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United States Marijuana Party -
United States Marijuana Party
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Written by United States Marijuana Party
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Friday, 21 November 2008 13:08 |
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THE GOAL
The goal of forming a Marijuana Party in your state is to become the king-maker in your state election. It is not to actually win any seats in your state house of representatives or senate. Although if you could pull this off your job is definitely well done. Some of the decisions you need to make before you embark on this course of action are as follows;
*does your state have a ballot initiative process? If so, would you be better off using this system to make your point?
*Depending on which state you live in you may be better off trying to win seats in either the senate or the house of representatives. You must make this decision on the basis of cost - effectiveness.
Once you have decided which way to go you can start your planning and course of action.
One of the easiest and least expensive ways to challenge the system is run a Marijuana Party candidate for governor of your state. But the best scenario is to run a full slate of candidates for your state senate or house of reps.
Why? Because in many electoral districts the margin of victory is very narrow, often down to hundreds of votes. Never forget that President Bush won by about 450 votes in one state. This is a lesson about the power of 450 votes. If you get only 1000 votes average for each electoral district in your state, chances are very good that you will cost 10% of the present state legislators their jobs.
We are giving you the straight goods here. We have done this. And it has worked. If you follow our blueprint you will be able to push your politicians around on this issue because you will threaten the only thing they really care about - money and their jobs!
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