Keystone Party of Pennsylvania State Chair Steve Scheetz has issued a report on his Party’s progress.
Last year, when we started developing The Keystone Party of Pennsylvania, in many respects we were all overwhelmed with the volume of necessities involved with beginning a political party. Many of these were completed, but we also had to make time to do what we needed to do in order to show people that we are a political party first, and that we are intent on creating political solutions designed to help the vast majority of people. Within months of our becoming a party, we enabled 3 statewide candidates along with a few down ballot candidates to campaign by putting them on the ballot.
Because of this effort, our candidates received votes numbering in the tens of thousands. We are excited by the fact that so many people put their trust and faith in our candidates despite the fact that we only recently began as a political party.
We have now been a party for over one year, and some of the mechanical necessities still require work. This is to be expected. We have been taking steps to accomplish our goals, and working to enable our candidates to continue presenting our ideas to the public.
One thing is clear. People have been receptive to our ideas, and our solutions as evidenced by the number of votes our candidates have received. Moving forward, we hope to reach even more people and continue our work creating solutions for our communities, and building bridges with the people all around our home state.
Scheetz urged third party supporters to consider the Keystone Party as a place to put their efforts:
I wanted to post about the looming presence of the 2024 election cycle. Regardless of what the field looks like at this moment, there will be Republicans and Democrats trying to silence any opinion that is not Republican or Democratic in origin.
Many of my colleagues in this rather over reaching volunteer effort to make beneficial political change for all a reality are viewing 3rd parties as a potential home for their efforts. While it is probable many are turned off by the thought of being involved in challenge party politics, it should be noted that without trying to find an alternate platform for new ideas, those new ideas will not be expressed by Republicans or Democrats. However, if it is possible to platform our ideas, even if we do not win for a certain office, there will be enough people noticing and the power of the masses will make it clear that voters want those ideas put forth.
While looking to support and volunteer, please consider Keystone as an option. http://keystone.party take a look at our platform and if you decide that your efforts will best serve promoting our goals, we say WELCOME, but if not, maybe we will be able to convince you on the campaign trail!
At one time there were suggestions that there would be a National Keystone Party, but we currently have no usable information on its progress.
Another leftist party. Pass.
The name was not about Pennsylvania. It actually started, in part, as literary homage to our ideas:
The Keystone was once considered the “stone the builders refused.” Without realizing the purpose of the oddly shaped stone, it was consigned to the rubbish heap. However, later it was realized that the Keystone enabled builders to create incredibly strong bridges by using this one stone that everything could lean on and gain strength from.
The Keystone Party is a team working to build bridges everywhere, not just in Pennsylvania. Our platform is only an outline for strengthening individual rights, but we believe those planks will combine into that stone strengthening the bridges to a better future.
“At one time there were suggestions that there would be a National Keystone Party, but we currently have no usable information on its progress.”
A national organization would require a different name in my opinion. I lived in Pennsylvania for nearly 20 years and understand the Keystone moniker’s value there. I don’t see much value elsewhere.