IT'S TIME

IT’S TIME.

Time to begin the Second American Revolution. Time to take that first step-and take back a town!

J. Croft
http://freedomguide.blogspot.com
http://freedomguide.wordpress.com

Everyone,

Before I proceed I’d like to thank each and every one of you for your support for my essays these past four years. Your encouragement means more than I can express. It’s a good thing when you come up with thoughts, ideals, put them to words and people out there understand what you’re saying. So I hope you’ll agree that taking action and getting results are more critical than ever. Because I’m going to ask you do something; get together with others as sick of just protesting, talking yourselves blue about change and burning precious hours in endless circular arguments on the net. Because I am, too.

Time to put the ideals I’ve given you into real life results. We’re going to take over a town, kick off the Second American Revolution with a Recall Election.

We’re going to come up with a list of candidate towns; these will be based on the following criteria:

*Good geographic distance from major urban areas. Keep the mindless urban hordes at bay, reduce political influence of urban and state governments.

*Mix of local industry, resources, agriculture, potential for independent power generation. If a collapse goes forward, the more the candidate town can be self-sufficient, the better.

*Potential defensibility. Expecting trouble is prudent. Terrain can work with us like, say, in Appalachia, out West, the Ozarks. Towns in the Great Plains are like France in 1940; a flat expanse asking for assault. Plus local populations in mountain communities stand a chance of not being completely gelded.

*A review of that town’s Consolidated Annual Financial Report; a lot of what we’re going to do rests on just how much that town has bilked Americans for their taxes just to invest it. Given the current economic climate, yes there may not be much left-or there may be enough land, buildings, assets, cashable investments, etc. to give that town a economic rebirth.

*Political vulnerability of existing local government. This is the most important criteria. So important that I personally would be willing to compromise on other criteria if we can find a corrupt little shitburg whose people are ready for change-that we will give them!

We’re not going to get our Second American Revolution at the national level-we tried that, we don’t have the numbers, media penetration, or political strength. We have to build that strength one state at a time. Which means we have to build up our strength to take over that state one county at a time. Which means we have to build up our strength to take over that county one town at a time-and we as a movement have to take that first step, because with our numbers and relative strength concentrating, taking over a town and using it as a real world showcase for our ideals and showing Americans what Freedom really is is the only way we can penetrate the enemy’s cultural and media grip on them.

So which town will that be?

Help choose that town. Use your God given intelligence, mull the criteria and give us some candidate towns that need our attention first. Go to this message board:

www.voy.com/207159/

We’ll post candidate towns, gather intel, have lots of arguments about where to concentrate our efforts. It’ll be worth even the effort, but victory and emulation as our Revolution spreads like Ebola across America… can you picture it? Yet we can’t take that journey until we take that first step-that first step beyond mere internet theorizing and flaming each other because we’re all understandably frustrated we can’t get our message out. A Second American Revolution in a corrupt shitburg and transforming it into a model community of Free Humanity, and publicizing the results in a never ending stream of news reports will get the message out.

So if you’re into actually doing something about the way things are going spread this message to the four winds! We’ll go from there, narrow our choices to a few towns or even one town. Then, establishing legal residencies-a mail drop in a house will do-we’ll begin with that town and states applicable emergency recall petition rules. We’ll select our candidates and begin our campaign as I’ve outlined in my articles.

It’s time. Let’s do it already!

J. Croft
http://freedomguide.blogspot.com
http://freedomguide.wordpress.com

There is no need for Patriots to wait for a full election cycle to replace corrupt public officials and take back YOUR government! Use the power of a Recall Petition.

It worked in 2003 in California to replace Grey Davis… except that it was a op to get Arnold Schwarzenegger in who otherwise couldn’t have gotten elected.

We can use this! Gather all the Patriots in your state, pick a town that’s corrupt. File legal residency, and start a recall petition. Usually, you have 90 days to get all the names.

Then stage your election. Take precautions to have duplicate offices, have squeaky clean candidates who won’t sell out.

When you get in… you’ll know what to do.

REGULATIONS OF RECALL PETITIONS:

Recall of State Officials
March 21, 2006

Overview

Recall is a procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office. Historically, recall has been used most frequently at the local level. By some estimates, three-fourths of recall elections are at the city council or school board level. This brief, however, focuses only on the recall as it applies to state officials.

