RAM - Residents Action Movement 30 July 2008
Fastest growing party registered by Electoral Commission
Yesterday the Electoral Commission agreed to register RAM - Residents Action Movement. (See EC email below.)
RAM is the fastest growing party in New Zealand. We have gained 3,000 members since late February 2008, when RAM decided
to switch from being a Greater Auckland local body coalition to being a countrywide people's movement that contests
parliamentary elections.
On average, RAM has gained 150 new members every single week since we decided to go countrywide. Not even the Big Two
parties, Labour and National, can claim this recruiting success.
"At our RAM tables, the grassroots are telling us how worried they are about meeting their bills, and also how upset
they are that both Labour and National are only looking after the rich people," said Grant Morgan, chair of RAM.
RAM will be fielding a long party list in the 2008 General Election as well as standing in a significant number of
electorates.
RAM has issued our Ten Commandments - ten policy priorities - which offer immediate "common sense" improvements in the
lives of grassroots people.
Heading the Ten Commandments is our call for GST to be removed from food. RAM's GST-off-food petition has already
attracted 20,000 signatures. We will be taking the petition to MP's in a two-week People's Procession to Parliament in
late September/early October.
"The People's Procession to Parliament will be a chance for the grassroots to get a fairer taxation system as well as
having their voice heard in the election campaign, which is usually dominated by spin from the big political machines,"
said Grant Morgan.
ENDS
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:16:21 +1200
To: grantmorgan@paradise.net.nz
Subject: application to register party
At its meeting today the commissioners considered the application to
register RAM - Residents Action Movement
They agreed to register the party. The amended register will appear on
our website tomorrow
Helena