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  Reform Party of the United States of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1998, the Reform Party received a boost when Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota, the highest office win for a national third party since the beginning of the century.
Nonetheless, it was on the strength of the Brigade-created Freedom Parties, and the willingness of the party's elected Chair and Treasurer to suborn the party's rules in order to advance the cause of a particular candidate, that Buchanan claimed he had won the Reform Party's nomination.
Reform Party representatives had long stated beliefs that their party could bring together people from both sides of these issues, which they consider divisive, to address what they considered to be more vital concerns as expressed in their platform.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Reform_Party   (4482 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Reform Party USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
By the October 2003 convention the Reform Party was organized in only thirty states (many of which were rump affiliates controlled by the America First Party) and had ballot access for the 2004 election in only seven.
The Reform Party was presented with a surprise opportunity to retain ballot status in some states when Ralph Nader announced that he would not run as a Green Party candidate.
Sixty-three delegates (according to the party chairman, Sean O'Hara of Mississippi) attended a national convention on August 27-28 in Irving, Texas and chose Ralph Nader to be the party's nominee for President.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Reform-Party-USA   (1750 words)

  
 Reform Party USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Reform Party of the United States of (abbreviated Reform Party USA or RPUSA) is a political party in the United States.
A third spinoff party is made up dissident Reformers who became disillusioned with Perot's over the main party after the 1996 and chose to establish the American Reform Party.
At the convention Party chose new party officers but did select a presidential candidate for the 2004 since this party still actually selects its candidate at convention held in the election The 2004 RPUSA convention is to be in Ohio.
www.freeglossary.com /Reform_Party_USA   (578 words)

  
 Reform Party Convention Funding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Reform Party 2000 Convention Committee registered with the Commission as a political committee on October 5, 1999, having submitted its application statement and letter of agreements on September 21.
A minor party is defined as a political party whose candidate for the office of president in the preceding presidential election received more then 5%, but less than 25% of the total popular votes cast.
Accordingly, the Reform Party is entitled to partial convention funding for 2000.
www.fec.gov /press/press1999/refconv.htm   (423 words)

  
 Reform Party USA Founding Principles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
We shall seek to reform our electoral, lobbying and campaign practices to ensure that our elected government officials and our candidates owe their allegiance and remain accountable to the people whom they are elected to serve rather than other influence-seeking agencies.
The Reform Party will make our candidates, party officials and elected officials accountable to our grassroots members who are their principal support.
We, the members of the Reform Party, celebrate our heritage of individual liberty, recognizing that one of our greatest strengths is our diversity; and we will foster tolerance of the customs, beliefs, and private actions of all persons which do not infringe upon the rights of others.
www.reformpartyusa.org /founding.htm   (870 words)

  
 REFORM PARTY OF CALIFORNIA - Official Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
To embrace the full impact of this letter’s damaging effect on the Reform Party, one should start with the envelope before moving to the first paragraph of the letter.
The BOD of the Reform Party of California commends Senator Barbara Boxer for the courage to object to the inclusion of Ohio Electoral College votes.
We are in the business of reforming government, not dictating what one can or cannot do in the privacy of their own home.
www.reformpartyofcalifornia.org   (664 words)

  
 Reform Party of the United States of America > Platform
Reform our electoral, lobbying and campaign practices to ensure that our elected officials owe their allegiance to the people whom they are elected to serve.
Accordingly, the Reform Party calls for greater private property rights, and that hard data replace politics as the basis of land management decision-making and land use regulations and laws.
Those Reform Party USA committee members of times past who labored to construct this document can be justifiably proud of their work.
www.reformparty.org /platform.htm   (3855 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to the 2004 Reform Presidential Candidates
She also founded and led several independent committees in the 1990s that were openly associated with the Reform Party (like the defunct Patriot Party and the Committee for a Unified Independent Party, which still operates).
Former Reform Party leader Jim Mangia -- who previously served as National Secretary of the party in 1997-2000 -- was rumored to be a possible candidate for the 2004 Presidential nomination.
By process of elimination, longtime Reform Party activist and businessman Ted Weill was initially the frontrunner for the party's 2004 Presidential nomination.
www.politics1.com /reform04a.htm   (1267 words)

  
 CorpWatch : USA: Reform Party Suffers Raucous Split
A meeting of Reform Party leaders in Long Beach erupted in chaos Tuesday, with screaming, shoving matches, a walkout by loyalists to party founder Ross Perot and a declaration that social conservative Pat Buchanan is now guaranteed the fractured party's presidential nomination.
Reform members also delighted in the freewheeling style of their founder, and many attendees Tuesday seemed to relish the day's wild action, pointing out that it was the antithesis of the scripted events of the Republicans and Democrats--the "pablum" of the political mainstream, as one woman put it.
It was ridiculous, a farce," said Paul Truax, a co-founder of the Reform Party who, depending on whom you ask, either is or isn't on the party's executive committee.
www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=677   (1100 words)

