James Brooks Wiley

[{"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>James Wiley completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wiley's responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-393467-2026-01-01\" id=\"heading-bio-393467-2026-01-01\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-393467-2026-01-01\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-393467-2026-01-01\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-393467-2026-01-01\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-393467-2026-01-01\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tMy name is James Wiley, known as the Red Flame of Liberty. I am a Colorado native, born in Colorado Springs, with a graduate degree from Colorado State University Pueblo. My background includes work as a political consultant and leadership roles in liberty-focused organizations, such as director of Project Thaler, director of Save Our Suffrage, former executive director of the Libertarian Party of Colorado, and Secretary of the Chainsaw Caucus.\r\n<p>I grew up in Kazakhstan witnessing the fall out of the communist government in the former Soviet Union, which ignited my lifelong passion for defending individual rights, transparency, and secure elections. This fueled my activism against vulnerable electronic voting systems and my recent lawsuits challenging election integrity issues in Colorado.\r\n</p><p>After running as a Libertarian for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District in 2024, I switched to the Republican Party to run this campaign to amplify the urgent fight for election reform on a larger platform. As a Republican candidate for Colorado Secretary of State in 2026, my mission—Liberty S.O.S.—is to free whistleblower Tina Peters, to decertify compromised machines, and implement blockchain for tamper-proof state records to prevent cartel laundering.\r\n</p>\nI am committed to regenerating the Republican Party with principles of unity and liberty, ensuring every Coloradan's democracy is protected. Visit libertysos.co to join the fight.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-393467-2026-01-01\" id=\"heading-key-message-393467-2026-01-01\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-393467-2026-01-01\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-393467-2026-01-01\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-393467-2026-01-01\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-393467-2026-01-01\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>Free Tina Peters\r\nTina Peters, a Gold Star mother and former Mesa County Clerk, exposed vulnerabilities in Colorado’s election systems and now faces a 9-year state prison sentence for her bravery despite President Trump’s December 2025 federal pardon. As Secretary of State, my first priority will be to release every internal SOS file related to her case, delivering full transparency to aid her defense and expose any misconduct. Justice for whistleblowers is non-negotiable. Join the Liberty S.O.S. movement to demand her freedom and restore trust in Colorado’s elections.</li><li>Decertify Election Machines\r\nElectronic voting machines, ballot counters, and tabulators create systemic risks that can affect thousands of votes through error or sabotage—risks far greater than human-hand-count systems with built-in redundancy. I will immediately decertify all electronic voting equipment statewide and mandate hand-counted paper ballots overseen by the volunteer-based Colorado Ballot Counters Association. My creed: One Day, In Person, Voter ID, Paper Ballots, Hand Count. Backed by my history of lawsuits against Dominion, 2022 recount litigation, and the BIOS password leak prosecution, these reforms end the machine threat the Sovereignty of the People.</li><li>Blockchain the Public Record\r\nTo stop corruption, cartel laundering, and public record tampering forever, I will place all Colorado public records—voter registrations, property and other cunty records, business filings, charities, notaries, past, present, and future—on an immutable blockchain ledger. From the Land Grants first issues under Abraham Lincolns signature to the birth certificates of our children and grand child a record will be made. Building on Colorado’s existing blockchain framework, this “Liberty Ledger” ensures eternal transparency and auditability while enabling $1 crypto-equivalent fees for accessibility. As a Republican fighting for liberty from within, I’ll deliver unbreakable protection for every Coloradan.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-393467-2026-01-01\" id=\"heading1-393467-2026-01-01\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-393467-2026-01-01\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-393467-2026-01-01\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-393467-2026-01-01\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-393467-2026-01-01\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI am deeply passionate about empowering individual sovereignty and making business development radically easier through broad deregulation in an anarcho-capitalist, Austrian economics framework. I believe humans must remain sovereign unto themselves and never be ruled by machines. I am pro-human first—human life and liberty always trump technology. Technology and AI should serve as tools of freedom and liberation, never as chains or cages of control and dominion. In practice, this drives my commitment to: slashing government barriers to entrepreneurship, eliminating unnecessary regulations, and rejecting electronic voting machines in favor of hand-counted paper ballots to protect human agency in democracy.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>James Wiley completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wiley's responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading-bio-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI am an American First Libertarian committed to disrupting the harmony of the cartel government and demolishing and transmuting the federal government into voluntary associations. I am seeking vengeance against the state actors who have become accustom to the habitual violation of the civil and human rights of the People and will work through congress to bring justice for these crimes against humanity.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading-key-message-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>I am a America First Libertarian committed to demolishing the federal government.</li><li>Suffrage, the People's right to vote, must be cherished and defended with the vigilance with which we guard our own families.</li><li>The innocence of our youngest generation must be defended against the exploitation of child sex traffickers and their bribed government officials.