Attn all who are unsure how to support Ron Paul in a caucus state and Attn Iowans

[phoenixrising]

aloha rodo.......

mahalo! mahalo! ...that was a great *sample speech* too!!

we do have a state chairman in oah'u who is orchestrating the caucus/delegate process....& right now they are collecting the names after we watch the video they made if we are interested in being a delegate. (9 part video about 36 min-- good job actually!)

your info was sooooooooo good--i am bringing it to my next roundup mtg!!!

mele kalikimaka by the way! {{merry christmas}}

 

[rodo1776]

Hey phoenixrising, Thanks for the mele kalikimaka! I love knowing the Hawaiian greetings. Sounds like you have a great thing going on there in the Aloha state. Keep your eye on the prize: Delegates. Ride the big board to the convention with Ron Paul NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES! You can be the big Kahuna of all the states. (hope that is correct)

And as we say where I Live, Feliz Navidad to you and all the family and RPers there.!!

 

[mosquitobite]

However keep in mind that you will also find many uncommitted people and people who are not part of any organized campaign and just show up. This group of people is where you get your other votes to elect the Paul delegates. Because remember the entrenched hacks who will be the majority are already committed and organized usually and they will not vote for a known Paul supporter and they will be bullet balloting or more than likely have their full slate already picked. Someone who is uncommitted or first time attendee even if not for Ron will still vote for a Ron Paul person if the Ron Paul person gives a nice speech, is likable, well known or funny. And these people will vote all the slots on the ballot. They will not be bullet balloting so you have a chance to pick up votes from these people.

Seriously people there is SO much good information on this thread (even if Rodo doesn't use paragraphs

LOL!

 

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[mosquitobite]

This may be the most important post on this website, I hope people actually read it.

Agreed. I'm trying to keep it bumped because it truly is SO important people know what to expect!!!

 

[Magicman]

Last surge to call Iowa Voters for Ron Paul Campaign


Corey Walsh, Meetup.com organizer from Harrison, Arkansas has been working in Iowa for the past week or so. He has a huge list of Iowa voters from which you can contact via phone.

He is a young man with passion who helped the Harrison Meetup get quickly off the ground. I urge you all to call him and support him in this project. He could use some help getting it organized as well.


Please send an email to him specifying how many Phone Numbers you wish to call!

COREY WALSH'S EMAIL ADDRESS:

[email protected]

Before the Caucus on Thursday, Jan. 3

1. Find your precinct & caucus location. and follow the steps to find your precinct and caucus location. Then visit the caucus site and coordinate with all other Ron Paul supporters in your precinct to set up a pre-caucus team meeting the week before the caucus.

2. Register to vote Republican before the Caucus. While you can register at the caucus, this creates a potential problem if numerous people arrive to vote that also need to be registered on the spot. This is a potential problem you can avoid. Please go to your County Court House, County Auditors Office, and spend 2 minutes and register Republican before the caucus. The sooner the better.

3. Inform fellow Ron Paul supporters of voting age (age 18 by Nov. 4, 2008) about their caucus locations and encourage them to attend and bring more family, friends, and neighbors whom support Ron Paul. Every vote counts!
On Thursday, Jan. 3

1. Arrive at 6:15 PM CT, on Thursday, Jan. 3. The caucus starts at 7:00 PM sharp, but arrive 45 minutes early.

2. Bring your ID and a pen.

3. Sign-In at the front desk.

4. At 7:15 PM or so there will be nominations and speeches endorsing candidates after some preliminary matters. Then, there will be a Straw Vote for President.

5. Mark your ballot for RON PAUL and hand it in. You can leave right after this if you want to.

6. Smile and know that you made a difference!


Become a delegate

While the voting is important for making an impression, getting the media to declare you a winner and influencing the delegates, the delegates ultimately pick the nominee. They usually pick whoever won the caucus vote but they are under no obligation to do so. If you are a delegate, you will be able to go to the county convention and decide which delegates move on to the district level.

This is actually a lot easier than it sounds. If you are chosen as a delegate by the people in your precinct, you go on to a county convention where you vote on delegates to move up to the next level (district, state, then national). The field of delegates continues to get narrowed down until you get to the national convention.

 

[mosquitobite]

5. Mark your ballot for RON PAUL and hand it in. You can leave right after this if you want to.

I disagree with that. People need to stay and vote for the delegates!

Become a delegate

While the voting is important for making an impression, getting the media to declare you a winner and influencing the delegates, the delegates ultimately pick the nominee. They usually pick whoever won the caucus vote but they are under no obligation to do so. If you are a delegate, you will be able to go to the county convention and decide which delegates move on to the district level.

