Category: June 2012 Election

Occupy the Presidency, May 5 in Berkeley

Tired of “debates” within the war-addicted Titanic Parties that are leading us straight into economic and ecological disaster? Join us for a discussion of the socialist alternative. We’ve invited representatives of the four candidates for the Peace and Freedom nomination for President to this event.

When: Saturday, May 5, from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Where: Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley ( MAP )
What: Discussion of the Peace and Freedom Party Presidential campaign
Sponsor: Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party
Contact: 510-465-9414 or use this contact form
Cost: Free (but please buy food & drink at the pub)

We have confirmed the following speakers:

  • Bob Price, representing the Durham campaign and the Freedom Socialist Party,
  • Zac Goldstein, representing the Alexander campaign and the Socialist Party,
  • Patricia Gray, representing the Anderson campaign and the Justice Party,
  • Frank Lara or Dick Becker, representing the Lindsay campaign and the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

(more…)

Candidates for Central Committee

At each statewide primary election, candidates are elected to the State Central Committee and County Central Committees of the Peace and Freedom Party. Members are elected to both committees at the same time (this differs from other political parties in California). Normally, unopposed candidates are declared elected and do not appear on the ballot. The exceptions are those who are running in districts in which there might be write-in candidates.

If the list below includes write-in candidates in your county and district, please review this article before casting your ballot.

Alameda County

For more information on the candidates for the Alameda County Central Committee, see this article.

Alameda County – 3rd Supervisorial District

Number of seats: 4
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Eric Bergman
  • Albert Dragstedt

Alameda County – 4th Supervisorial District

Number of seats: 3
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Amy Gray-Schlink

Alameda County – 5th Supervisorial District

Number of seats: 6
Write-in candidates possible
Candidates who will appear on the ballot:

  • John Comly
  • Robert J. Evans
  • Marsha Feinland
  • Edith Monk Halberg
  • Norma J.F. Harrison
  • Eugene E. Ruyle
  • Gerald Sanders
  • Stan Woods

Kern County

Number of seats: 7
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Mohammad Arif

Los Angeles County – 43rd Assembly District

Number of seats: 6
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Muna Coobtee
  • Ian Thompson

Los Angeles County – 46th Assembly District

Number of seats: 6
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • David Feldman

Los Angeles County – 51st Assembly District

Number of seats: 11
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Samuel Solomon
  • Travis Wikerson

Los Angeles County – 53rd Assembly District

Number of seats: 8
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Yolanda Alaniz
  • Mary Ann Curtis

Los Angeles County – 54th Assembly District

Number of seats: 7
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Aidan W. Butler
  • Juan Cruz
  • Yuisa Gimeno
  • Gary Gordon
  • Cindy Varela Henderson
  • Marian “Muffy” Sunde

Los Angeles County – 59th Assembly District

Number of seats: 9
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Enrique Vasquez

Los Angeles County – 62nd Assembly District

Number of seats: 7
Write-in candidates possible
Candidates who will appear on the ballot:

  • Karl Abrams
  • Clay Claiborne
  • Don Geagan
  • Yolanda Miranda
  • James R. Smith
  • Alice Stek
  • Suzy Williams

Write-in candidates:

  • Lynn M. Lomibao
  • Emidio (Mimi) M. Soltysik

Los Angeles County – 66th Assembly District

Number of seats: 5
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Christina B. Kelly

Los Angeles County – 70th Assembly District

Number of seats: 7
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Douglas Kauffman
  • Stevie Danielle Merino

Marin County

Number of seats: 7
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Roger D. Harris
  • Bob Richard
  • Meryl Sundove
  • Cat Woods

Orange County – 5th Supervisorial District

Number of seats: 5
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Sergio Farias

Riverside County – 1st Supervisorial District

Number of seats: 3
There is a write-in candidate
Candidates who will appear on the ballot:

  • Kevin Akin
  • Margie Akin

Write-in candidates:

  • Casey Peters

Riverside County – 3rd Supervisorial District

Number of seats: 3
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearingon the ballot:

  • Stewart Alexander
  • Vicki Alexander

Sacramento County – 1st Supervisorial District

Number of seats: 5
Write-in candidates possible
Candidates who will appear on the ballot:

  • Jerry Frink
  • Jesse Thomson-Burns

Write-in candidates:

  • Pete Horn
  • Richard Perry
  • Linda (LR) Roberts

Sacramento County – 2nd Supervisorial District (4 seats)

Number of seats: 4
Write-in candidates possible
Candidates who will appear on the ballot:

  • Tobby Mitchell-Sawyer
  • Debra Reiger
  • John Reiger
  • C. T. Weber

Sacramento County – 3rd Supervisorial District

Number of seats: 3
Write-in candidates possible
Candidates who will appear on the ballot:

  • Phillip Sawyer

Sacramento County – 5th Supervisorial District

Number of seats: 3
No write-in candidates
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Ray Reynolds
  • Mike Roskey

San Diego County – 1st Supervisorial District

Number of seats: 6
Candidates declared elected without appearing on the ballot:

  • Mary Lou Finley

San Francisco County (11 seats)

Number of seats: 11
Write-in candidates possible
Candidates who will appear on the ballot:

  • Meghann Adams
  • Richard Becker
  • David W. Campbell
  • Arthur Covington
  • Ronald Holladay
  • Nathalie Hrizi
  • Saul Kanowitz
  • Nancy Reiko Kato
  • Nancy Elizabeth Keiler
  • Tina Landis
  • Frank Lara
  • Tom Lacey
  • Gloria LaRiva
  • Antoinette Marquez
  • Toni Mendicino
  • Robert Price
  • Forrest Schmidt

