Lincoln Super Caucus 1/28/12

[rb3b3]

is this true? i cant find anything about it?

 

[sailingaway]

Sweet, even if the others team up, we just need the undecideds to come over in order to get the delegates =)

super low turnout caucus ftw

that's the issue, the others teaming up. Establishment v Ron. Entirely possible, by convention. But wonderful result, folks!

 

[sailingaway]

is this true? i cant find anything about it?

they won't announce until Feb 11, even then they will announce the straw poll, not necessarily the delegates. The delegates are always pretty under the radar.

 

[J. W. Evans]

Could someone at least share what it says in the MaineForRonPaul group? It's private.

As of today, Lincoln, Lowell, Burlington, Chester, Enfield, Winn, and Howland have all voted. I wish we could figure out how,

 

[sailingaway]

Could someone at least share what it says in the MaineForRonPaul group? It's private.

As of today, Lincoln, Lowell, Burlington, Chester, Enfield, Winn, and Howland have all voted. I wish we could figure out how,

I have to figure people are tracking them all from the campaign, after Iowa miscalculating votes. It was awful sitting there watching the results come in with Iowa, and supposedly 100% of the vote in a couple counties Ron had won, flipping to Romney with a handful of votes. I'd like to be confident people are being careful.

 

[sailingaway]

Could someone at least share what it says in the MaineForRonPaul group? It's private.

As of today, Lincoln, Lowell, Burlington, Chester, Enfield, Winn, and Howland have all voted. I wish we could figure out how,

It is likely private for a reason.

 

[J. W. Evans]

It is likely private for a reason.

Don't misunderstand, for matters like this, I'm okay with it being private.
You just end up with threads like this, and no sources of where the information came from. That is my biggest curiosity.

 

[Sarge]

I understand the private part but, on the other hand, if half way through the caucus schedule, Ron is sweeping the numbers, it might not hurt to toot that prior to the FL vote. It might up our numbers quickly in FL to get ahead of Rick.

It also might sway more to vote for Ron in Maine. The old saying success breads more success.

 

[carterm]

bump, might this facebook group have other results posted shortly?

 

[parocks]

The Lincoln "Super Caucus" was held on Saturday morning at 10am at the Lincoln VFW. The towns of Burlington, Chester, Enfield, Lincoln, Lowell, Howland, and Winn all met in the main hall of the VFW in a room that had more than enough tables to seat the

approximately 32 caucus goers. 4 New Hampshire and 4 Maine Ron Paul

activists were also present to PLASTER the drive leading into the Caucus

site with Ron Paul signs and also greeted them as they came through the

door. We also had Ron Paul literature available to present to

interested parties. (Note...please be nice...) The Delegate position's

that were available were as follows: Burlington 5 (2 people

represented the entire town), Chester 5 (2people represented the

entire town) Enfield 7 (1 person represented the entire

town) Lincoln 17 (21 people represented the entire town) Lowell

5 (2 people represented the entire town), Winn 5 (4people represented the entire town)





Each town clerk was represented at a table for each town. It is

their responsibility to ensure that the attending caucus goer is

registered in that town and is a registered Republican. Certain

restrictions apply depending on your current registration status, but

you are able to register there. Once the registration was complete, the

clerk would leave and each town was left with the other caucus

goers.



The Penobscot County Republican Chair (Traci Gauthier) called the

group to order and explained how the process would work. Basically, all

of the information that was needed to run the individual town caucus

was provided in a packet to the town chair. The town caucus would come

to order, and you would need to nominate and second a DELEGATE (or

DELEGATION) CHAIR and SECRETARY. The Chair is able to fill unfilled

Delegate and Alternate positions up until 28 February 2012. Any

unfilled town positions after that date can be filled by the State

Committee. Having a Ron Paul supporter in this position is VERY

valuable. The SECRETARY will record the minutes of the meeting and be

responsible for collecting the names of the appointed delegates. She

also mentioned that the associated dues were $25 for DELEGATES and

ALTERNATES and $30 if you just want to attend the State Convention. The

money goes towards the actual convention and was needed to be paid to

the Town Chair "ASAP". It would be best to have your money then.



She then opened the floor to anyone that wanted to speak on behalf of a

Candidate that would be running for office. One lady from Lincoln spoke

on behalf of Olympia Snowe and I spoke on behalf of Ron Paul. No one

else elected to speak on behalf of any other candidate. Traci then

opened the floor to a gentleman running for office in Maine and another

current member of the Maine Congress to address the group.The caucus

then began for each town.



I was amazed at how simple the process actually was once I saw it in action. The first order of business was to elect the positions already mentioned above. There was a simple "I nominate Jon Smith for Delegate Chair" and, that of course, had to be

followed by a "I second". Once the positions were filled, they

discussed the DELEGATE positions that were available for that town that

needed to be filled. For a larger town, like Lincoln, the Chair simply

asked who wanted to even BE a delegate and those that were interested

raised their hands. For today, everyone that WANTED to be a DELEGATE,

there were positions available! In fact, not all of the allotted

positions were even filled! Now, the DELEGATE CHAIR can go out and fill

those vacant positions up until the 28th of February!



The next item of business was the NON-BINDING PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE POLL. This is

basically a vote on who each caucus goer would like to see get the

Presidential nomination and carries NO weight, other than to assess the

possible direction of the DELEGATES. This simply was done by each

caucus goer by writing a name on a piece of paper and passing it in to

be counted. The Maine GOP has wanted to keep the results of these polls

a secret so they can announce the results on 11 February 2012 in

Portland. If your Delegate Chair is smart, they will announce the

results to the caucus goers. This makes the process more transparent

and prevents for the possibility of manipulation, especially if we

demand to see the town breakdowns on the 11th of February. For Lincoln,

the results were as follows: Ron Paul 9, Mitt Romney 4, Newt Gingrich 4 and 2 undecideds.



Lessons Learned:We need more participation at the CaucusesBe prepared to speak. If you aren't a good public speaker, don't do it!

Sign waves and representation at the caucuses is a MUST!

 

[tsai3904]

This is very important:

The Chair is able to fill unfilled Delegate and Alternate positions up until 28 February 2012.

The fact that the Chair is elected AT the caucuses makes it extremely important that our supporters try to become the Chair.

 

[eduardo89]

Some woman spoke on behalf of Olympia Snowe? Did that woman think this a senatorial primary?

 

[PolicyReader]

This is very important:

The Chair is able to fill unfilled Delegate and Alternate positions up until 28 February 2012.

The fact that the Chair is elected AT the caucuses makes it extremely important that our supporters try to become the Chair.

Seconded. Getting our people into these positions can make a world of difference at many stages of the caucus process.

 

[BrittanySligar]

bump!

 

[parocks]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?356558-Lincoln-Super-Caucus-1-28-12

 

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[ChrisDixon]

It is likely private for a reason.

We like to keep prying eyes from taking a peek, yeah. But all Paul supporters are welcome to join.

Some woman spoke on behalf of Olympia Snowe? Did that woman think this a senatorial primary?

There is a Senate primary in progress as well, and will be voted on in the Spring. Snowe has a strong challenger against her who is attending all the caucuses he can to speak. So Olympia has her people out, as well.