On behalf of the leadership of the Constitution Party of Washington...

16 October 2010

Dear Constitutionalists;

There has been a lot of concern lately about the results of the Top-Two Primary.  Many people around the state are unhappy with the choices available to them in the general election.  The Constitution Party of Washington has addressed this by spearheading the 2010 Write-In Protest Campaign, which we feel is an option for disenchanted voters to still make their voice heard.  The 2010 Write-In Protest Campaign flyer (click here to view) has been developed to explain the options of a write-in campaign, as well as provide you an easy way to spread the word.  Feel free to download, print, and distribute as you see fit, including emailing it to everyone you know who may be interested.

 What We Are Doing At The State Level

• We have developed this flyer to help educate people about write-in balloting.
• We have contacted the 3^rd Party Coalition of which we are a member party, and many of them are on board with us and are willing to promote the idea of a write-in protest campaign.
• We are sending a statewide media release about this campaign.
• We are asking you to discuss the idea and, if you find it has merit, to distribute flyers to everyone you know.

 What Difference Will This Make?

As far as changing the outcome of the election, it will have no effect.  What it will do is send a clear message as to the number of disaffected voters in the state.   The total number of under-votes will show how many people did not like the choice placed before them.  We can use these numbers to work towards improving the election system in our state by changing the Top-Two Primary.  The results of choosing to participate in the 2010 Write-In Protest Campaign will be long term but essential to showing the need to create an equal access election system that no longer denies large segments of the voting population a voice in the general election.  We believe this is ultimately the denial of the First Amendment right to Free Speech in the political arena.

 Only You Can Make the Difference

Only you, the average citizen, can change the system by thinking outside the box built around us by the two-party system, which has evolved in this country, in opposition to the party-free system designed by the Founding Fathers.  Only you, the average citizen, can vote your conscience.   Only you, the average citizen, can stand up and say, “No more” to the encroaching centralized control of the federal government.  No longer do our Representatives truly represent us, nor do our Senators truly represent the interest of our State.  Rather, they represent the interests of the party which they serve.  The 2010 Write-In Protest Campaign is just the beginning of many small battles that need to be won before the People can restore the Republic we are guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.

Mary Ruth Edwards, 2010 Constitution Party of Washington Candidate, has started her own campaign to have people in her district write in Clint Didier in the US House of Representatives, 4^th District race.  For more information, contact her at: Constitution Party of Benton County.

On behalf of the leadership of the Constitution Party of Washington,

 Karen Murray
 Vice-Chairman/Communications Director
 Constitution Party of Washington
 commsdirector@constitutionpartyofwa.com
 www.constitutionpartyofwa.com