Santa Clara County

Number of seats: 12
Write-in candidates possible
Candidates who will appear on the ballot:

  • Jon Britton
  • Dave Kadlecek
  • Susan Muysenberg
  • Steven Patt

Santa Cruz County

Number of seats: 7
There are qualified write-in candidates
Candidates who will appear on the ballot:

  • Maureen Smith
  • Michael Smith
  • Neal Sweeney
  • Tahnee Sweeney

Qualified write-in candidates:

  • Bob Guzley
  • Joe Williams
  • Edward “Teddy” Wood

Sonoma County

Number of seats: 7
Write-in candidates possible
Candidates who will appear on the ballot

  • Erin “Renee” Mitchell
  • Toni Novak
  • Irv Sutley
  • Rob Weinstein
  • Anna A. White
  • Linda Wren

Voting for Write-In Candidates

This article is based primarily on information on the Secretary of State’s website. Click here for the sources.

This June the Peace and Freedom Party is supporting four write-in candidates for Congress and the State Legislature. There are also write-in candidates for County Central Committee seats in Los Angeles, Riverside, Sacramento and Santa Cruz Counties.

Write-in votes are sometimes not counted when voter don’t mark their ballots correctly. So you need to follow your county’s instructions carefully. The procedure varies from county to county because it depends on the voting machines being used.

This article explains how to make sure that your write in vote is valid and gets counted.

(more…)

Presidential Candidate Forum, April 17 in San Francisco

When: Tuesday, April 17 at 7:00pm
Where: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission Street (near 24th St BART) (MAP)
What: Presidential candidates forum
Sponsor: San Francisco Peace and Freedom Party
Contact: 415-637-3787
Cost: free

Hear from the Peace & Freedom Party candidates and their supporters.

  • representative of Stewart Alexander, nominee of the Socialist Party U.S.A.
  • Pat Gray representing Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson, nominee of the Justice Party
  • Stephen Durham, nominee of the Freedom Socialist Party
  • representative of Peta Lindsay, nominee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation

(more…)

Meet and Greet the Candidates, April 16 in Sacramento

On Monday, April 16, the Peace and Freedom Party Sacramento County Central Committee will host a meet and greet with three of our Presidential candidates, and U.S. Senate candidate Marsha Feinland.

When: Monday, April 16 at 6:30pm
Where: Integrate, 1529 28th Street, Sacramento (MAP)
What: Meet and greet Peace and Freedom candidates
Sponsor: Sacramento County Central Committee
Contact: click here
Cost: free

(more…)

Rocky Anderson’s Voter Guide Statement

Each candidate for President is entitled to submit a statement of up to 250 words to the Secretary of State, who publishes them on her website. This is Rocky Anderson’s statement (click here for the original).

I’m running for President because I believe government should promote freedom, equal opportunity, compassion, and security for all. Presently, the two dominant parties and their candidates owe primary allegiance to wealthy and corporate donors. Unlimited money has corrupted American politics.

As the two-term mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, I became internationally recognized as an effective advocate for the rights and freedoms of individuals, sound environmental policy to stop global warming and spur the economy, and my opposition to the Iraq War and other illegal and immoral projections of US military power. Under my leadership, Salt Lake City’s operations became some of the “greenest” in the nation while I fought relentlessly for environmental, economic, health and civil justice for all.

As president, I will work toward universal health care for all Americans, as exists in all other industrialized nations. I will implement cost-effective drug policies that treat addiction as disease rather than a crime. My proven record as a fiscal conservative demonstrates my resolve to balance the budget and reduce the accumulated debt by eliminating unnecessary spending and implementing fair taxation of those who gain most from our system. I will bring the Federal Reserve under control and eliminate the collusion among Wall Street, lobbyists, and government and work to reverse the disastrous Citizens United decision. The two-party duopoly has allowed corporate ownership of Washington. Only someone outside that system can change it. I have the proven record, vision, and energy to make that happen.

Stephen Durham’s Voter Guide Statement

Each candidate for President is entitled to submit a statement of up to 250 words to the Secretary of State, who publishes them on her website. This is Stephen Durham’s statement (click here for the original).

I am running to offer solutions to the hardships working people face in this economic crisis—solutions that neither Democrats nor Republicans will provide because of their allegiance to the banks and corporations.

My Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) running mate for vice president is Christina López, a leader in fighting Washington state budget cuts. We stand for disarming the war machine and creating full employment with a publicly funded jobs program at union wages; taxing corporate profits to restore desperately needed social services and providing free, multicultural public education for all ages; and establishing elected, authoritative civilian review boards over the police.

We will work for universal, free healthcare, including reproductive services and abortion; nationalizing the banks and energy industry under workers’ control; ending the racist war on drugs; equal rights regardless of race, gender, age, nationality, sexual orientation, immigration status, or physical ability; protecting the environment; and eliminating election laws that discriminate against minor parties. We furthermore see this socialist feminist campaign as a way to help advance a working-class movement for fundamental, lasting change.

My experience through four decades as a radical organizer includes leading FSP branches in Los Angeles and New York City; union activism with co-workers in the restaurant industry; and building ties with socialists in Latin America as an FSP representative.

Endorsers include James Lafferty, Executive Director, Los Angeles National Lawyers Guild; Richard Brown, former Black Panther and victor in the San Francisco 8 case; and Tanya Smith, former president of UPTE-CWA 9119 Local 1.