To the Gary Johnson supporters, hear me out.

[unknown]

Gary isnt a bad guy. Hes quite acceptable. But he will run again.

Ron Paul wont.

Lets put our energy behind Ron Paul this last time.

All the calls for Ron Paul to run 3rd Party or to write him in or to adopt some other possible strategy, please help us with this effort.

We've given our blood sweat and tears to this man and I for one would like to push all the way to the (bitter) end.

Lets get it done for RON PAUL and for the future of America, no, the World. We'll be there for Gary next time around.

What say you? Lets unite.

Wonder Twin powers, activate!

 

[Sematary]

U know alot of states have sore loser rules and prohibit him from being on the ballot, right?

 

[mczerone]

I agree with your last-gasp enthusiasm, but it's too late in most states to register as a 3rd party or write-in candidate.

My idea is to set up alternate voting locations where people can go to register "no confidence" votes or votes for people not on official ballots. It could be a fun party atmosphere, and could send the message that the state-sanctioned choices are not favored by the majority of Americans. It's probably too late to organize this, too, but it could be a great outlet for people that don't rank either Romney or Obama as their first choice (or indeed don't feel that anyone should have the current power of the presidency).

 

[tony m]

I agree with your last-gasp enthusiasm, but it's too late in most states to register as a 3rd party or write-in candidate.

My idea is to set up alternate voting locations where people can go to register "no confidence" votes or votes for people not on official ballots. It could be a fun party atmosphere, and could send the message that the state-sanctioned choices are not favored by the majority of Americans. It's probably too late to organize this, too, but it could be a great outlet for people that don't rank either Romney or Obama as their first choice (or indeed don't feel that anyone should have the current power of the presidency).

This is actually a good idea. However, our Board of Elections is in control and wouldn't be able to do that. But, I am going there to discuss them having the results of write-ins posted on the website the next day, which they normally do not do.

 

[ShaneEnochs]

Ron isn't going to run 3rd party. He's said that ten million times.

 

[ShaneEnochs]

U know alot of states have sore loser rules and prohibit him from being on the ballot, right?

They don't apply to presidential elections.

 

[Eric39]

If Ron Paul runs third party, that's one thing, but if we're just going to be voting Ron Paul out of some superficial sense of obligation, we'll be doing nothing short of pissing in the wind.

We can either use the general election to garner as much cred to Gary Johnson as possible, or we can write in a name no one is going to talk about or give attention for even 2 seconds.

It's a nice idea, but is bound to have even less of an effect than voting Johnson, which still isn't that much.

 

[mczerone]

This is actually a good idea. However, our Board of Elections is in control and wouldn't be able to do that. But, I am going there to discuss them having the results of write-ins posted on the website the next day, which they normally do not do.

Why would your Board of Elections or a County Clerk need to sign off on a private event? I'm not proposing that the state be responsible for putting up these "anti-voting" stations, I'm saying that WE organize them, as densely as we can, and run them in a manner that allows everyone that wishes to come show their dissatisfaction for the top-of-the-ticket options of Obama and Romney. Heck, you could even go defensively vote for the "lesser of two evils", but still drop by to voice your opinion that they are still evil and you would've rather had a different option.

 

[1000-points-of-fright]

Gary isnt a bad guy. Hes quite acceptable. But he will run again.

Ron Paul wont.

Lets put our energy behind Ron Paul this last time.

All the calls for Ron Paul to run 3rd Party or to write him in or to adopt some other possible strategy, please help us with this effort.

We've given our blood sweat and tears to this man and I for one would like to push all the way to the (bitter) end.

Lets get it done for RON PAUL and for the future of America, no, the World. We'll be there for Gary next time around.

What say you? Lets unite.

Wonder Twin powers, activate!

Are you suggesting we force him to do something he doesn't want to do? That's very non-Paulian. Besides, did you see that last interview he did with Cavuto? He was in a great mood and very relaxed. It's one of the best Ron Paul interviews I've ever seen. I think he's glad all this stupid crap is over and done with. He just wants to retire and eat cookies now.

 

[mczerone]

They don't apply to presidential elections.

Correction: They technically shouldn't apply to presidential elections. But that won't stop State election officers from trying to enforce them and making you have to take the case to the Supreme Court before the ballots are printed. And since the system won't allow the SCOTUS to hear your case before the ballot-printing deadline, which is very soon in most places, it's a fool's errand that would cost tens of thousands of dollars.

 

[The Dude]

Ron Paul isn't running for President and it's too late for him to run third party, and he won't because of Rand. Gary Johnson on the other hand is running for President. Gary needs our votes.