Recall differs from another method for removing officials from office - impeachment - in that it is a political device while impeachment is a legal process. Impeachment requires the House to bring specific charges and the Senate to act as a jury. In most of the eighteen recall states, specific grounds are not required, and the recall of a state official is by an election.

Eighteen states permit the recall of state officials:

Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Georgia
Idaho
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
Washington
Wisconsin

The District of Columbia also provides for recalls. Virginia is not listed as a recall state because its process, while requiring citizen petitions, allows a recall trial rather than an election. In at least 29 states (some sources place this number at 36), recall elections may be held in local jurisdictions.

LOCAL OFFICES, PER STATE:

Alabama

Ala. Code §11-44-130 - 11-44-134
Municipal commissioners and mayors
No restrictions on when a recall petition may be commenced

No specific grounds are required

No time limit for gathering signatures

Signature requirement is number equal to 3% of the inhabitants of the municipality according to the last federal census who are qualified to vote for a successor (§11-44-130). Signature requirement is number equal to 30% of those who voted in the last election (§11-44E-16

Alaska*

Const. Art. 11, §8

AS§29.26-240 et seq.
All elected public officials in the state, except judicial officers
Recall may commence after first 120 days in office.

Grounds for recall are misconduct in office, incompetence, or failure to perform prescribed duties.

Time for gathering signatures is 60 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 25% of the votes cast for that office in the last regular election.

Arizona*

Const. Art. 8
Every public officer in the state holding elective office, either by election or appointment
Recall may commence after 6 months in office.

No specific grounds are required.

Time for gathering signatures is 120 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 25% of the votes cast for that office in the last regular election.

Arkansas

Ark. Code §14-47-112, 14-48-114, 14-61-119, 14-92-209
Mayor, member of board of directors, commissioners of suburban improvement districts (for the latter, a petition triggers a recall hearing, rather than an election)
Recall may commence after 6 months in office

No specific grounds are required

No time limit for gathering signatures

Signature requirement for mayors and directors is number equal to 35% of ballots cast for all candidates for the office at the preceding primary at which the officials were nominated or elected; for commissioners of suburban improvement districts requirement is number equal to 25% of the owners of realty within the district

California*

Const. Art. 2, §19

Election Code §11000 et seq.
Elective officer of a city, county, school district, community college district, or special district, or a judge of a trial court

County and city charter provisions providing for recall are not affected by state provisions.
Recall may commence after 90 days in office. Recall may not commence if officer has 6 months or less left in term.

No specific grounds are required.

Time for gathering signatures is 40 - 160 days (depending upon the size of the jurisdiction).

Signature requirement varies according to the number of registered voters in the jurisdiction: 30% if registration is less than 1,000; 25% if registration is between 1,000 and 9,999; 20% if registration is between 10,000 and 49,999; 15% if registration is between 50,000 and 99,999; 10% if registration is 100,000 and above.

Colorado*

Const. Art. 21, §4

CRS §31-4-501 et seq.
Elective officers of any county, city and county, city and town

Cities, counties and towns may provide for the manner of exercising the recall, but cannot require a petition be signed by more than 25% of the entire vote cast in the last election for the office subject to recall.

Florida

Fla. Stat. Ann §100.361
Any member of the governing body of a municipality or charter county
No recall may commence until official has served at least one-fourth of his term

Grounds for recall are malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, and conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude

Time for gathering signatures is 30 days

Signature requirement varies according to the number of registered voters in the jurisdiction: 50 electors or 10% of the total electors, whichever is greater, in a district of fewer than 500 electors; 100 electors or 10% of the total electors, whichever is greater, in a district of 500-1,999 electors; 250 electors or 10% of the total electors, whichever is greater, in a district of 2,000-4,999 electors; 500 electors or 10% of the total electors, whichever is greater, in a district of 5,000-9,999 electors; 1,000 electors or 10% of total electors, whichever is greater, in a district of 10,000-24,999 electors; 1,000 electors or 5% of the total electors, whichever is greater, in a district of 25,000 or more electors

Georgia*

Const. Art. 2, §2.4

Ga. Code §21-4-1 et seq.
All state and local officials who hold elective office
No recall may commence during the first or last 180 days in office.

Grounds for recall are conduct which relates to and adversely affects the administration of his or her office and adversely affects the rights and interests of the public; and act(s) of malfeasance, violation of oath of office, failure to perform duties prescribed by law willful misuse, conversion or misappropriation of public property or funds.

