That's very good news. Just caught news also that the Ohio Secretary of State granted party recognition to Americans Elect.
On Nov 2, 12:21 pm, "Dr. Ernie Prabhakar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations, Ash. Remind me sometime to discuss "earned media" with > you... > > -- Ernie P. > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Ash Roughani, CA Moderate Party <[email protected]> > > Subject: It's Official: All Systems Go! > > Date: November 2, 2011 8:10:05 AM PDT > > To: <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: Ash Roughani, CA Moderate Party <[email protected]> > > > Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. > > > Dear Friend: > > > When I last wrote to you, I had announced that we set our sights on gaining > > ballot access in 2014. Today I have fantastic news to share with you! > > California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has given us the green light to > > use online voter registration to qualify as a party. > > > Read the letter from Secretary of State Bowen. > > > Under legislation (SB 397, Yee) signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, > > Californians will be able to register to vote for the first time or change > > their party affiliation as easily as they can make an online purchase. The > > new system will become operational as early as the middle of next year. > > > This means that we will be asking for your help in an all-hands-on-deck > > effort to spread our message virally and that we'll be able to execute our > > strategy without the need to raise significant sums of money. Right now, > > the biggest contribution you can make to this effort is to help us grow our > > numbers. > > > Will you "like" our letter from Secretary Bowen? > > > Lastly, I want to share a personal note with you. Last night, the PBS > > Newshour aired a story on California's political dysfunction in which this > > effort was not mentioned. This was not the first time and it certainly > > won't be the last time that we were overlooked as a serious movement. While > > we need more people involved to boost our credibility, people need to know > > about us in the first place to get involved. > > > No one ever said this would be easy. But I'm always looking for honest > > feedback. So if you have any tips, please drop me a line at [email protected]. > > > Thank you for being involved in this early stage. There will be plenty of > > opportunities for you to make a substantive contribution to this effort in > > the coming months. > > > Sincerely, > > > Ash Roughani > > Founder, California Moderate Party > > follow on Twitter | like us on Facebook | forward to a friend > > Copyright © 2011 CA Moderate Party Beta, All rights reserved. > > This email was sent to individuals who expressed interest in receiving > > updates about the California Moderate Party. > > Our mailing address is: > > CA Moderate Party Beta > > 615 28th St. #B > > Sacramento, CA 95816 > > > Add us to your address book > > > unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