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading1-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tLibertarian Candidates have historically run on a pro-choice platform. I and my peers have departed sharply from this previous position as we recognize the Sovereignty of human life in even its smallest and most precious form. I believe abortion is the murder of one's human peer no matter the number of cells. <br/><br/>\n<p>I propose a constitutional amendment to enshrine the right to life for all humans of whatever number of living cells. The fetal tissue industry must be destroyed. Let us not be a society of vampires.<br/><br/>\r\nWe have seen in the last decades how the advances in medical technology have allowed for the continued life of those prematurely born children of a younger and younger age. Science must advance more quickly to better provide replacement environments for the development of unborn children in the event that the mother-child relationship isn't working out. Transplant operations that have proven reliability and success at a demonstrated level of maturity of a child may be offered to those unwilling to continue to be mothers. <br/><br/>\n</p>\nI also charge the medical and scientific community with the responsibility of developing options for both mothers and children when the mental and physical health of the mother is at risk. At the age the child will be considered viable when independent from their mother a doctor might arrange for their mutually healthy separation. The child may then continue their development without the environmental stress of rejection by one's own mother\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading2-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading2-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI look up to Socrates, Jesus Christ, Marcus Aurelius, Giordano Bruno, Deganawida, Francis Bacon, and Thomas Jefferson.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading3-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse3-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tIs there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading3-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse3-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tThe Anatomy of the State by Murry Rothbard\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading4-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse4-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading4-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse4-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tThat they have principles and they are bound to them before and after their election.<br/><br/>\n<p>This is the core duty of an elected official and it is a duty largely neglected by the current generation of House Representatives. People ask and expect candidates to do what they say they are going to do. A candidate may have whatever belief or policy position they choose, but if elected they must honor that principle or policy position as the choice of the People and above and beyond their own person, a simple vessel of principle. <br/><br/>\n</p>\nTo the public my name no longer represents my person but rather my ideals, which I am offering in my name in service to the People's purposes. I am campaigning on the principle of transmuting the government into voluntary private non profit associations and demolishing its cartel powers. I will deliver on this principle, that is my solemn promise to the People.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading5-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse5-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading5-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse5-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI have the integrity to fulfill my plan regarding the demolition and transmutation of the federal government as soon as I am sworn in. I am unwavering in the foundation of my principles. I have nothing and need nothing. No force of government evil can sway my resolution or stain my dignity.<br/><br/>\r\nI am extensively read, well-spoken, imaginative, vengeful, and honest. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse6-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading6-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse6-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse6-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading6-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse6-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tDismantle the federal government and investigate it for crimes against the rights of the People. That is the answer in my case and for all elected under the banner of vengeance. An elected official must be prepared to fulfill the tasks on which they campaigned and for which they are elected. In our current political condition, this simple principle is far too foreign among allegedly elected officials and representatives. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse7-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading7-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse7-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse7-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat legacy would you like to leave?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading7-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse7-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tTo reference Lord of the Rings again, I hope to be remembered like Frodo. I am willing to take office and face the journey ahead to destroy the power of the federal government. Many men are so eager to contribute something to the world in hopes of claiming in writing part of humanity's immortal memory. I seek instead to purge humanity of the parasite of the United States federal government which now attacks the same memory with the corruption of communist lies and deceit. Our enemies establish ministries of truth while we engage in the ministry of truth. We do not now have a free country, but we may yet make it so.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse8-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading8-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse8-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse8-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading8-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse8-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI remember the 2000 election and the recounts in Florida. Election day was my birthday that year, I turned 7 years old. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse9-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading9-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse9-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse9-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat was your very first job? How long did you have it?