Call To Action: Ready to Get Rid of Top Two?!

A CALL TO ACTION! ARE YOU READY TO GET RID OF THE TOP TWO? Guess what! So are voters from every Party and organizations throughout the State. We need to act NOW. Help circulate petitions, send in a contribution, and urge your contacts to do the same. Get your petitions signed quickly and mail them back to me ASAP! (Note: If you are a member of an organization that meets monthly, the petitions can't wait. They need to be circulated daily, so 3 or 4 members of your organization need to volunteer to take on the tasks and work with our Stop Top 2 County Coordinators. If you have not ordered or received Petitions to Repeal the Top Two, please contact send an email to: info@stoptop2.com. Include you mailing address and the number of petitions you would like. There are 5-signature blocks per petition. We recommend a minimum of 25 petitions per voter per county. The repeal needs to generate a minimum of 585,407 signatures to appear on the 2018 ballot and we have just less than 4 months. So act TODAY!. Please volunteer to be a Stop Top 2 (ST2) County Coordinator in your county. Coordinators are needed for the following counties: Alpine Colusa Glenn Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lassen Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Napa Placer Plumas San Benito San Joaquin Santa Barbara Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Trinity Tulare Tuolumne. A ST2 County Coordinator helps distribute petitions, collect and store signed petitions, and file all signed petitions with their county's election officials just prior to the deadline for gathering signatures (April 23, 2018). You will be working with 58 other coordinators, Chief County Coordinator, and the State Coordinator. We have a weekly conference call. Please help us by taking on this important role. It's easier than it seems because of the level of support you receive. GREAT NEWS! MAGA has joined the Repeal of the Top Two. We will now have a presence in ALL 58 Counties!!!!!! AND MAGA has access to 40,000 members. WE THE PEOPLE need money from everyone involved. Please contribute when you order petitions. Please consider the amount of work that has been done on very little money and what needs to be done. Make a check out or go online to contribute at: www.stoptop2.com. Do it today! No amount is too small! $$$$$$$ Please forward this message to your list of contacts and add it to your social media. Refer voters to the website: www.stoptop2.com. To order petitions, send an email with your mailing address and phone number to: info@stoptop2.com. When you have received signed petitions back, send them to the ST2 County Coordinator for the county listed on the petition or send them to me at the address below. WE NEED SIGNATURES FAST! (A 2-signature petition can be downloaded from the website: www.stoptop2.com) NOTE: Only sign a petition for your County once. If you want to circulate petitions for another county, make sure only registered voters in that county sign that petition. Send those petitions to the appropriate ST2 County Coordinator of to me at the address indicated below. Thank you.

Sincerely, Tom Palzer Chairman & State Coordinator Foundation to Stop Top 2 LLC Committee to Repeal the Top Two www.stopto2.com info@stoptop2.com 909.913.9500

P.O. Box 2413 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729

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More CAGOP-e Failure: Republican Local Leaders Bought to Support Top Two

The stupidity of the Republican "leadership" hurts.

I call them the CAGOP-e, or the California GOP establishment.

It hurts really bad, and it is hurting our partisan political process.

Men and women no longer real choice in their elections.

The argument that the Top Two Jungle Primary would create more moderate candidates and requiring them to reach across the aisle and compete for votes from other political parties.

The exact opposite has occurred, of course. More left-wing, progressive candidates are eating out our civic culture, ignoring the needs of California citizens, doing the bidding of vocal, rabid interest groups rather than listening to the voters.

In some cases, a general election runoff between two Democrats has allowed otherwise disenfranchised Republicans an opportunity to make a difference.

The better approach to doing better in California, however, rests on Republican reaching out to communities and making the difference to the individual residents and local interests. How about standing true to principles and values, and then registering voters in turn, in connection with those values? How about working with President Trump and his agenda, and showing how MAGA works for everyone?

Nope. Instead, Republican elected "leaders" are more interested in going along with the slow yet "inevitable" decline of the California Republican Party, as if there is nothing more that can be done.

Nonsense across the board.

Check out this latest appeal to authority as another failed argument for keeping Top Two:

Dear Delegate, By this time, you have heard arguments for and against the existing top two primary system framed in the context of its impact on legislative races. We thought it important for you to hear from those of us who have to run locally in open primaries and proven that when Reagan-Republican conservatism is properly explained, we can, and do, win in top two elections. As local elected officials, we are required in top two elections to reach out and build our conservative coalition early in the election process. Under these rules, Republicans actually hold over 1200 city and county offices, almost equal to the number of Democrats. We, your local elected officials, are rebuilding our party from the ground up. Republican candidates learning to win votes across party lines under top two rules isn't just a good thing - it's a necessity for Republicans in Democrat-dominated California. But now, some are arguing that we should eliminate the top two primary for our legislative and statewide candidates, as if just talking to ourselves until the general election will somehow make it easier to win in November. Republican friends, as local elected officials, we cannot stress enough that this effort to repeal the top two primary is short-sighted and will hurt the future growth of our party. Simply changing the rules won't grow our party, it will just send a message that we want to disenfranchise the fastest growing group of voters in California - NPP's and decline to states-- making it harder for us to reach out and win in the future. We urge you to reject efforts to repeal the top two primary. Local elected Republicans are proving that with our conservative message, we can reach out and win across party lines. That's how we will win again at the legislative and statewide level. Sincerely, Jesus Andrade Council Member, City of Stockton Jesse Armendarez Council Member, City of Fontana Mike Diaz Council Member, City of Chula Vista John Franklin Deputy Mayor, City of Vista Johnny Khamis Council Member, City of San Jose Linda Lindholm, Board Member, Orange County Board of Education Alan Nakanishi Council Member, City of Lodi Bob Nunez Council Member, City of Milpitas Peter Ohtaki Vice Mayor, City of Menlo Park Brian Raymond Council Member, City of Atwater Rich Silverman Council Member, City of Manteca Bernadette Suarez Council Member, City of Lawndale Ashley Swearengin Mayor, 2009-2016, City of Fresno Kirk Uhler Supervisor, Placer County Roland Velasco Mayor, City of Gilroy Acquanetta Warren Mayor, City of Fontana Lupe Ramos Watson Council Member, City of Indio Chuck Winn Supervisor, San Joaquin County Who cares who any of these people are? Really? I do not care what office they hold. The Top Two has been an unmitigated disaster for the state party, and for the democratic process  across the board. We as voters, we as Republicans, must take back our partisan primaries and re-establish control  over who gets elected. This Top Two stuff needs to stop. We need to allow for multiple parties to reference their preferences. We need real options,  whether we win or lose. Or else:

"Keep Top Two!": More Controlled Failure from the CAGOP Establishment

The California Republican Party is struggling for any kind of relevance.

We have grassroots leaders and activists like Carl DeMaio, Travis Allen, Joseph Turner, Robin Hvidston, among many others who want to make California Great Again for all California residents--citizens, men and women who live in this great country LEGALLY.

We want to see the political class go down and we want the public class of law-abiding citizens to see their power and prosperity restored in our great state.

Of course, the GOP Establishment seems more keen on losing gracefully, if such a thing is still possible.

Other friends and co-warriors in the movement call this perverse desire to lose "Controlled Failure."

California Republican establishment types are A-OK with losing, so they hitch their wagons to their least objectionable Democrat, as if that is going to make them have any power or influence at the table. What a sad commentary on what has happened to the once pre-eminent and influential California GOP.

Other blue states are seeing a kind of Red Renaissance. Even in Colorado, there are more Republican Congressmen and at least one US Senator. The state no longer has a Democratic trifecta, and for all intents and purposes it looks as though a Republican will retake the Governor's mansion after 8 years of Hickenlooper failure.

Even in Maine, there is a Republican Congressman in the northern part of the state for the first time in 20 years, and one Electoral Vote went to a Republican candidate, the first time any Republican electoral cast a ballot in nearly 30 years.

But California continues to witness GOP Decline.

This latest eblast will show why:

Dear Delegate, As former Republican state legislative leaders, we've each been responsible for electing Republicans. We know what it takes to win, and what's at stake. We're writing to strongly recommend that Republican delegates reject the current efforts to repeal Proposition 14. Repealing Proposition 14 right now would rescue California Democrats from their brutal and costly infighting, and would almost certainly unleash a potentially devastating tsunami of money against our Republican candidates, a tsunami that might put us in super minority status indefinitely. Just look at the facts. As reported by Cal Watchdog, over the past three election cycles, Democrats have spent a staggering $197 million on intraparty battles under Proposition 14. The Democratic infighting under Proposition 14 has become so vicious that Politico recently wrote that California's Democratic Party has plunged into "civil war," and the Chair of the Democratic Party recently warned that Proposition 14 is the "gravest danger" facing the Democratic Party. When your opponents are attacking each other, the best strategy is to get out of the way. It's difficult enough to win legislative seats when Democrats are currently outraising Republicans 3 to 1. You don't have to fully support the top two primary to realize that now is no time to repeal Proposition 14 and give the Democrats a $197 million dollar gift - enough to spend $3 million targeting every single Republican legislator in the State Senate or State Assembly. Our California Republican Party faces challenges, and the comeback won't happen overnight. But needed reforms are taking hold and the party is headed in the right direction in the long term. Whether you support Proposition 14 or not, we should all agree that it's a positive development that the Democrats are spending $197 million against their own candidates instead of against ours. Let's focus on rebuilding our party - not theirs. We urge you to join us in rejecting current efforts to repeal Proposition 14. Martin Garrick Assembly Republican Leader 2010 Sam Blakeslee Assembly Republican Leader 2009-2010 Bob Huff Senate Republican Leader 2012-2015   Robert Naylor Assembly Republican Leader 1982-1984 CRP Chairman 1987-1989 George Plescia Assembly Republican Leader 2006