This is actually a lot easier than it sounds. If you are chosen as a delegate by the people in your precinct, you go on to a county convention where you vote on delegates to move up to the next level (district, state, then national). The field of delegates continues to get narrowed down until you get to the national convention.

Let's say we have 70 people show up to a precinct. Let's say 25 vote for Dr Paul, 20 vote for Huckabee, 18 vote for Romney, 5 for Thompson, and 2 for Hunter.

Dr Paul wins the straw poll! yay! But if 15 of those 25 people leave (the other 10 running as delegates) and the party insiders stay, do you really think Ron Paul is getting the delegates?

STAY FOR THE DELEGATE CAUCUS PEOPLE!!

Know who the real Ron Paul supporters are and vote for those delegates.

Count how many people are in the room, and how many votes they say Ron Paul gets.

Then STAY around for the delegates!!

 

[RPDelegate]

Hey what do ya do know, another very important thread that should stickied!

 

[mosquitobite]

Hey what do ya do know, another very important thread that should stickied!

Just help me keep it bumped!

 

[phoenixrising]

Mods...can u please sticky this?

 

[passerby]

This seems like a very important article. Probably should sticky for each Caucus forum node.

The article is very detailed, so I thought it may be helpful to summarize. Not sure if I got this is right, so please correct as needed.

- 'Voting' (straw poll) for a candidate is ceremonial. It does not lead to RP being elected as the state's representative by delegates.

- The Caucus may or may not be at a different place than 'voting' for candidates in a straw poll.

- People need to get elected as delegates at the Caucus. This is the most important event. Again, 'voting' in the straw poll is not the purpose of the Caucus.

- People who want to be delegates give a speech to introduce themselves. The speech is used to get elected to be a delegate by Caucus attendees. Divulging your true support may or may not be best way to get there.

- If you say you're for RP in your speech, you'll get selected by other RP fans, but won't be selected by non-RP fans. If you say you're unsure in your speech, then you may pick-up non-RP votes, but at the risk of missing-out on RP votes. Also, there is no guarantee that there aren't hucksters, er, fake reps looking to take away RP votes, only to later support another candidate. This may be mitigated if all RP supporters know who is for RP, but other's don't (just conjecture on my part). In other words, it a game of organizing ourselves while confusing our opponents.

- Knowing the names of RP's delegates for your district before attending the Caucus seems best to avoid confusion. Not sure where to get this info, but your local RP rep office or meetup.com site probably has a list.

- There are only a certain number of slots for delegates and back-ups from each district.

- Caucus attendees write down the people that you want as delegates. You don't have to fill out all the slots. Just write-down the names of known RP supporters!

- Limited slots and limited votes means that there shouldn't be more RP delegates than there are slots. Otherwise, we'll be diluting our votes.

- Once delegates are elected at the local level, this game gets replayed at the state and national levels.

 

[RPDelegate]

This seems like a very important article. Probably should sticky for each Caucus forum node.

The article is very detailed, so I thought it may be helpful to summarize. Not sure if I got this is right, so please correct as needed.

- 'Voting' (straw poll) for a candidate is ceremonial. It does not lead to RP being elected as the state's representative by delegates.

- The Caucus may or may not be at a different place than 'voting' for candidates in a straw poll.

- People need to get elected as delegates at the Caucus. This is the most important event. Again, 'voting' in the straw poll is not the purpose of the Caucus.

- People who want to be delegates give a speech to introduce themselves. The speech is used to get elected to be a delegate by Caucus attendees. Divulging your true support may or may not be best way to get there.

- If you say you're for RP in your speech, you'll get selected by other RP fans, but won't be selected by non-RP fans. If you say you're unsure in your speech, then you may pick-up non-RP votes, but at the risk of missing-out on RP votes. Also, there is no guarantee that there aren't hucksters, er, fake reps looking to take away RP votes, only to later support another candidate. This may be mitigated if all RP supporters know who is for RP, but other's don't (just conjecture on my part). In other words, it a game of organizing ourselves while confusing our opponents.

- Knowing the names of RP's delegates for your district before attending the Caucus seems best to avoid confusion. Not sure where to get this info, but your local RP rep office or meetup.com site probably has a list.

- There are only a certain number of slots for delegates and back-ups from each district.

- Caucus attendees write down the people that you want as delegates. You don't have to fill out all the slots. Just write-down the names of known RP supporters!

- Limited slots and limited votes means that there shouldn't be more RP delegates than there are slots. Otherwise, we'll be diluting our votes.

- Once delegates are elected at the local level, this game gets replayed at the state and national levels.

Best post I have ever seen on these forums!

