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American Independent Party and Independent: Wait, There's A Difference?
The American Independent Party isn't doing a very good job broadcasting their party's platform message. If they were, perhaps Gavin Newsom's aspiring actress-first-lady-of-San-Francisco girlfriend Jennifer Siebel wouldn't have registered for it by accident. Just to be clear, the American Independent Party is anti-immigration, anti-abortion, pro-"traditional marriage and family values," and all for keeping "God" in the pledge of allegiance. Which I guess also means they're pro-pledge of allegiance.
San Franciscans shouldn't get their hemp underwear in a bunch too quickly. The mayor's office assures that it's an innocent gaffe and Gav's girlfriend is actually an Independent voter. Independents, typically, have no fidelity to political parties and vote based on candidates and issues. In other words, they do whatever the hell they want. I can see where the confusion lies: There's no "Independent" box to check on California's voter registration ballot; merely "Decline To State." And without predetermined categories, how are Independents ever supposed to know to which group they belong?
—Joyce Tang
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Thanks for the info. I live in CA and after this Democratic Primary mess I'm changing to Independent. Now I know I'll just "Decline to State"
You've got to kidding? Sign that girl up for some civics lessons and a life skills workshop.
Posted by: LaHuerfana on 04/28/08 at 2:30 AM Respond
Another problem with California's American Independent Party: it's affiliated with the far-right Constitution Party, which claims to be the largest third party. This claim is based on the number of registered members (the Libertarians are by far the largest third party if you go by the number of officeholders or by ballot access). The problem with this claim is that the vast majority of Constitution party members are, in fact, registered as American Independent Party members in California, and the vast majority of them probably registered by accident!
Posted by: Eric on 04/28/08 at 6:46 AM Respond
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