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading9-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse9-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI worked as a computer repair technician with Pueblo PC &amp; Mac starting in the spring of 2011 until I moved to Boulder CO for school that fall.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse10-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading10-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse10-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse10-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat is your favorite book? Why?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading10-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse10-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tRevelations<br/><br/>\r\nSt. John was an absolute poet. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse11-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading11-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse11-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse11-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tIf you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading11-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse11-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWhile I mentioned this before I would probably have to repeat myself again with the analogy that my \"heros' journey\" is meant to parallel that of Frodo Baggins of the Shire. I have agreed, after much reluctance, to accept the burden of political power which I will use to destroy the federal government. Trust me, there is nothing I want more than to stay in the shire. With the present crisis, my desires are irrelevant. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse12-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading12-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse12-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse12-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat was the last song that got stuck in your head?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading12-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse12-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tOur time is now - Gojira\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse13-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading13-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse13-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse13-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat is something that has been a struggle in your life?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading13-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse13-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tIt has been a struggle for me to come to terms with the fact that some things you just have to do yourself if you want it done and done right. I have wanted to witness the federal government's collapse since the beginning of my political life in 2012, while I consistently advocated the cause through the years, I never took on the responsibility to see it through. My campaign represents the results of my internalizing this reality and accepting the task God has laid out before me and given me the tools to perform. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse14-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading14-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse14-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse14-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading14-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse14-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tIt has the ability to rapidly reflect sudden changes in the popular sentiment given the frequent elections for the office. As our nation decides that it no longer wishes to be exploited by a cartel government we can elect an entire house of Libertarian vengeance candidates prepared to execute on this goal within their first term.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse15-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading15-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse15-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse15-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tDo you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading15-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse15-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tNo\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse16-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading16-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse16-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse16-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading16-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse16-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWe must eliminate the parasite to our great nation in the federal government. The challenge of this task may by of a similar proportion to that faced by our founders. By transmuting the government into voluntary private associations the little good the government does will continue but now without the theft inherent in the model of taxation.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse17-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading17-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse17-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse17-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tDo you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading17-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse17-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tYes\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse18-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading18-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse18-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse18-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat are your thoughts on term limits?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading18-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse18-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI have signed a pledge which has been filed with the Secretary of State and is available on my website which will limit me to 3 terms in Congress. My opponents have not.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse19-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading19-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse19-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse19-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tIs there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading19-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse19-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tThomas Massie. