Keystone Party of Pennsylvania
Keystone Party of Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Gus Tatlas |
| Founder | Gus Tatlas |
| Founded | 2022 |
| Split from | Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania |
| Ideology | Syncretic politics Anti-corruption Electoral reform Laissez-faire Cryptocurrency protection Libertarianism |
| Website | |
| https://www.keystone.party/ | |
The Keystone Party of Pennsylvania is a third party in Pennsylvania founded in 2022.
History
Establishment
The party was founded by members of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania who felt the libertarian party was "veering too hard to the right".[1] The party's first chairman was Gus Tatlas.[2] The Keystone Party was founded in 2022 with the stated goal of bridging the gap between the two main parties in the state and to better represent issues relevant to Pennsylvanians.[3][4] Instead of building their party on divisive rhetoric, they seek to build an inclusive dialogue of political issues Pennsylvanians can agree on like governmental reform, fair elections, social and criminal justice reform, individual rights and taxation.[2]
2022 Election in Pennsylvania
The party's candidates received ballot access on August 1 for the 2022 Pennsylvania elections by receiving more than 5,000 signatures of registered voters.[1]
Their candidate for the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania is Dan Wassmer. A lawyer from Bucks County and former Libertarian candidate for attorney general in 2020.[1]
Their candidates for the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election are Joseph P. Soloski, an accountant from Centre County, for governor and Nicole Shultz for lieutenant governor.[1][5]
Platform
The Party's officially endorsed stances are:[6]
- Part-Time Legislature. Lawmakers should be required to spend half the year living among their constituents.
- Term Limits. Legislatures should have an undefined but "reasonable" term limit to prevent gridlock.
- Anti-Corruption. Seeking greater enforcement of anti-corruption efforts across the state.
- Protection of Individual Rights. Curtailing government overreach and state authority into the lives of its citizens. Ending any government interference over the bodies of individuals. Right to bare arms under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Total marriage equality.
- Reduction of Overreaching Authority. Reducing the number of un-elected officials in the state and ending extra-legislative rule making.
- Budget Balancing. The state should not spend more than it receives in revenue.
- Election reform. Increasing ballot access to third parties. Having independent redistricting commissions. Implement Ranked voting and Blanket primarys in Pennsylvania.
- Criminal justice reform. Expungement of convictions for victimless crimes. Restoration of rights to convicts. Implement Jury nullification in Pennsylvania.
- School choice. Allowing parents to determine which school their children attend be it public, private, charter, or home schooled.
- Environmentalism. Moving Pennsylvania towards green energy with no energy source being subsidized with tax dollars and allowing class action lawsuits against polluters.
- Free Markets. Reducing the amount of government interference in the market to a minimum. Ending Property tax in Pennsylvania. Ending land use regulations to their simplest forms.
- Cryptocurrency removing any and all government regulations on cryptocurrency.
- Immigration. Reducing government inefficiency regarding immigration. Allowing "peaceful people" to seek citizenship.
- Privacy. Protection of privacy as a fundamental right including banking secrecy laws.
- National Guard. Removing any federal control over the Pennsylvania National Guard.
References
- ^ a b c d Levy, Marc. "Third-party candidates file to run for Pa. governor, Senate". www.witf.org. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ a b Delano, Jon. "Pennsylvania's newest political party has candidates for governor and senator on ballot". www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/. CBS. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Sweitzer, Justin. "What is the Keystone Party? A City & State explainer". www.cityandstatepa.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Shannon, Anne. "Keystone Party of Pennsylvania hopes to attract voters who want to see change". www.wgal.com. NBC. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "New party names candidates". lowerbuckstimes.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "What Do We Stand For?". www.keystone.party. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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