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Today: July 20, 2005 at 13:35:18 PDT
'White Peoples Party' forms in Nevada
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A new political group, called The White Peoples Party, whose goal is to eliminate affirmative action and other government programs that help minorities, is trying to form in Nevada.
The organization has filed with the secretary of state's office as the first step for qualifying to have candidates on the 2006 ballot.
Republican and Democratic parties "pander to the minorities," says Michael O'Sullivan, head of the party that won't allow Jews or minorities to join. He anticipates a lot of criticism, but said politicians have been catering to blacks, Hispanics, gays and other minority groups.
Allen Lichtenstein, counsel to the ACLU of Nevada, said there's nothing illegal about creating the political party - but federal and state law prohibit it from keeping out minorities and Jews.
"It is not going to fly," said Lichtenstein. "It (the political party) has to be open to all qualified voters."
To qualify as a political party, the organization must gather 7,914 signatures or 1 percent of the number of people who voted in the three congressional districts in the 2004 election. The signatures must be submitted by Aug. 11, 2006.
Directors of The White Peoples Party include O'Sullivan as chairman, Duane Vick as secretary and David Thomson as treasurer. All are from Las Vegas.
O'Sullivan is a member of the Las Vegas chapter of the National Alliance, a white separatist group that paid to have a "Stop Immigration" billboard put up in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Lichtenstein said if O'Sullivan and his group want to help the white race, "it should help the state and citizens create a multi-ethnic society and leave bigotry in the past where it belongs."
But Lichtenstein also said he would defend the right of the party to operate - providing it doesn't discriminate against non-whites and Jews as party members.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/jul/20/072010065.html
Today: July 20, 2005 at 13:35:18 PDT
'White Peoples Party' forms in Nevada
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A new political group, called The White Peoples Party, whose goal is to eliminate affirmative action and other government programs that help minorities, is trying to form in Nevada.
The organization has filed with the secretary of state's office as the first step for qualifying to have candidates on the 2006 ballot.
Republican and Democratic parties "pander to the minorities," says Michael O'Sullivan, head of the party that won't allow Jews or minorities to join. He anticipates a lot of criticism, but said politicians have been catering to blacks, Hispanics, gays and other minority groups.
Allen Lichtenstein, counsel to the ACLU of Nevada, said there's nothing illegal about creating the political party - but federal and state law prohibit it from keeping out minorities and Jews.
"It is not going to fly," said Lichtenstein. "It (the political party) has to be open to all qualified voters."
To qualify as a political party, the organization must gather 7,914 signatures or 1 percent of the number of people who voted in the three congressional districts in the 2004 election. The signatures must be submitted by Aug. 11, 2006.
Directors of The White Peoples Party include O'Sullivan as chairman, Duane Vick as secretary and David Thomson as treasurer. All are from Las Vegas.
O'Sullivan is a member of the Las Vegas chapter of the National Alliance, a white separatist group that paid to have a "Stop Immigration" billboard put up in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Lichtenstein said if O'Sullivan and his group want to help the white race, "it should help the state and citizens create a multi-ethnic society and leave bigotry in the past where it belongs."
But Lichtenstein also said he would defend the right of the party to operate - providing it doesn't discriminate against non-whites and Jews as party members.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/jul/20/072010065.html