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse20-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading20-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse20-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse20-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tBoth sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading20-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse20-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tLord of the Rings is easily my favorite story. I've heard a lot of other stories but not much can really compete with this one. Joking aside, the stories I've heard the last 3 year are filled with tears, pain, regrets, and a deep deep hate for the federal government. I won't invite suffering upon you by retelling them now. These are stories you have all heard, stories that you have told, and stories that you have lived. Now is not the time to tell stories, now is the time to act. Once justice has been fulfilled and out vengeance claimed, only then can we begin to tell stories and begin to heal. Until then we must callous ourselves to our suffering and turn our bitterness to the labor of our revenge.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse21-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading21-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse21-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse21-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tTell us your favorite joke.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading21-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse21-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tMy roommate told me last night that I hadn't offended him, I replied \"Well, I can still seek out a path to offense\". <br/><br/>\n<p>After a short pause, I pointed into the yard where a path leads to a fence, \"There is one!\"<br/><br/>\n</p>\nHe told me I could claim dadhood by means of the quality of my humor.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse22-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading22-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse22-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse22-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tDo you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading22-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse22-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tNo, I believe honest representation is necessary and desirable. A Representative in Congress must sacrifice their free will and autonomy and put on instead the will of the People from whom the power of Congress is delegated. Those statements, claims, and promises made to the People to secure their vote bind my future actions in the fixed stone of my word. To compromise for the sake of reciprocation or civility is the doom of a free society. Policymaking is not desirable in itself, policy should be unmade. When \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse23-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading23-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse23-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse23-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tThe Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading23-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse23-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWithin my power delegated to me by the People of my district, I will not permit any bills concerning taxation theft to be passed. The People will come to understand that while all theft may not be taxation, all taxation is theft. A society and government with theft as one of its core attributes is a harbor for immorality and must reform or face destruction. When elected I will execute this reform. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse24-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading24-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse24-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse24-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tHow should the U.S. House use its investigative powers?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading24-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse24-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tTo investigate all aspects of the federal government for high crimes against humanity, violations of the Geneva Convention, and treason against our nation. This includes also private companies that engage in contractual relationships with the government, carry out conduct classified as state action, and are liable for the protection of the People's civil rights. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse25-203433-2023-09-19\" id=\"heading25-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse25-203433-2023-09-19\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse25-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading25-203433-2023-09-19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse25-203433-2023-09-19\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tHannah Goodman, Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Colorado\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nJames Wiley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wiley's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is James Wiley, known as the Red Flame of Liberty. I am a Colorado native, born in Colorado Springs, with a graduate degree from Colorado State University Pueblo. My background includes work as a political consultant and leadership roles in liberty-focused organizations, such as director of Project Thaler, director of Save Our Suffrage, former executive director of the Libertarian Party of Colorado, and Secretary of the Chainsaw Caucus. I grew up in Kazakhstan witnessing the fall out of the communist government in the former Soviet Union, which ignited my lifelong passion for defending individual rights, transparency, and secure elections. This fueled my activism against vulnerable electronic voting systems and my recent lawsuits challenging election integrity issues in Colorado. After running as a Libertarian for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District in 2024, I switched to the Republican Party to run this campaign to amplify the urgent fight for election reform on a larger platform. As a Republican candidate for Colorado Secretary of State in 2026, my mission—Liberty S.O.S.—is to free whistleblower Tina Peters, to decertify compromised machines, and implement blockchain for tamper-proof state records to prevent cartel laundering. I am committed to regenerating the Republican Party with principles of unity and liberty, ensuring every Coloradan's democracy is protected. Visit libertysos.co to join the fight. