ON THE BALLOT: THE TEA PARTY VOTES ON AMENDMENTS AND JUDGES

CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF ABOUT CANDIDATES AND AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT.pdf

On October 5, 2010, the First Coast Tea Party held a Ballot Town Hall to discuss the Amendments and Judges appearing on the November 2 ballot in Duval County. The Supervisor of Elections, Jerry Holland, emceed a panel of legal experts and another panel of citizens who had performed their research on all Amendments and Judges. This event was limited in size and 114 people attended. The attendees listened to the presentations and voted on each amendment and judge. Those votes are noted below. These votes reflect the overall consensus of the attendees at the 10/5/10 FCTP Ballot Town Hall. To contact First Coast Tea Party, please go to www.fctpcommunity.org or contact us at (904) 683-3945.

Information you should know:

 It takes 60% of the votes cast to pass the amendments and to 50% of the votes cast to retain a Judge.

 The language of a citizen amendment is limited to 75 words; amendments placed by the legislature are not limited in length

 To fully understand who is asking for this amendment helps you understand the "agenda" behind it. It is important to know who put the amendment on the ballot and check out the organization, individuals, etc. and their motives.

 Follow the motives and follow the money. What will this amendment cost the people and who will benefit from the amendment?

 Amendments to the Constitution will change the Constitution. In California they have passed so many amendments that the Constitution is almost a joke. And let’s take a look at California and ask ourselves, "Do we want to be them?"

 There are two organizations that have done a very good job in explaining the Amendments. One is the Collins Center at http://www.collinscenter.org/page/FL_Amend_Home and the other is James Madison Institute at http://www.jamesmadison.org/. Both have documents you can download and print out or forward to others and share the knowledge. The James Madison document will help explain some of the reasons why a Yes or No vote were made. We suggest you check out their sites and become engaged in their work. Both have some great tools and will make you a better, informed citizen activist.

 The Judges are more difficult to "judge." There was a lot of discussion about the fact some judges simply judge based on laws that relate to "auto accidents, civil disputes, etc." and you may not be able to determine if they are Constitutionally-driven. Where there was information about their "conservative" or "liberal" leanings, we had a conversation about them. The votes regarding the judges were made after a long discussion and from the eyes of many attorneys who must stand in front of them. Those votes are reflected in this document.

 We encourage you to share this document with everyone you know. We ask that you encourage everyone you know to vote on November 2nd. It is important that we secure Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for all.

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Comment by Amy Wainright on October 19, 2010 at 1:24pm: thanks for the info about the judges and amendments very helpful!

Comment by Debbie G on October 19, 2010 at 8:26am: LInk to Judge2010

http://fctpcommunity.org/group/judges2010

Comment by Joanna B McDermott on October 17, 2010 at 9:06pm: This PDF is awesome!!!!!!

Comment by Richard Anthony Fields on October 17, 2010 at 7:12pm: What a wonderful site and informative work you do. Thank you very much. Ric

Comment by FCTP on October 17, 2010 at 6:14pm: On the front page at top it takes you to both the PDF of amendments and judges. Remember in nov is also located there with all the candidates. Sorry for the confusion. We will work on this tomorrow. Check back tomorrow and let us know if it is easier to find. Sorry and thanks

Comment by Tommy Ryan on October 17, 2010 at 5:28pm: I know you all have spent a lot of time on this site & I'm sure there are a lot of people fascinated with it all, but 2 hours of reading & you only have 1 pdf on judges & amendments. you have to make this much more simpler for the rest of us! Somebody scan the ballot, fill it in on how we are to vote, post it on the home page in BIG BOLD LETTERS and be done with it already! It would be easier to just throw darts at the ballot. I never knew this Tea Party thing would be so confusing.

Comment by FCTP on October 17, 2010 at 3:49pm: Please make sure you download the PDF document at the top of this posting. It gives you the information on the judges and amendments. Thanks.

Comment by Joanna B McDermott on October 17, 2010 at 3:28pm: Following is more information on Rick Scott - shame on Bill McCollum for distorting the truth on another Republican - this tells the real story.

I support Rick Scott 100%. He is the most qualified GOP candidate we have seen in a long time to be our Governor.

Here are some articles on Rick Scott – Please read these for the REAL story on Rick Scott.

The Media, the Govt., Alex Sink and some Republicans do not want the truth of the situation to be examined and understood in context.
It is easier to believe the liberal media’s claim that he is crooked than to do some homework. Your choice….. believe the media (who sold us statist Obama by not exposing what a fraud he was and is) and get an Obama supporting puppet like Alex Sink who is a liberal Democrat. OR a Conservative Republican Leader who will drive good things for this state. He has created jobs, is very smart and will be butting heads with the entrenched politicians and bureaucrats which is what I want!
He is for smaller government, more efficient government, less taxes and less red tape and MORE JOBS. Between our Local GOP Mayor and Council raising our taxes and our State and Federal budget/spending issues we cannot stand anymore Republicans who want to raise taxes. Rick Scott is the Leader we need now.

http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/071420107063/...

http://www.review.net/section/detail/10-15-2010-the-real-rick-scott/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/10/16/the-real-rick-scott/#comments

OLDER POSTS TO READ BELOW

Rick Scott Continues to Lead Bill McCollum in Florida

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/08/03/rick-scott-continues-to-le...

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Milquetoast McCollum vs. the Hillarycare Killer
Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/05/27/milquetoast-mccollum-vs-th...
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State of the Florida Governor Race: It’s Getting Dirty

http://www.redstate.com/muckraker/2010/05/26/state-of-the-florida-g...

Comment by Kate Svagdis on October 17, 2010 at 11:15am: pray for victory and save our Constitution!

Comment by Kate Svagdis on October 17, 2010 at 11:15am: Thanks Joanna for info on Scott

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