization now if only to serve as another vote united in the front. If and when you find out all that we are doing, I suspect you will desire to do more than that, but those decisions rest with our individual members.

    Some time ago I sent most of you a link to a web site… http://www.americanvote.info .Some of you may have read it though most have not, or did not understand it. It is a long read and probably discouraged many from taking the time. It does explain what we are about, and in time all will come to know. My hope had been that sooner would be better than later. Regardless, we have recently set up a new web site for our members to better organize and plan actions.

    We are not a social gathering. We are not a public site. The site is Voters of America, but it is by invitation only at this time. I am letting you know of it because I do think that either now or later you will want to be a part of what we are doing… if you are serious about changing the direction of this country. I suspect that if you find out next year, and join then, that you will feel bad that you did not get involved sooner.

    There is a need to get the show on the road and those signing on the site now are those founders most dedicated to doing so. As we know Rome was not built in a day and what we are doing will take time, but the Romans are massing to do it and I hope you will join in the effort.

    If you wish to do so you may email me direct at pelcatad@aol.com. Please put ”invitation” in your subject line. I will send the invite as quickly as I can, but I am swamped so please bear with me.I hope to see my friends and fellow patriots again on that site. In any case I salute all of you for your efforts and your concerns for our beleagered country. May we be successful in the end.

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