British Reformed Sectarian Party,
Born In Justice!!!
On June 25, 2001, despite a bulky, exhibit-laden response to the contrary,
the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, the Honorable Judge George Sprinkel,
IV, presiding, ruled in Thomas J. Kelly vs. Lew Oliver, Ninth
Judicial Circuit of Florida, CIO 01-0000567, 826 So.2d 317, PCA,
that a political party is a "private,
voluntary association" which has "a First Amendment right to define those
persons who constitute its association, and this right is protected against
governmental and judicial interference." Thus after one 30-minute
circuit court hearing, our rights to go down to the Supervisor of Elections
office and register to vote as a Republican or Democrat or any other party
in Box 13 Party Affiliation has been taken away. Call your
County Supervisor of Elections office and ask them
if the Republican or Democratic or any other party
can prevent you from registering with their party when you
check Box 13 Party Affiliation on your voter
registration form. The answer will be that they can't.
Political parties in the judicial eye of Judge Sprinkel are
no different than the Fraternal Order of the Eagles, the Defendant
in Reed v. Quatkemeyer, 647 So. 2d 172 (Fla.2nd DCA 1994),
a case which Sprinkel
cited and relied on for his "private, voluntary association" ruling.
In another case which founding member Thomas J. Kelly was also involved
with, the federal court on Hughey Street in downtown Orlando, ruled
contrary to Sprinkel that
political parties are certainly not private, voluntary associations
because they
derive their authority to register voters into their party
from the government. That case was
Thomas J. Kelly vs. Katherine Harris, 331 F.3d 817 (2003),
which also went to appeal and the appellate court ruled that only members
of a political party, I was a Republican challenging a Democratic
rule, have standing to complain about an internal party rule.
Thus the British Reformed Sectarian Party was formed soon thereafter. We
currently do not allow any Black people to be members of our party and
you must also be a Christian to join our party. So far no one in our
party with standing has complained. Furthermore, to bring the
implications of these two court rulings directly to the public arena,
we only run candidates in predominantly Black districts. Thus if elected,
we will have as majority constituents voters who are judicially barred
from joining the very party that represents them.
A determination of state action is a rudimentary decision and we citizens
should be concerned that two courts just a few blocks away form each other
issued contrary rulings on the status of political parties and thus voter's
rights and candidate's rights.
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