Time for gathering signatures is 45 days for a petition requiring 5,000 signatures or more; 30 days for a petition requiring fewer than 5,000 signatures.

Signature requirement is number equal to 30% of the electors registered and qualified to vote at the last regular election.

Idaho*

Const. Art. 6, §6

Idaho Code §34-1701 et seq.
Every public officer in the state of Idaho, excepting the judicial officers. Specifically includes: County officers–members of the board of county commissioners, sheriff, treasurer, assessor, prosecuting attorney, clerk of the district court, and coroner. City officers-mayor, members of the city council. Special district elected officers for whom recall procedure is not otherwise provided by law.
Recall may commence after 90 days in office.

No specific grounds are required.

Time for gathering signatures is 60 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 20% of the number of electors registered to vote at the last regular election at which the officer was elected. For special district elected officers, requirement is 50% instead of 20%.

Kansas*

Const. Art. 4, §3

KSA §25-4301 et seq.
All elected public officials in the state, except judicial officers
Recall may not commence during first 120 or last 200 days in office.

Grounds for recall are conviction of a felony, misconduct in office or failure to perform duties prescribed by law.

Time for gathering signatures is 90 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 40% of the votes cast for the office in the last election.

Louisiana*

Const. Art. 10, §26

La.R.S. §18:1300 et seq.
Any state, district, parochial, ward, or municipal official except judges of the courts of record
Recall may not commence during last 6 months in office.

No specific grounds are required

Time for gathering signatures is 90 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 33 1/3% of the electors of the voting area, unless fewer than 1,000 electors reside within the voting area, in which case the petition must be signed by at least 40% of those electors.

Michigan*

Const. Art. 2, §8

MCL §168.951 - 168.975
All elective officers except judges of courts of record
Recall may not commence during last 6 months in office.

No specific grounds are required

Time for gathering signatures is 90 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 25% of the persons voting in the electoral district at the time of the last election for governor

Minnesota*

Minn. Stat. Ann. §351.14 - 351.23
Any public official who is elected to countywide office or appointed to an elective countywide office, including county attorney, county sheriff, county auditor, county recorder, county treasurer, soil and water conservation supervisor, county commissioner elected or appointed from a commissioner district or a soil and water conservation district supervisor elected or appointed from a supervisor district
Recall may not be commenced in the 180 days immediately preceding a general election for the office which is held by the officer subject to the recall.

Grounds for recall are malfeasance or nonfeasance in the performance of official duties during the current or any previous term. Prior to circulating a petition, there must be a court hearing to determine if there is probably cause for the grounds for recall.

No time limit for gathering signatures.

Signature requirement is number equal to 25% of the persons who voted in the last election for the office which is held by the official named in the petition

Missouri

MRS §77.650, 78.260
any elective office in a third class city
Recall may not commence during first 6 months in office

Grounds for recall are misconduct in office, incompetence, and failure to perform duties prescribed by law.

Time for gathering signatures is 60 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 25% of the total registered voters in the city

Montana*

MCA §2-16-601 et seq.
Every person holding a public office of the state or any of its political subdivisions, either by election or appointment
Recall may not commence during first 2 months in office.

Grounds for recall are physical or mental lack of fitness, incompetence, violation of oath of office, official misconduct, or conviction of a felony offense

Time for gathering signatures is 3 months.

Signature requirement for county officials is 15% of the persons registered to vote at the last county general election; for municipal or school district officials requirement is 20% of the persons registered to vote at the last election

Nebraska

NRS §31-786 - 31-973 and 32-1301 - 32-1309
Any elected official of a political subdivision and any elected member of the governing bodies of cities, villages, counties, irrigation districts, natural resources districts, public power districts, school districts, community college areas, educational service units, hospital districts, metropolitan utilities districts, and sanitary and improvement districts.

The recall procedure and special election provisions apply to the mayor and members of the city council of municipalities with a home rule charter notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the home rule charter.
Recall may not commence during first 6 months in office or within 6 months prior to the incumbent filing deadline for the office

No specific grounds are required.

Time for gathering signatures is 30 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 35% of the total vote cast for that office in the last election except that a) for an office for which more than one candidate is chosen, requirement is 35% of number of votes cast for the person receiving the highest number of votes for that office in the last election; b) for a member of a board of a Class I school district, requirement is number equal to 25% of total number of registered voters residing in the district; c) for a village officer, requirement is 45% of the total votes cast for the person receiving the most votes for that office in the last election

Nevada*

Const. Art. 2, §9
Every public officer in the State of Nevada is subject to recall from office by the registered voters of the state, or of the county, district, or municipality which he represents.
Recall may not commence during first 6 months in office.

