Continue reading »]]> On March 16th 2013 William Cleave Drummond II will be at the Bonifay’s Down Home Street Festival. He will have a booth set up to kick off his petition drive to have his name added to the ballot in 2014. He is currently an active candidate for Congress, U.S. House of Representatives for the 2nd Congressional District of Florida.

Congressional Candidate Drummond will be there with his family collecting petition signatures as well as answering any questions that the public might have about his campaign. He will also have available printed procures that give information about the Reform Party.

The Reform Party of Florida invite you to attend the festival and speak with Mr Drummond about his campaign and how he feels that he will represent those that live in the 2nd Congressional District of Florida.

Continue reading »]]> In this day of mobile application, mobile phones, hand held devices and tablets it sometimes hard to find the information that you are seeking on the net. This is especially true when you do not have access to a desktop computer and only have your personal device on you. We understand this an have made changes to the site so that those with small screen devices will be able to get the most out of the Reform Party of Florida website.

We want to make sure that you are able to find the information that you need from the site so that you can be a more informed voter as well as be able to find out information about the Florida Reform Party. You will find navigating the site much easier now and even have the option to be able to switch to a full site version. In the full site version you are able to see the site much in the same way that you would on a full screen computing device. If you find that version too hard to read there is a button at the bottom of the page for you to switch back to a mobile view.

How will this affect those viewing the site on a large screen, laptop or personal computer? It wont, you will still be able to see the site the same way that you did before but now you have the option to be able to see the information at the site better when using your personal small screen computing device or smart phone.

We hope that you will continue to come to the site for updates and information about The Reform Party of Florida.

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Reform Party Candidate Andre Barnett for President

The recently reorganized Reform Party of the United States, initially founded by billionaire H. Ross Perot in the mid-1990s, has nominated fitness personality and entrepreneur Andre Barnett as its presidential candidate for the 2012 Election, now only days away. Kenneth Cross was selected to be his running mate. The Barnett/Cross ticket represents the first time candidates for president and vice-president were selected via approval voting at any party’s national convention.

“The Reform Party is the greatest party that there is right now. We have nowhere to go but up,” said Mr. Barnett, who used his acceptance speech to reaffirm his commitment to unifying the country: “I am not a proponent of the one percent or the ninety-nine percent; it is one-hundred percent of everyone in America!”

Andre Barnett is a veteran of the United States Army, a sought after fitness personality and the founder of internet-technology company WiseDome Inc. He was one of the earliest announced candidates for the party’s nomination; the crowded field of contenders included former Governor Buddy Roemer, economist Laurence Kotlikoff and author Darcy Richardson, among others.

Barnett was selected as the nominee using approval voting, whereby delegates can cast ballots for as many candidates as they like. Barnett placed first with approximately 95% approval, followed by Cross at approximately 90% approval.

Continue reading »]]> State election officials in Florida recently conducted a review of all registered minor political parties to determine their viability and compliance with Florida’s Election Laws.  The deadline for compliance was November 16, 2011.  Prior to the review there were 31 listed on the Division of Elections website.  Notables were of course Reform of Florida, but also including the Libertarian Party, Americans Elect, the Green Party and the Tea Party.

Central to the review was a legal perusal of the Party’s governing documents to be certain they complied with current State law.  Reform of Florida has been registered for many years and the governing documents (By-Laws) were complete and well constructed.  Never the less, nearly a dozen revisions had to be made to update verbiage to new standards.

In addition to modifications to the By Laws, Florida Reform made changes to its slate on the Executive Committee, moving Donna Shankle from Secretary to Vice Chairman, and introducing William Cleave Drummond to the Treasurer’s position.  Cleave also holds the role of Secretary.

With these changes in place, Reform of Florida will retain its minor political party status and ballot access for the foreseeable future.  Expanding the Party’s membership and fielding a group of qualified candidates for 2012 will be the focus in the coming months.

William Dopf - Chairman, Reform Party of Florida

Continue reading »]]> With unemployment over 8%, corporations outsourcing jobs, the federal government operating trillion dollar deficits, and our politicians adding over $10 trillion in 20 years to our national debt, we should not wait until the elections in 2012 to determine our next steps as voters. We need to field candidates for office who are not associated with either the Democratic or Republican parties. We need people who are willing to deliver real solutions. We need another political party.

