1995_04 Insight April 1995

              	
APRIL 5,1995
Insight
PAGE 13
Parties, from page 5
National People's Progressive
Network, which will then nominate a presidential candidate. The
PAF 1992 presidential candidate,
Ron Daniels, received strong support from the Greens, Condit
said.
Despite its socialist platform,
the PAF disapproved of Clinton's
health-care plan, supporting
California's Proposition 186 instead.
The PAF focuses on statewide issues and helps settle labor disputes.
It is readying to fight two 1996 initiatives, one that would make primary elections open to all voters despite party affiliation and another
that would remove rent control on
mobile homes. They also oppose
limiting affirmative action plans.
"Right now in the U.S.. the left is
very weak," Condit said about his
party's low membership numbers.
The third parties blame thc media
for lack of exposure and the League
of Women Voters for not providing
equal time in national dcbaics. They
point to these factors as causing
their lack of membership and party
enthusiasm. However, there is another organization that has plenty
of both.
Bonnie Chance receives faxed
streams of freshly released political information, copies them and
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started by Ross Perot.
California's UWSA headquarters in Los Angeles is a well-oiled
political machine, constantly
sending faxes to its branches and
consulting with members like
Chance.
Chance organizes Fresno
UWSA telephone networks and
holds monthly meetings for its
2.500 members. The members
call Congress whenever a bill is
about to be voted on.
"We had so many people calling
Congress that they switched their
phone lines," Chance said.
Chance believes many of her
faxes, like the one claiming
Clinton operated a narcotics ring
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in Arkansas. Others proclaim that
large numbers of Russian and
Irish military troops are secretly
housed in the United States, or
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Chance's office is plastered with
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beloved flip charts lay scattered
about. The UWSA faithful pop in
for updates and to discuss the latest bill before Congress. The office is a hub of activity.
UWSA believes the federal government should be run like a business and should eliminate all foreign aid and focus on solving
America's problems before helping thc rest of the world. Its biggest complaint is the $5 trillion
national debt.
The political organization with
the most support and enthusiasm
is also the one that firmly denies
seeking third-party status.
"We prefer to remain a non-partisan, non-profit citizen advocacy
group," Mike Church, of UWSA's
California headquarters, said.
This conflicts with a statement
by Perot last November that
UWSA would organize a third
party if GATT, the international
trade treaty, was approved. So far,
"Boss Ross" has not made good
on his promise.
Church is sponsoring a series of
debates between California college campuses on the viability of
third parties and the state of U.S.
politics.
Bonnie Chance follows the organization efforis of two third-
party hopefuls, the Constitution
Party and thc Patriot Party.
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The Patriot Party began in Pennsylvania with the same people
who placed Perot on the ballot. It
hopes to attract UWSA members.
What steps would these parties
take to get on the California ballot? According to the California
State Code, three methods exist,
each based on a percentage of total votes cast in the last gubernatorial election.
The new party must either turn
1 percent in voter affiliation statements, receive 2 percent of the
most recent vote or submit petition signatures equaling 10 percent of the vote. These are submitted to California's secretary of
state and must be completed 135
days prior to an election.
A party can become disqualified
if its total state registration drops
below 1/15th of 1 percenL
This number worries
California's Peace and Freedom
Party, which has about 67,000
members, roughly one-half of 1
percent of voters, according to
A number of upcoming activities may create the enthusiasm so
desperately needed by the third
parties.
By state law all parties must
hold conventions every two years.
Most of these have just occurred
or are in the near future. To be
eligible for the 1996 race, nominations must be Filed by October
1995.
If the third parties don't give
Americans what they want, there
is another alternative.
A March 13 article in Time
magazine proposes that Jesse
Jackson may make a 1996 presidential run as an independent.
Both Jackson and Perot have until Sept. 1 to announce their candidacies.
"The only time you waste your
vote is when you vote for someone you don't want," Phillips
said.
'The lesser of two evils is still
evil." Kaiser said.
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