On Apr 12, 2010, at 11:11 AM, Max Sawicky wrote:
> http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/seiu-launches-third-party-in-north-carolina.php
>
> Expecting a Trot migration to NC.
> Hell, I'd vote for them.
A NC friend in the know says that, sadly, there may not be much here. The guy behind the move is Dana Cope, director of the State Employees Assoc. of North Carolina, who's been steadily drifting to the right. Most recently, he supported an effort by affluent white families and public school privatization types to eliminate a school diversity policy in Wake County. (For more, see <http://www.bluenc.com/tags/dana-cope
>.) It's not clear that national SEIU is putting anything into this - which is important, because NC has one of the most restrictive ballot access laws in the U.S. You'd need something like 70,000 sigs to get on the ballot, which isn't going to happen without a major, well- funded effort.
Doug