  
 Reform Party of the United States of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Having expected something of this sort by this time, alternate plans had hurriedly been made over the preceding few days since Moan's attempt to personally install the Freedom Party as delegates.
To this day, Gerald Moan refuses to surrender several years' worth of the party's records.
The Reform Party is running some candidates in Arizona, and is petitioning to regain ballot access in several other States where state Reform Party organizations are active.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reform_Party_USA   (4482 words)

  
 REFORM PARTY OPPOSES STEM CELL RESEARCH [Free Republic]
For the first time, the Reform Party USA took a brave, bold stand on great moral issues; and unlike the Republican Party, the Reform Party is not beholden to Big Money foreign interests and is therefore not hindered to pursue her newly socially conservative platform.
As such, veteran Reformers would argue that the Reform Party was "neutral" on the issue; however, Pro-Life Reformers would refute that by stressing that a silent plank on a great moral issue is actually not a neutral position at all, but rather supports the idea that abortion is not worthy of being addressed.
Moreover, because the Reform Party USA Constitution requires that 2/3 of the entire National Delegation approve amendments to the National Platform, the Reform Party's new stance on this social issue goes to show that the vast majority of its members are steering the Reform Party to a principled conservative direction.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b7444af602f.htm   (4853 words)

  
 Official Reform Party USA Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Reform Party National Chairman Rodney Martin today announced the filing of a Federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) Action against individuals who since April of 2005 have fraudulently used the name of the Reform Party USA.
One suit in particular was filed against duly elected legitimate officers of the Reform Party USA personally in a court thousands of miles away so as to purposely create financial hard ship for those targeted by this extremist group.
Reform is not just a word it is a burning torch passed on from the ashes of 141 young immigrants girls burned to death in the triangle shirt factory in N.Y. Because the owners locked the exit doors to keep out union organizers.
www.reformpartyusa.org   (1625 words)

  
 Major Third Party 2004 Presidential Primaries
The Reform Party of the United States of America overwhelmingly voted to endorse Ralph Nader for President of the United States.
Reform Party USA Chairman Shawn O'Hara said, "Ralph Nader has stood up for the rights of American citizens his entire life.
The Reform Party USA presidential candidates represented a wide range of the philosophical spectrum, from the left, the center and the right.
www.thegreenpapers.com /T04/Re-Endorsement.phtml   (397 words)

  
 Politics1: Presidency 2000 - The Reform Party Candidates
Yet on other issues like campaign reform, Anderson was an early leader in the fight to reform American politics -- even serving as the President of the Center for Voting & Democracy and as the Founding Chairman of the National Advisory Board of the Public Campaign reform organization.
He's was back in 2000 as a Reform Party Presidential hopeful until he realized by May 2000 that he could not win the nomination against Pat Buchanan -- and me made an unsuccessful run at the Reform convention for the VP nomination.
As the highest ranking Reform Party officeholder in the nation until he bolted from the party in February 2000, Ventura was repeatedly the focus of Presidential draft efforts.
www.politics1.com /reform.htm   (4495 words)

  
 Reform Party of the United States of America > Home
Reform Party of the United States of America > Home
We, the members of the Reform Party, commit ourselves to reform our political system.
The Reform Party of the United States of America has created an open forum monthly teleconference.
www.reformparty.org   (117 words)

  
 Reform Party USA Claimed to have a National Convention in Nashville July, 2001 Buchanan's Republican Machine and the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Reform Party USA Claimed to have a National Convention in Nashville July, 2001 Buchanan's Republican Machine and the Knight in Tarnished Armor PJB Himself Came to Preside over the Funeral An INSIDE Report by Marvalene Pankey, eyewitness, State Chair - An INSIDE REPORT by Marvalene Pankey, Reform Party of Missouri, State Chair.
In fact, the Reform Party mobocracy meeting in Nashville 2001 was a good exercise in just how the Republican thugs operate and intend to maintain control of the ballot box and any and all opposition political parties.
The Reform Party of Missouri is also not affiliated in any way with Merrlin Mortgage Corporation and we have not authorized anyone to be using the party name or any similar names as part of any plan.
maxpages.com /rpmoreform/rpusamob01 - !http://www.maxpages.com/rpmoreform/rpusamob01   (5720 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Reform Party sheds 'extremist' leadership
National leaders of the Reform Party USA say the party founded in 1992 by billionaire Ross Perot is set to get back on track after the loss of "extreme" supporters of author, columnist and presidential candidate Pat Buchanan.
But the party's membership was divided over his selection as standard-bearer, disintegrating into competing factions before the election.
The party was given $12 million in federal election funds in 2000.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27259   (568 words)

