OHIO needs help NOW!

rdenner said:
Bump. I live in Toledo Ohio I have to get my meetup on the ball with this. Instead of Tea Party fun we should have been collecting names.

Damn I hate dropping the ball.

Robert
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yea we need to get this word out immediately. I plan on being in Bowling Green for district 5... hopefully get a boatload of signatures

i think my sister is gonna head over to Sandusky to get a few signatures as well
 
Applying for Matching Funds forces the campaign to follow a bunch of stupid rules dictating things like how much money they are allowed to spend per state. If they don't need the funds it's stupid to do it.

I'd also like to point out that there are only about 90 employees at the moment in our 50 states. Each state having multiple districts, needing delegates, and having different rules on how to get the delegates.

Add in the human factor when people like us say we'll do something like be a delegate and then don't send the paperwork back, don't answer the phone or reply to emails, and in general blow off the campaign and you are getting an idea of what happened here in IL. Not to mention that we needed over 1500 signatures in several of our districts.

Would I like the campaign to be doing things faster? - yes. Would I like them to have a bigger staff since there are funds out there? - yes. But look at your meetup group, or any experience you have getting staff professionally and ask yourslef, how easy is it to find dedicated and trustworthy staff/volunteers that can work when and where you need them? From my experience it's friggin difficult.

We need to stop flying off the handle and do what the campaign asks us to do when they ask us to do it. People were bitching like crazy about the situation here in IL but in the end we filed successfully because MOST of us just worked our butts off.

We had some resistance going door to door here in my area but I guess some walmarts are willing to let you stand outside and gather sigs there if you ask ahead of time. Those places are packed with people and this is a huge shopping season. Make a sign that says Help Ron Paul get on the Ballot and stand next to the bell ringer for the salvation army :)

Good Luck Ohio!
 
I know I signed something for the delegate, do I need to sign the petition as well?

I know a lot of people who are not in the Columbus area who would like to sign the petition or whatever else but they do not come down here often and there is no meetup in their area.

How is the 18th District looking?
 
Bradley in DC said:
Yes, of course, that is what any well-run campaign would be doing. From the emails and foruma, there is no indication that they are preparing now for GOTV efforts.
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Have you been to any Ohio Meetup Groups.

That is all we are doing and talking about.
 
what i dont understand is what form am i suppose to print out?

I got 5 people here at work that are ready to sign this sucker...

i printed out the at large delegates... whats with some of the black lines? some names are crossed out? there isnt a form for each district?

im new at this whole signing thing... lol so bare with me
 
JenHarris said:
Applying for Matching Funds forces the campaign to follow a bunch of stupid rules dictating things like how much money they are allowed to spend per state. If they don't need the funds it's stupid to do it.

Would I like the campaign to be doing things faster? - yes. Would I like them to have a bigger staff since there are funds out there? - yes. But look at your meetup group, or any experience you have getting staff professionally and ask yourslef, how easy is it to find dedicated and trustworthy staff/volunteers that can work when and where you need them? From my experience it's friggin difficult.
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Matching Funds: you misunderstand--the strings come with accepting the money, not with demonstrating eligibility which is all that's needed by Ohio so it isn't stupid.

Finding enthusiastic volunteers, many very experienced, has NOT been this campaign's problem.
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bbachtung said:
If the campaign ever read the forums and paid attention, they would know that all that they would need to do to get on the ballot in Ohio WITHOUT GATHERING A SINGLE SIGNATURE would be to apply for federal matching funds and get approved for them. They would not have to take funds, merely get a letter of eligibility from the FEC, which -- when attached to the delegate lists -- would automatically satisfy the signature requirements.

I have posted about this at least twice in the last six weeks, but here goes again:


http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/PublicAffairs/ePresGuide07.pdf

Here's my post from 12/6/07: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showpost.php?p=544090&postcount=13

Here's my post from 12/3/07: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showpost.php?p=523425&postcount=8

Here's my detailed, sourced post from 11/26/07: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showpost.php?p=468613&postcount=59

Here's Bradley in DC's post about the 2004 ballot access rules for Ohio (which includes the matching funds exception to the signature requirement) from 10/21/07: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showpost.php?p=296447&postcount=1
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It's my understanding that the campaign is aware of these laws. And Bradley's post above is correct... just qualifying for matching funds is all that would be needed to gain a full slate of delegates automatically, there-by bypassing the petition process. Regardless of whether or not they take them. I was told that they (the campaign) feel that even though they would never take the matching funds, the perception that they might by taking advantage of this law might create a firestorm in the media and amongst supporters. They (the campaign) truly want this to be a movement of the people. I admire their stance on this, but nonetheless, it sucks that we have to be up against this wall so late in the game here. That being said.... I'm sure Ohioans will get this handled!
 
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I'm one of the 3 delegates in Toledo, District 9. We'll get our 150 signatures and have em in on time. It's all good.
 
hellah10 said:
what i dont understand is what form am i suppose to print out?

I got 5 people here at work that are ready to sign this sucker...

i printed out the at large delegates... whats with some of the black lines? some names are crossed out? there isnt a form for each district?

im new at this whole signing thing... lol so bare with me
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in indiana we are circulating the CAN-8 petition form. im sure some of your meetup groups know which form it is.
 
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