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

[FCTP]

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 [phone].

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.

[Jen Rin]

Is there anyway to post the Clay County information? It is impossible to come by the Republican HQ, for I am military and currently am residing in Texas. It is difficult for those of us Absentee Ballot to make informed decisions w/o information we find via the internet. I want to ensure that I am making an informed decison on the judges and Amendments since we plan on moving back to the area within the next year.

[Theresa Pletcher]

I voted NO for 2 Supreme and NO for 2 District Court of Appeal Justices.

[Tracy]

Thats true Rosemarie.I am voting no on 2 judges and the rest I will probably vote to keep.BTW i am hoping to be able to get back up to the office next friday if I can to wave signs.I will let you know.

[Theresa Pletcher]

OMG Rosemarie that would be HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!

[Theresa Pletcher]

Clay County SAMPLE Ballot

http://www.voterfocus.com/hosting/clay/ew_pages/PDF/BAL_STYLE/100G0...

[Rosemarie Brenneman]

one word, everyone, please. It is the lazy man's way out to just say vote them all out. There are good and bad. Do not throw out the baby with the bathwater. IF by some bad chance Alex Sink gets elected she could APPOINT as full panel of liberal judges.

[Rosemarie Brenneman]

Oh, forgot to say. We are open from 10-7

[Rosemarie Brenneman]

We have all the info on Judges and amendments you need at Republican Headquarters @ 920 Blanding Blvd., across from Walmart just North of College

[Theresa Pletcher]

you are welcome, Ricardo!

[ricardo maxwell]

thank you Theresa!