Yes, you read that correctly! Just this morning, a donor has offered to match all donations, dollar for dollar, up to $1,000.00 to secure ballot access in the state of New Mexico. Our supporters have been working around the clock for the past several weeks to get 2,565 valid signatures of registered voters by the deadline of June 28th. As of last night, they had secured 2,838 signatures, but need 4,000 to make sure we have enough to offset any signatures that may be invalidated by the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office. That means we need to average 97 signatures per day for the next 12 days to reach our goal. Achieving ballot status in New Mexico will put us on the ballot in 16 states with a total of 142 electoral votes of the 270 needed to win the presidential office. That is 24 more electoral votes than we had at the start of 2018.
Please help us to make this goal a reality. We need your donation of $5.00, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00, $25.00, $50.00, $100.00 or whatever you can, to reach this goal. Go on line to www.constitutionparty.com and select the “ballot access” option for your donation. You may also mail your donation directly to the Constitution Party at PO Box 1782 Lancaster, PA 17608. It is urgent that you make your donation without delay. Time is of the essence.
Our progress this year thus far has been incredible. As reported earlier, we gained ballot access in North Carolina, the first victory ever in that state. The party received national news coverage for that achievement. The reaction of the Republican-controlled state house and senate was to quickly pass a sore loser law which would prevent losing candidates in the recent primary from filing to run for the same office under another party in this fall's general election. The bill was to take effect immediately upon the signature of the governor or in 10 days if he failed to sign it. The governor vetoed the bill late Friday night which was the 10th day.
The Constitution Party State Nominating Convention was held the following day, and so, the governor’s veto of the bill allowed those candidates to be nominated by the Constitution Party. They will then file for office early on Monday the 18th before the General Assembly can override the governor’s veto. In all, 10 candidates were nominated by the North Carolina party: one for the US Congress, two for the state senate, three for the state house, three for county commission and one for local sheriff. Needless to say, this has caused quite a stir in North Carolina. More detail of this will be shared as it becomes available.
The party experienced yet another victory in Wisconsin on Friday, June 1st. We had two candidates file for low profile state-wide office. Each candidate needed the signatures of 2,000 Wisconsin residents to be placed on the November ballot. By polling just one percent of the votes cast in the November General Election for those offices, they would then secure ballot position for the party in 2020. It was a terrific scramble to get the needed signatures to qualify, but both candidates made it. Both offices have only three candidates on the November ballot, the Rep, Dem, and CP, so our chances of being ballot-qualified in 2020 are extremely good. We also have a candidate who qualified to run for the state legislature.
Thanks to the financial support of so many of our party members and supporters, these accomplishments were all made possible. As national chairman, I can not thank you enough. Please continue your support at this critical point of time in our growth and progress.
For God, Family, and Country,
National Chairman
Constitution Party
www.constitutionparty.com