This is leadership? "Let's just give up. let's just watch Democrats tear each other up. The Democratic Party is in a state of civil war, and they are spending their money away like crazy!" What this calculus fails to take into account is that the Democratic cronies have plenty of money. They will just spend more. They also don't realize that many of these races have no Republicans at all in key races. An unprecedented spent of contests in Los Angeles Count had no Republican on the ballot. By the way, why are Democrats in a civil war? It has nothing to do with the Top Two. It has everything to do with the disgust among Democratic grassroots operatives and the Democratic establishment, even though both sides of the party have no principles since they have been pushing for the rapid expansion of the government into our daily lives and refuse to honor their oaths of office. This Top Two insanity is bad on so many levels, but these creepy people are lining up with this loss and doubling down?! Statewide races do not have a Republican running, either--and donors are less likely than ever to donate because there is no guarantee whatsoever that a Republican will make it to the general statewide election! These liberals don't seem to understand that the Prop 14 mumbo-jumbo has deprived all political parties of power. The jungle primary has also removed choice for third parties, and those third -parties had enough influence to pull votes away from liberal candidates and help Republicans get elected/ The Top Two primary has made it even harder for moderate candidates to show some influence. Republicans are getting pushed out entirely. ENTIRELY. This is not leadership, and this is not vision. This is folly, pure and simple. I support the Stop Prop 14 initiative. I want to do everything that I can to send this jungle primary abuse. We need to re-enfranchise every voter and give them real choices! I have some questions: 1. Who got my contact information to send me this eblast? 2. Who is paying for this mass email campaign? 3. Why is former Republican leadership falling into line with this weak-kneed nonsense? 4. When will get rid of Top Two?

Election 2018 Stop Top Two in California! DONATE NOW!

Dear Stop Top 2 supporter,

For those of you who have not contributed to the Stop Top 2 Initiative, please do so after reading this email.  You can go online to contribute at:  www.stoptop2.com  or send a check to the Foundation at the address appearing below.

I’m counting on each of you.  You can’t achieve success at the magnitude this effort requires unless EVERYONE steps up to the plate financially!  I now have over $30,000 of my time and $3,000+ out-of-pocket dedicated to this cause and I’m not stopping.  No amount is too small to contribute.  It all adds up.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Tom

Thomas E. Palzer

State Coordinator

FOUNDATION TO STOP TOP 2 LLC

P.O. Box 2413

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729

info@stoptop2.com

909.913.9500

Stop Top Two Open Primary Law: Press Release

 

                                           REPEAL THE TOP TWO CANDIDATE OPEN PRIMARY ACT

PRESS RELEASE:         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SUBJECT:                     CHALLENGE TO CALIFORNIA’S TOP TWO CANDIDATES OPEN PRIMARY ACT

DATE:                          May 24, 2017

A CHALLENGE TO THE STATES TOP TWO ACT IS BEING PURSUED BY THE FOUNDATION TO STOP TOP 2 LLC.   THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO PLACE THE INITIATIVE TO REPEAL ON THE 2018 BALLOT.

THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES OPEN PRIMARY ACT WAS PROPOSED BY THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND ENACTED IN 2011.  THE ACT PERMITS ONLY THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES WITH THE MOST VOTES IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION TO MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL ELECTION, MEANING THAT NO OTHER CANDIDATES APPEAR ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.  THE ACT EFFECTS STATE ASSEMBLY, STATE SENATE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND U.S. SENATE RACES.

“THIS IS A BAD LAW!” ACCORDING TO TOM PALZER, STATE COORDINATOR FOR THE REPEAL OF THE TOP TWO.  “THE FOUNDATION SEEKS SUPPORT FOR THE INITIATVIE TO REPEAL ACROSS PARTY LINES, INCLUDING NPP VOTERS.  DETAILS ON THE INITIATIVE APPEAR ON THE FOUNDATION’S WEBSITE AT:  WWW.STOPTOP2.COM.  THE SITE INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF THE REPEAL AND A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED, INCLUDING A ‘DECLARATION OF CIRCULATOR’ FORM REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED IN ORDER TO CIRCULATE PETITIONS AND A ‘CONTRIBUTION’ FORM.  CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE ONLINE.  SINCE THE INITATIVE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, A MINIMUM OF 585,407 SIGNATURES IS REQUIRED TO PLACE IT ON THE 2018  BALLOT.

SUPPORTERS OF THE ACT THAT CREATED THE TOP TWO CLAIMED THAT THE ACT WOULD RESULT IN ‘MORE MODERATE’ CANDIDATES FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE.  INSTEAD, BASED ON DATA FROM THE ELECTIONS OF 2012, 2014 AND 2016, ‘MORE LIBERAL’ OFFICEHOLDERS AND CANDIDATES EITHER RETAINED THEIR SEATS OR WERE ELECTED.

For further information, contact:  Tom Palzer at:  info@stoptop2.com or 909.913.9500

Libertarian Party Members Want to Repeal Prop 14

This is great news.

If anyone should be outraged and frustrated with Prop 14, it's the third parties.

Greens, Libertarians, and the Peace and Freedom Party among others have raised significant alarm at these destructive policies.

This Top Two primary has not created more moderate candidates, but has forced voters to select the most offensive candidates on the ballot--or not vote at all!

Here are some remarks from Libertarian Party members in response to former US Senate candidate Tom Palzer's statement about Repeal Prop 14:

There is hope in the state of California. Let us put an end to this awful Prop 14  Top Two hustle!