 

[Weston White]

Whatever as to the reference of write-ins not being counted. Conducting a write-in campaign still sends a meaningful message, for when the numbers depict, say 50-million showing up to vote, yet that only 25-million voted for one of the options printed on the ballots. People will then become truly curious as to what happened to those missing 25-million voters.

 

[kpitcher]

I won't vote for Obama obviously. While I was actually willing to give someone with brains and a background as a scholar a chance he blew it with his broken promises and non liberty actions. Rmoney has shown how he would handle being president by his actions at the RNC. As he allowed a huge power grab everyone should be concerned how he'd act as a president.

So for a vote for pres I'm going with libertarian. It's the only platform that makes economic sense. I heard NPR interview someone from Ron Paul's camp. He had a good simple analogy. This election is like deciding how fast a crash will happen. With Obama it's a train hurdling towards a cliff at 100 mph. With Romney it just slows the train down to 80mph but the crash is still going to happen.

Seeing a huge upswing in libertarian voters would be just as news worthy as any non-official vote.

 

[Johncjackson]

U know alot of states have sore loser rules and prohibit him from being on the ballot, right?

Not really. Most if not all of those laws do not apply to POTUS- at least according to ballot access experts. However, I guess you could see illegal actions by states to attempt to do that. it is happening to Gary Johnson in at least one state, but he should win, and if he doesn't, a different Gary Johnson should be on the ballot.

Ron Paul isn't running. it's moot.

 

[Johncjackson]

Gary isnt a bad guy. Hes quite acceptable. But he will run again.

Ron Paul wont.

Lets put our energy behind Ron Paul this last time.

All the calls for Ron Paul to run 3rd Party or to write him in or to adopt some other possible strategy, please help us with this effort.

We've given our blood sweat and tears to this man and I for one would like to push all the way to the (bitter) end.

Lets get it done for RON PAUL and for the future of America, no, the World. We'll be there for Gary next time around.

What say you? Lets unite.

Wonder Twin powers, activate!

Gary johnson is running for POTUS currently. Ron Paul is not and will not be.

 

[jllundqu]

If Ron Paul runs third party, that's one thing, but if we're just going to be voting Ron Paul out of some superficial sense of obligation, we'll be doing nothing short of pissing in the wind.

We can either use the general election to garner as much cred to Gary Johnson as possible, or we can write in a name no one is going to talk about or give attention for even 2 seconds.

It's a nice idea, but is bound to have even less of an effect than voting Johnson, which still isn't that much.

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[affa]

If Ron Paul runs third party, that's one thing, but if we're just going to be voting Ron Paul out of some superficial sense of obligation, we'll be doing nothing short of pissing in the wind.

We can either use the general election to garner as much cred to Gary Johnson as possible, or we can write in a name no one is going to talk about or give attention for even 2 seconds.

It's a nice idea, but is bound to have even less of an effect than voting Johnson, which still isn't that much.

Voting is nothing more than pissing in the wind. At least voting for Ron Paul would feel good.

NOBP.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Why does Gary Johnson have to run again? Shit. One more dumbass to avoid in 2016...

 

[Eire4RonPaul]

Voting is nothing more than pissing in the wind. At least voting for Ron Paul would feel good.

NOBP.

How so? Seems like some weird twisted sexual thing some NOBP people have going on...

You have to understand that other people don't get off writing in someones name for the sake of it........The rest of us actually have aspirations to win this f*cking thing (no matter how small those chances are). If I said I was writing in "Micky Mouse" you'd call me nuts - so why is "Ron Paul" justified? He is not running for President of the US (a write in will NOT protect the Constitution). Gary Johnson IS running for the Presidency and a vote for Gary is a vote for the Constitution.

Do what you will. If we're not together in this, we'll fail before we even begin. The fight doesn't have to be over! We still have three months to go nuts all over again! For liberty!

 

[Liberty74]

I wanted Ron Paul to run third party back in early 2011. He decided not to and many in here "followed" his idea of using the Republican primary as a way to spread the liberty movement. Ron Paul received 2 million votes or about 10% of those votes. Ron did not receive many Republican votes, sorry to say, hence he got slaughtered in closed primaries. Ron Paul kicked ass with who - wait for it - Independents. That is what pushed him to the top spots in the open primaries and caucuses, not the Republicans. Our ideas were rejected on a mass scale within the Republican party at the national level.

Look, what is done is done. But it is way to late to launch a third party bid and to be frankly, Ron Paul doesn't want to.

Also, writing Ron Paul in as a vote is what some want to do, fine. Yet, those Ron Paul votes most likely will not get counted because of state rules and write in campaign laws. So I am not even sure if your vote gets counted in the total tally period. Might as well not vote???

Gary Johnson will be on the ballot in almost every state if not all. Vote GJ as a protest vote to the two party criminal system and deny either party holden to the system your vote. At least your vote will be counted.