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| See also http://www.maxpages.com/moreformchair/rpusaconstviol01
1. THE REFORM PARTY OF MISSOURI has existed in Missouri since having obtained ballot access in 1996 and operated from By Laws passed at a "meeting held October 11, 1997" and amended by the "summer, 1999 convention". 2. The By Laws which THE REFORM PARTY OF MISSOURI operated under for the 2000 election are attached hereto and made a part hereof. See also http://www.maxpages.com/moreformchair/1997bylaws 3. Article II, Section 3 of those By Laws refers to "Mo. Rev. Stat 115.603 or seq." thereby establishing this political party organization under Missouri laws for committees with or without ballot access. 4. The By Laws do NOT address dissolving the organization or what happens to funds and debts of the organization should dissolving become necessary. 5. However, the By Laws in Article IV, Section 4 do permit "The Reform Party of Missouri may endorse by majority vote at the convention the candidates nominated by other political organizations or parties. Any such endorsed candidates must agree in writing to uphold the national and state Reform Party platforms. The Committee is authorized to withdraw the endorsement of the Party should it decide that the candidate by action or statement has failed to uphold either platform." 6. Obviously THE REFORM PARTY OF MISSOURI would not necessarily have to have ballot access itself in order to fulfill the intent of Article IV, Section 4. And especially in election years when the presidential race is not on the ballot, this would not be in conflict with any requirements of RPUSA. (This option is not the plan of the current state committee, but the By Laws intent appears clearly obvious.) 7. Missouri law only requires a state convention every two years. 115.625 RsMo. 8. Missouri law does NOT address what happens to a political party when ballot access is lost, however, that matter is not at issue at this time because of the following facts: a. RPMO did not cease to exist as a political party organization on election day. b. The Constitution Party, Green Party, and Natural Law Party have been permitted to continue to exist in Mo. after election 2000. c. RPMO had both assets and debts on election day and the By Laws dictated, who could validly make the decisions as to how to proceed. "115.603 or seq." Article II, Section 3. d. Vote fraud was rampant in Mo. for election 2000 and lawsuits and complaints continue and others are planned. Although ballot access is not really the issue, it actually has not been fully determined yet whether or not ballot access was fully lost from election 2000. 9. Certain persons who were valid to sit as the governing body of The Reform Party of Missouri met pursuant to 115.623 RsMo. on December 10, 2000 in Columbia, Mo. Voting was by secret ballot and although some people were voting who were ineligible to sit on the state committee and other eligibles were not in attendance or permitted to vote, no one knows who voted for whom. (See Authenticity Committee's worksheet.) 10. However, because of questions regarding the election of the state chair December 10, 2000, on June 18, 2001 the state committee reaffirmed and again voted Marvalene Pankey in as state chair. 11. 115.623 RsMo. clearly permits the state committee to go beyond the membership of the committee to elect any officer. 12. Article III, Section 1 of the By Laws had been changed at the summer, 1999 convention to permit officers to be any member of the party the committee might wish to elect. Article IX, Section 1 had already addressed that issue to automatically amend to conform with all state and federal laws. 13. Marvalene Pankey resides in the 28th State Senatorial District and was the party nominee for Mo. Secretary of State 2000. She had one vote as a write in for Cedar County committeewoman, which her county clerk, whom she had named in a 1998 election contest on vote fruad, refused to acknowledge. To her knowledge, no organizational meeting was held for the 28th State Senatorial District. She has been approved by the state committee as a member thereof only to act in her capacity as state chair, including, but not necessarily limited to breaking tie votes. ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES UNDER MO. LAW 14. As noted above, the RPMO By Laws places this political party organization under Mo. law whether or not there is ballot access. 15. Missouri law is quite specific as to how one gets from point A to point B to serve as a member of the state committee. 115.603-115.623 RsMo.16. Removal of state committee members---115.624 RsMo. Obviously the courts have long said that which is fraud is null and void, therefore those who merely seated themselves as state committee members absent following Mo. law were never actually on the state committee. However, in order to have a clean slate and proper governing body cleanup operations were carried out by those who remained untainted. The state committee also formally removed those who had removed themselves by forming other political parties, taking the RPMO name or treasury, etc. |
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