The District of Columbia is home to a new political party.
You might call them independents. Dennis Moore, however, calls them members of the D.C. Independents for Citizen Control.
“We are legitimate,” Moore, a Brookland resident, said Friday. “This is not something we’re doing just because I’m having a midlife crisis. We stand for something.”
Moore’s political arm, which he manages with his wife, recently won approval from the Board of Elections and Ethics after several months of debate. The board forced Moore to revise his initial party name, the D.C. Independent Party, fearing confusion among voters who register as “No Party” — the official independent designation.
In its written order, the board considers the new name “sufficiently distinguishable” from the commonly used term independent.
Moore, 54, has said his party is not meant to attract “No Party” voters.
“We actually believe, practice and are organized around very specific political, socioeconomic and fiscal principles — unlike other local political parties and ‘no party (independent)’ voters designated by the D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics,” he wrote in a recent e-mail. “We are not unidentifiable twist-in-the-wind swing voters serving as pawnsfor anyone seeking election.”
Moore’s party is the real deal, with the legally required bylaws, platform and series of principles. They believe in fully open government, fiscal accountability, fully accountable spending for “actual public priorities,” and long-term socioeconomic empowerment.
He said there are at least 25 people interested in becoming DCICC officers, and another 1,100 people who have expressed interest in joining the party.
Joining the D.C. Independents for Citizen Control is voluntary. The status of the District’s 35,000 registered No Party voters will not be affected.
In the political mix
Some of D.C.’s approved parties:
» Love Party
» Cocktail Party
» DC Anti-Statehood Party
» National Black Political Assembly
» Federalist Party
» Independent Husband Liberation
» Independents for Self Determination
» Queer Party
» Theocratic Party