  
 The Greens/Green Party USA
This platform was adopted by the delegates of the membership of the Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) at their annual Green Congress, meeting in Chicago, May 26-28, 2000.
The Greens/Green Party USA is the original Green Party organization in the USA.
Reform ERISA, labor laws, and ESOP tax provisions to enable workers to democratically control their assets.
www.greenparty.org /Platform.html   (4379 words)

  
 Reform Party Endorses Nader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Reform Party USA held a nomination and endorsement session via teleconference on May 10 and 11, 2004.
Several months earlier, back on February 25, 2004, the Reform Party National Committee directed O'Hara to contact the Nader presidential campaign to discuss the possibility of his running for the Reform Party nomination.
This evening, at approximately 8:45 PM MST, the Reform Party USA Presidential Nomination/Endorsement Session voted to endorse and nominate Ralph Nader for President of the United States.
www.gwu.edu /~action/2004/nader/refparty0504end.html   (566 words)

  
 Macomb Daily : Sports : Nader plans to get on ballot with Reform Party 07/16/04
LANSING -- The Michigan Republican Party says it handed in 43,000 signatures Thursday to get presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the state ballot, but a Nader spokesman said his candidate still plans to get on through the Reform Party, despite a disagreement over who represents the party in Michigan.
Crehan on Wednesday said Muntz and Renfrew have no standing to nominate Nader because they're officers of the Independence Party of Michigan, which is affiliated with Reform Party USA but doesn't represent the Reform Party in Michigan.
The letter adds that Muntz serves on the Reform Party's national committee for the state of Michigan and says Nader has been legally nominated for the state ballot and should be on it.
www.macombdaily.com /stories/071604/sta_nader001.shtml   (514 words)

  
 Nader Receives Endorsement of Reform Party USA -- Press Releases - Nader for President 2004 - www.votenader.org
Reform Party members can help spread the message that there is an alternative to the two corporate parties as their history demonstrates.
The Reform Party, whose presidential candidate Ross Perot received 19% of the vote in 1992 and nearly 9% in 1996, claims over one million active members.
Nader was the Green Party nominee in 2000 and in 1996.
www.votenader.org /media_press/index.php?cid=32   (2115 words)

  
 Reform Party USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Reform Party became notorious for several third parties that broke away from it 1996:
More than two thirds of the in a presidential candidate nominating session held 12 2004 voted to endorse Ralph Nader.
As a journalist who covers third parties this election year, I found this book to be immesely helpful in its analysis of the Reform Party effort as well as a superb...
www.freeglossary.com /United_States_Reform_Party   (578 words)

  
 Reform Party-Natural Law Party: The Upcoming Merger - T H E   I N T E R N E T   B R I G A ...
USA executive committee are orchestrating a takeover of that
Party by the Natural Law Party of John Hagelin.
of the Georgia Reform Party and Southeast Regional
www.buchanan.org /db00-0728e.html   (488 words)

  
 Support for Jesse Ventura - American Reform Party
The American Reform Party was saddened to hear that the Reform Party's Executive Committee has chosen to endorse current Reform Party Chair Russell Verney's intemperate call for Governor Jesse Ventura to resign from the Reform Party.
It was dictatorial actions like this on the part of Ross Perot and his political consultant Russell Verney that led the American Reform Party to dissassociate itself from the Reform Party USA in 1997.
This remains the case despite the fact that their grassroots members elected new management, led by Jack Gargan, at the Reform Party convention last July, which is working very hard to unify all factions in the Reform Party against many obstacles.
www.americanreform.org /convention/jesse-support.html   (358 words)

  
 Socialist Party USA - Statements | Resolution on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
WHEREAS in the Socialist Party USA’s Principles we clearly state that “People of color, lesbians and gays, and other oppressed groups need independent organization to fight oppression.
WHEREAS in Socialist Party USA’s Electoral Platform of 2001-2003, our party states clearly that “The Socialist Party recognizes the intimate link between racism and capitalism and is committed to the creation of a pluralistic society and the elimination of all forms of discrimination in housing, jobs, education, and health care.” ;
WHEREAS in the same document our party states clearly that “We defend the rights of immigrants to housing, education, health care, jobs, and civil, legal, and political rights.
www.sp-usa.org /statements/20030817-iwfr.html   (376 words)

  
 The Reform Party USA Violations of Constitution of the Organization, 2001 Nashville Alleged National Convention - NON ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Allowing people who had chosen to form new parties, refused to recognize the officers and governing body of the SPO invited chaos and certainly spit on state laws and the sovereignty of SPOs.
Apparently neither the Credentials Committee nor the National Convention delegates had any evidence those seated as the Missouri delegation were properly elected to represent The Reform Party of Missouri nor that they were members of the SPO or even registered voters in Missouri or their districts.
Elected 2000 nominee of The Reform Party of Missouri for
maxpages.com /moreformchair/rpusaconstviol01 - !http://maxpages.com/moreformchair/rpusaconstviol01   (1031 words)

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