Write In Ron

[Ira Aten]

On November 5, 2008, write the name of Ron Paul in for President.

If everyone who doesn't want McCain/Obama/Clinton would do so, Ron Paul would win by the biggest landslide in United States history.

 

[ErikBlack]

If everyone who didn't support one of the front-runners voted for a single write-in candidate in any presidential election in history there would be a landslide victory. Only about 100 million people vote in the presidential election. The other 2/3 of the population are either too young to vote or just don't care or feel they can make a difference. I will write in Ron Paul this fall, but rest assured, there will be no landslide. The 200 million non-voters in this country won't be voting as usual, except for maybe a million or so for Ron Paul.

 

[Leroy_Jenkems]

Dr. Paul's got a voter who'll write him in, right here.

 

[SimpleName]

I definitely am going to have to write him in. Does anybody know how write-ins would work with the electronic voting systems which my county has unfortunately installed?

If we could just get people to go and vote for the hell of it to see what happens would be great. That won't happen. But just with all of us Ron paul supporters doing so, we could tally a very big number. And it'll be great. A third place finish for a guy not even on the ballot

 

[smtwngrl]

The problem with this is that apparently in a lot of states, in order for write in votes to be counted, the person written is has to have qualified for/registered as a write-in candidate.

And I think in some places, if someone declares they are a write in candidate, they have to pay the fees the same as those who are on the ballot.

Some states even have really obscure laws that make it almost impossible for write in votes to be counted. For example, in Pennsylvania (I think), in order for someone to receive the credit as a write-in, you must write the names of all 21 delegates in that little space.

I've just become aware of this recently when I read a couple of things that really sounded wrong. One of them was about declared write-in candidates having to pay fees just like those who are on the ballot. The other was when I read about the libertarian caucuses(?) in Missouri and California. A write in candidate received more votes than anyone who was running as a libertarian. Presumably, it was Ron Paul. But those votes were counted as "Uncommitted" (Presumably because he had not 'qualified' as a write-in candidate.)

I researched this on google. And I think the outlook is bleak, for any type of write-in effort. Or, at least, that is my impression. But I'm not satisfied, even now, that I found enough info to give a comprehensive picture of how it works, or of what states you have to pay to get on the ballot .

And these problems don't even take into account the obstacles to writing in a candidate when you aren't using paper ballots.

I think the whole thing is atrocious, though. Writing in someone should always be an option. And there shouldn't be so many obstacles to that.

 

[rmholla]

I'll be writing him as well.

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[jab]

If he's not the GOP candidate I will most certainly write him in.. What other option is there?? I can't vote for McCain, Huck, Obama, or Hillary on priniciple.. and I'm NOT going to play that "least of all evils" game!

So, if a write-in it must be, then a write-in it will be!

 

[ThinkDifferent]

If Ron Paul decides he wants to accept our write in votes in my state (Michigan) he must file a Declaration of Intent by Oct 24th with the Secretary of State. But his campaign office probably already knows that of course. I couldn't find anything about fees.

The question is whether he will in fact do this in any state that allows it and piss off the Mega-McCampaign-elect office (my apologies for presuming such a horrible thing) by not quiting like a good little boy and "doing the right thing for the party". The political media-spin could be unfavorable. But then again, who cares.

Another BIGGER question is...How the hell do these write-in votes get counted? We have enough trouble with voting machines getting effed with this situation seems to have such a low percentage of success.

Then again, what am I left with? Ward 2, Prec 36 will have at least one vote. Even if it's ignored.

 

[LT for the Truth]

RP, there is no other choice

 

[rgavula]

Write-In Campaign

I am working with a number of other folks to organize a write-in campaign for Dr. Paul. We are compiling the eligibility requirements for each state, and will be assigning individuals to ensure that those requirements (petitions, elector identification, etc.) are met.

I will follow-up with additional information as we progress in this effort.

What we ask of all Ron Paul supporters is this - get out, get talking, and spread the word about Ron Paul.

We envision a "pyramid scheme" of write-in voters, meaning that if each of us convinces ONE new person each month to write-in Ron Paul, and each of those people does the same, and so on, we will garner enough votes to win in November! Once this gets rolling, we should attempt to double our efforts in September and October, and reach TWO new people each month.

This can be much easier than anyone could imagine - if you start in March, that would mean meeting and convincing just TEN people between now and Election Day!

 

[fever pitch]

I am working with a number of other folks to organize a write-in campaign for Dr. Paul. We are compiling the eligibility requirements for each state, and will be assigning individuals to ensure that those requirements (petitions, elector identification, etc.) are met.

I will follow-up with additional information as we progress in this effort.

What we ask of all Ron Paul supporters is this - get out, get talking, and spread the word about Ron Paul.

We envision a "pyramid scheme" of write-in voters, meaning that if each of us convinces ONE new person each month to write-in Ron Paul, and each of those people does the same, and so on, we will garner enough votes to win in November! Once this gets rolling, we should attempt to double our efforts in September and October, and reach TWO new people each month.

This can be much easier than anyone could imagine - if you start in March, that would mean meeting and convincing just TEN people between now and Election Day!

Awesome, rgavula. You rule. I will most definitely be convincing everyone I can to write him in if he doesn't get the nomination.