 

[passerby]

A helpful site about/for delegates:
http://www3.webng.com/ronpaul/delegatestates.html
It seems like you need to call to see who the recommended delegates are. I couldn't find it on the campaign website.

IA Caucus locations (again, not necessarily 'voting' locations):
http://www.iowagop.net/countycontacts.asp

 

[mokkan88]

PLEASE make this post easier to read. Perhaps embolden your main points so that the flow of the message is easier to follow.

See?

 

[mosquitobite]

This seems like a very important article. Probably should sticky for each Caucus forum node.

The article is very detailed, so I thought it may be helpful to summarize. Not sure if I got this is right, so please correct as needed.

- 'Voting' (straw poll) for a candidate is ceremonial. It does not lead to RP being elected as the state's representative by delegates.

- The Caucus may or may not be at a different place than 'voting' for candidates in a straw poll.

- People need to get elected as delegates at the Caucus. This is the most important event. Again, 'voting' in the straw poll is not the purpose of the Caucus.

- People who want to be delegates give a speech to introduce themselves. The speech is used to get elected to be a delegate by Caucus attendees. Divulging your true support may or may not be best way to get there.

- If you say you're for RP in your speech, you'll get selected by other RP fans, but won't be selected by non-RP fans. If you say you're unsure in your speech, then you may pick-up non-RP votes, but at the risk of missing-out on RP votes. Also, there is no guarantee that there aren't hucksters, er, fake reps looking to take away RP votes, only to later support another candidate. This may be mitigated if all RP supporters know who is for RP, but other's don't (just conjecture on my part). In other words, it a game of organizing ourselves while confusing our opponents.

- Knowing the names of RP's delegates for your district before attending the Caucus seems best to avoid confusion. Not sure where to get this info, but your local RP rep office or meetup.com site probably has a list.

- There are only a certain number of slots for delegates and back-ups from each district.

- Caucus attendees write down the people that you want as delegates. You don't have to fill out all the slots. Just write-down the names of known RP supporters!

- Limited slots and limited votes means that there shouldn't be more RP delegates than there are slots. Otherwise, we'll be diluting our votes.

- Once delegates are elected at the local level, this game gets replayed at the state and national levels.

Passerby do you mind if I copy this into a new post?

 

[flannerywannabe]

This is great stuff. I totally wish I lived in Iowa today.

 

[passerby]

Mosquitobite, I don't mind at all. I'm just summarizing what rodo wrote.

 

[phoenixrising]

This seems like a very important article. Probably should sticky for each Caucus forum node.

The article is very detailed, so I thought it may be helpful to summarize. Not sure if I got this is right, so please correct as needed.

- 'Voting' (straw poll) for a candidate is ceremonial. It does not lead to RP being elected as the state's representative by delegates.

- The Caucus may or may not be at a different place than 'voting' for candidates in a straw poll.

- People need to get elected as delegates at the Caucus. This is the most important event. Again, 'voting' in the straw poll is not the purpose of the Caucus.

- People who want to be delegates give a speech to introduce themselves. The speech is used to get elected to be a delegate by Caucus attendees. Divulging your true support may or may not be best way to get there.

- If you say you're for RP in your speech, you'll get selected by other RP fans, but won't be selected by non-RP fans. If you say you're unsure in your speech, then you may pick-up non-RP votes, but at the risk of missing-out on RP votes. Also, there is no guarantee that there aren't hucksters, er, fake reps looking to take away RP votes, only to later support another candidate. This may be mitigated if all RP supporters know who is for RP, but other's don't (just conjecture on my part). In other words, it a game of organizing ourselves while confusing our opponents.

- Knowing the names of RP's delegates for your district before attending the Caucus seems best to avoid confusion. Not sure where to get this info, but your local RP rep office or meetup.com site probably has a list.

- There are only a certain number of slots for delegates and back-ups from each district.

- Caucus attendees write down the people that you want as delegates. You don't have to fill out all the slots. Just write-down the names of known RP supporters!

- Limited slots and limited votes means that there shouldn't be more RP delegates than there are slots. Otherwise, we'll be diluting our votes.

- Once delegates are elected at the local level, this game gets replayed at the state and national levels.

good job! we are going to be doing the same here in HI. i'm hopeful that the Iowa meetups are coaching RP supporters prior to caucus so *everyone* is on the same page

the caucus is *not* about actively promoting RP...all that goes on at this time is in stealth mode for lack of a better word--it IS critical to know who the other RP people are so you can then vote your delegates...as i said before...this is what the meetups would have already prepped you on.

as someone said b/4...go early & be the last to leave!!

 

[mosquitobite]

Bump