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? Free Tina Peters\r\nTina Peters, a Gold Star mother and former Mesa County Clerk, exposed vulnerabilities in Colorado’s election systems and now faces a 9-year state prison sentence for her bravery despite President Trump’s December 2025 federal pardon. As Secretary of State, my first priority will be to release every internal SOS file related to her case, delivering full transparency to aid her defense and expose any misconduct. Justice for whistleblowers is non-negotiable. Join the Liberty S.O.S. movement to demand her freedom and restore trust in Colorado’s elections. Decertify Election Machines\r\nElectronic voting machines, ballot counters, and tabulators create systemic risks that can affect thousands of votes through error or sabotage—risks far greater than human-hand-count systems with built-in redundancy. I will immediately decertify all electronic voting equipment statewide and mandate hand-counted paper ballots overseen by the volunteer-based Colorado Ballot Counters Association. My creed: One Day, In Person, Voter ID, Paper Ballots, Hand Count. Backed by my history of lawsuits against Dominion, 2022 recount litigation, and the BIOS password leak prosecution, these reforms end the machine threat the Sovereignty of the People. Blockchain the Public Record\r\nTo stop corruption, cartel laundering, and public record tampering forever, I will place all Colorado public records—voter registrations, property and other cunty records, business filings, charities, notaries, past, present, and future—on an immutable blockchain ledger. From the Land Grants first issues under Abraham Lincolns signature to the birth certificates of our children and grand child a record will be made. Building on Colorado’s existing blockchain framework, this “Liberty Ledger” ensures eternal transparency and auditability while enabling $1 crypto-equivalent fees for accessibility. As a Republican fighting for liberty from within, I’ll deliver unbreakable protection for every Coloradan. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? I am deeply passionate about empowering individual sovereignty and making business development radically easier through broad deregulation in an anarcho-capitalist, Austrian economics framework. I believe humans must remain sovereign unto themselves and never be ruled by machines. I am pro-human first—human life and liberty always trump technology. Technology and AI should serve as tools of freedom and liberation, never as chains or cages of control and dominion. In practice, this drives my commitment to: slashing government barriers to entrepreneurship, eliminating unnecessary regulations, and rejecting electronic voting machines in favor of hand-counted paper ballots to protect human agency in democracy.\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.\n\n\nJames Wiley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wiley's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. I am an American First Libertarian committed to disrupting the harmony of the cartel government and demolishing and transmuting the federal government into voluntary associations. I am seeking vengeance against the state actors who have become accustom to the habitual violation of the civil and human rights of the People and will work through congress to bring justice for these crimes against humanity. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? I am a America First Libertarian committed to demolishing the federal government. Suffrage, the People's right to vote, must be cherished and defended with the vigilance with which we guard our own families. The innocence of our youngest generation must be defended against the exploitation of child sex traffickers and their bribed government officials. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Libertarian Candidates have historically run on a pro-choice platform. I and my peers have departed sharply from this previous position as we recognize the Sovereignty of human life in even its smallest and most precious form. I believe abortion is the murder of one's human peer no matter the number of cells. I propose a constitutional amendment to enshrine the right to life for all humans of whatever number of living cells. The fetal tissue industry must be destroyed. Let us not be a society of vampires. We have seen in the last decades how the advances in medical technology have allowed for the continued life of those prematurely born children of a younger and younger age. Science must advance more quickly to better provide replacement environments for the development of unborn children in the event that the mother-child relationship isn't working out. Transplant operations that have proven reliability and success at a demonstrated level of maturity of a child may be offered to those unwilling to continue to be mothers. I also charge the medical and scientific community with the responsibility of developing options for both mothers and children when the mental and physical health of the mother is at risk. At the age the child will be considered viable when independent from their mother a doctor might arrange for their mutually healthy separation. The child may then continue their development without the environmental stress of rejection by one's own mother Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why? I look up to Socrates, Jesus Christ, Marcus Aurelius, Giordano Bruno, Deganawida, Francis Bacon, and Thomas Jefferson. Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy? The Anatomy of the State by Murry Rothbard What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official? That they have principles and they are bound to them before and after their election. This is the core duty of an elected official and it is a duty largely neglected by the current generation of House Representatives. People ask and expect candidates to do what they say they are going to do. A candidate may have whatever belief or policy position they choose, but if elected they must honor that principle or policy position as the choice of the People and above and beyond their own person, a simple vessel of principle. To the public my name no longer represents my person but rather my ideals, which I am offering in my name in service to the People's purposes. I am campaigning on the principle of transmuting the government into voluntary private non profit associations and demolishing its cartel powers. I will deliver on this principle, that is my solemn promise to the People. What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder? I have the integrity to fulfill my plan regarding the demolition and transmutation of the federal government as soon as I am sworn in. I am unwavering in the