No specific grounds are required

Time for gathering signatures is 60 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 25% of the persons voting in the last election

New Hampshire

RSA 49D:3(e)
Charters adopted by towns, cities, village districts and unincorporated places may provide for recall.
Provisions vary by jurisdiction’s individual charter.

New Jersey*

Const. Art. 1, §2(b)

Any elected official in the state or representing the state in the United States Congress. Includes local officials.
Recall may not commence during first year in office.

No specific grounds are required

Time for gathering signatures is 160 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 25% of the registered voters of the district

New Mexico

Const. Art. 10, §9
Elected official of a county
A recall election cannot be conducted after May 1 in a calendar year in which an election is to be held for the office subject to the proposed recall.

Grounds for recall are malfeasance or misfeasance in office or violation of the oath of office during the official’s current term. Prior to circulating a petition, there must be a court hearing to determine if there is probably cause for the grounds for recall.

No time limit for gathering signatures.

Signature requirement is number equal to 33 1/3% of persons who voted in the last election for the office

North Dakota*

Const. Art. 3, §10
Any elected official of the state, of any county or of any legislative or county commissioner district
Recall may be commenced at any time.

No specific grounds are required.

No time limit on gathering signatures.

Signature requirement is number equal to 25% of the those who voted in the last election

Ohio

ORC §705.92
Any elective officer of a municipal corporation
Recall may not commence during last 190 days in office.

No specific grounds are required

Time for gathering signatures is 90 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 15% of the total votes cast in the last regular municipal election

Oregon*

Const. Art. 2, §18

ORS §249.865 - 249.880
Every public officer in Oregon
Recall may not commence during first 6 months in office.

No specific grounds are required

Time for gathering signatures is 90 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 15% of all votes cast in the electoral district for governor at the last election

South Dakota

SDCL §9-13-29 - 9-13-35
The mayor, or any commissioner or any alderman in municipalities of the first and second classes with or without a city manager
Recall may commence at any time.

Grounds for recall are misconduct, malfeasance, nonfeasance, crimes in office, drunkenness, gross incompetency, corruption, theft, oppression, or gross partiality

Time for gathering signatures is 60 days.

Signature requirement is number equal to 15% of registered voters in the municipality, based on the total number of registered voters at the time of the last general election

Tennessee

Tenn. Code Ann. §6-31-301
Members of boards of education, city council members
No recall election may be held during the 90 days before or the 90 days after a municipal election

No specific grounds are required.

No time limit for gathering signatures.

Signature requirement is number equaling 66% of the total vote cast for the candidate receiving the highest number of votes at the last election

Washington*

Const. Art. 1, §33-34

RCW §29.82.010 et seq.
Every elective public officer of the state of Washington expect judges of courts of record
Recall may not commence during last 6 months in office. [effective until July 1, 2004]

Grounds for recall are acts of malfeasance or misfeasance while in office or violation of oath of office

Time for gathering signatures is 180 days. [effective until July 1, 2004]

Signature requirement for city officers of cities of the first class and county officers of counties of the first, second and third classes is 25% of total votes cast for the office at the last election; for all other political subdivisions, requirement is 35% of total votes cast for the office at the last election

West Virginia

WV Code §8-12-4(3)
Any city may be charter provision provide for the recall of an elected officer.
Recall may commence at any time.

No specific grounds are required.

No restriction on time for gathering signatures.

Signature requirement is number equaling 20% of the qualified voters of the city.

Wisconsin*

Const. Art. 13, §12

WSA §9.10
The qualified electors of the state, of any county, city, village, town, of any congressional, legislative, judicial or school district, or of any prosecutorial unit may petition for the recall of any incumbent elective official
Recall may not commence during first year in office.

No specific grounds are required

Time for gathering signatures is 60 days.

Signature requirement for county officials is number equal to 25% of the votes cast for governor in the county the county the officer represents; for a city, town, village or school district officer, requirement is 25% of the votes cast for president in the district the officeholder represents

Wyoming

Wyo. Stat. §15-4-110
Any elected officer of a city or town operating under the commission form of government.
Recall may commence at any time.

No specific grounds are required.

No restriction on time for gathering signatures.

Signature requirement is number equaling 25% of all registered electors in the city or town.