Why?

First, the Democrats and Republicans are not built to solve problems any longer. Without meaningful competition from a third group, they instead compete amongst themselves to win elections. Second, during the elections both parties become subjects to their special interest groups and ideologies, which further limits their long-term effectiveness at meeting the needs of the country as a whole. Third, neither party is capable of identifying alternative ideas to solve problems or to compromise, which leaves us all stuck alternating between two failing sets of ideas.

What the country needs now is an alternative political party that is appropriately focused on identifying the challenges impacting the country, and then developing the solutions – without regard to ideology or special interest commitments. The Reform Party is that party.

We are proud to announce our new initiative called “Our Solutions” (www.oursolutions.org). The Reform Party is dedicated to identifying as many ideas as possible to solving our country’s complex challenges. The purpose of the Our Solutions website is collect solutions to a series of important challenges. Our first challenge, “How can we create jobs in America?”

We invite all Americans to submit their solutions at: www.oursolutions.org. And while we collect your responses, we will hold online town hall meetings designed to hear from political leaders, business owners, members of academia and concerned Americans to go over these and other ideas. We also will vote on many of the ideas people propose to see which ideas have the most support. A few weeks from now, we will share those results with the media and our elected officials.

Our goal is to push forward the solutions we need to fix our economy and help our country. And if our elected leaders won’t listen to the people, then we, the people, need to step forward and take action. We are the owners of this country. It is time to take our country back from the professional politicians. Join our effort today.

Continue reading »]]> Reform Party national chairman David Collison called the debate between Democrats and Republicans on raising the nation’s debt ceiling another reminder that the country is faced with a deficit in leadership on the most critical economic issues.

“The Democrats and Republicans continue to prove to the American people that they are incapable of addressing the $14 trillion debt they created,” said Collison. “This is a debt that has grown by over $10 trillion in less than 20 years, and neither party has a plan to make it stop. Well, it needs to stop. We can not afford to keep raising the debt ceiling and sacrifice the future of our children and their children.”

Collison added that the Reform Party believes that the American economy cannot withstand the poor leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties any longer.

“The only way America will balance our budget and end our out of control debt to China, once and for all, is through shared sacrifice by ALL Americans, an end to corporate welfare, serious across the board spending cuts and elimination of special interest budget projects, along with addressing serious structural  economic issues in America.”

Collison noted that none of current proposals by either side would do anything to keep the national debt from reaching $20 trillion in less than ten years and will not keep debt payments under $800 billion in the same time frame. Current government projections have payments on the national debt approaching 80 percent of all revenues in the coming years, which will make funding the nation’s military, social security and other key programs impossible.

“Unfortunately, both side have waited until the last moment to try and deal with the most complex issue facing the country,” Collision said. Calling such a move “totally irresponsible governance,” Collison called on all Americans upset with the continued status quo to contact the Reform Party to help build a strong alternative to Democrats and Republicans running for elected office.

“Right now,” Collison said, “we have Democrat and Republican politicians that are more concerned about elections than the best interests of the American people or the financial future of our country. We need people committed to honest leadership and new ideas to unseat these lawmakers before they do more damage.”  The problem exists because only two extreme positions are represented at the table.

The public needs the Reform Party, a balanced party, focused on practical, American solutions – not political ideologies.

To inquire about getting involved in a state party, e-mail us at: info@rpusa.info.

The Reform Party has been on record opposing a raise in the nation’s debt ceiling since January of 2011: http://reformparty.org/the-reform-party-says-no-to-increasing-the-federal-debt-limit/

Continue reading »]]> The Reform Party is soliciting potential candidates for office including:

• President and Vice President
• Federal Legislature
• Governors and other State-level offices
• State Legislatures
• County and other Local Races

If you are interested in seeking office either on the Reform Party ballot line or as a Reform Party-supported independent, please contact us at info@rpusa.info.

The Reform Party has already been informed of three individuals from a strong self-made background who have expressed an interest in running as President or Vice-President, and we are actively seeking others.