foundation of my principles. I have nothing and need nothing. No force of government evil can sway my resolution or stain my dignity. I am extensively read, well-spoken, imaginative, vengeful, and honest. What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office? Dismantle the federal government and investigate it for crimes against the rights of the People. That is the answer in my case and for all elected under the banner of vengeance. An elected official must be prepared to fulfill the tasks on which they campaigned and for which they are elected. In our current political condition, this simple principle is far too foreign among allegedly elected officials and representatives. What legacy would you like to leave? To reference Lord of the Rings again, I hope to be remembered like Frodo. I am willing to take office and face the journey ahead to destroy the power of the federal government. Many men are so eager to contribute something to the world in hopes of claiming in writing part of humanity's immortal memory. I seek instead to purge humanity of the parasite of the United States federal government which now attacks the same memory with the corruption of communist lies and deceit. Our enemies establish ministries of truth while we engage in the ministry of truth. We do not now have a free country, but we may yet make it so. What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time? I remember the 2000 election and the recounts in Florida. Election day was my birthday that year, I turned 7 years old. What was your very first job? How long did you have it? I worked as a computer repair technician with Pueblo PC & Mac starting in the spring of 2011 until I moved to Boulder CO for school that fall. What is your favorite book? Why? Revelations St. John was an absolute poet. If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be? While I mentioned this before I would probably have to repeat myself again with the analogy that my \"heros' journey\" is meant to parallel that of Frodo Baggins of the Shire. I have agreed, after much reluctance, to accept the burden of political power which I will use to destroy the federal government. Trust me, there is nothing I want more than to stay in the shire. With the present crisis, my desires are irrelevant. What was the last song that got stuck in your head? Our time is now - Gojira What is something that has been a struggle in your life? It has been a struggle for me to come to terms with the fact that some things you just have to do yourself if you want it done and done right. I have wanted to witness the federal government's collapse since the beginning of my political life in 2012, while I consistently advocated the cause through the years, I never took on the responsibility to see it through. My campaign represents the results of my internalizing this reality and accepting the task God has laid out before me and given me the tools to perform. What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution? It has the ability to rapidly reflect sudden changes in the popular sentiment given the frequent elections for the office. As our nation decides that it no longer wishes to be exploited by a cartel government we can elect an entire house of Libertarian vengeance candidates prepared to execute on this goal within their first term. Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics? No What do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade? We must eliminate the parasite to our great nation in the federal government. The challenge of this task may by of a similar proportion to that faced by our founders. By transmuting the government into voluntary private associations the little good the government does will continue but now without the theft inherent in the model of taxation. Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives? Yes What are your thoughts on term limits? I have signed a pledge which has been filed with the Secretary of State and is available on my website which will limit me to 3 terms in Congress. My opponents have not. Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after? Thomas Massie. Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful? Lord of the Rings is easily my favorite story. I've heard a lot of other stories but not much can really compete with this one. Joking aside, the stories I've heard the last 3 year are filled with tears, pain, regrets, and a deep deep hate for the federal government. I won't invite suffering upon you by retelling them now. These are stories you have all heard, stories that you have told, and stories that you have lived. Now is not the time to tell stories, now is the time to act. Once justice has been fulfilled and out vengeance claimed, only then can we begin to tell stories and begin to heal. Until then we must callous ourselves to our suffering and turn our bitterness to the labor of our revenge. Tell us your favorite joke. My roommate told me last night that I hadn't offended him, I replied \"Well, I can still seek out a path to offense\". After a short pause, I pointed into the yard where a path leads to a fence, \"There is one!\" He told me I could claim dadhood by means of the quality of my humor. Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking? No, I believe honest representation is necessary and desirable. A Representative in Congress must sacrifice their free will and autonomy and put on instead the will of the People from whom the power of Congress is delegated. Those statements, claims, and promises made to the People to secure their vote bind my future actions in the fixed stone of my word. To compromise for the sake of reciprocation or civility is the doom of a free society. Policymaking is not desirable in itself, policy should be unmade. When The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected? Within my power delegated to me by the People of my district, I will not permit any bills concerning taxation theft to be passed. The People will come to understand that while all theft may not be taxation, all taxation is theft. A society and government with theft as one of its core attributes is a harbor for immorality and must reform or face destruction. When elected I will execute this reform. How should the U.S. House use its investigative powers? To investigate all aspects of the federal government for high crimes against humanity, violations of the Geneva Convention, and treason against our nation. This includes also private companies that engage in contractual relationships with the government, carry out conduct classified as state action, and are liable for the protection of the People's civil rights. What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign? Hannah Goodman, Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Colorado\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it."}]