You Can Write-In RP

I've heard rumors that some think their write-in vote for Ron Paul will not be counted.

The fact is that's not true, as long as he gets just 55 electors---in the whole state!

It is that easy!

We're half way there and just need a few more notarized forms to make these votes count.

Check out the facts: [we have done our diligence]

• 55 "Declaration Of Write-In Candidacy Presidential Elector" forms, each of which must be notarized.
  The declarations of write-in candidacy must be filed with the Secretary of State in person or by mail. Please send your documents to:
  
  Office of the California Secretary of State
  Elections Division
  ATTN: Candidates & Elections
  1500 11th Street, 5th Floor
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  
  Please indicate on the envelope “Declaration of Write-In Candidacy.” The Declarations of Write-In Candidacy must be received by the Secretary of State no later than October 21, 2008 (E-14). § 8652
  
  
• Elector must be 18 years or older, as verified with the Sec. of State.
  
  
• We must write in Ron Paul as President, and to remain totally neutral we have nominated the effort's captain Gail Lightfoot as the name to enter for Vice President---all of our forms must match. This way we do not waste time bickering about choices, when all that is required in the actual vote is Ron Paul's name.

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We have about 22 people on the list to sign the forms.
Will you help make your vote-of-conscience count?
Please contact Gail Lightfoot: gkltft@aol.com

Act Now!

• Print this form:
  http://www.frankmoore...
  
• Fill in your name and address, then below: Ron Paul and Gail Lightfoot
  
• Take this form to your bank to be notarized (usually for free), write your name under Oath of Office, and sign as Elector with the notary; the next few lines are for the state
  
• Take it to the post office and send it to the address above using Certified Mail
  

Feel free to contact me or Gail Lightfoot for more information.
Please note her messages below...

Thank you!

"In matters of principle, stand like a rock." --Thomas Jefferson

Gabriel Dibble
gdibble@gmail.com

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Forwarded messages:

Send the original to Sacramento, keep a copy and simply let me know when you send yours. I will print out the email saying a form was sent and keep a tally that I can submit if needed.
Send by Certified Mail or whatever gives you a receipt from the USPS. Having them sign for the letter is not useful since mail comes to a central location and is then sent to individual staff desks.
They allow you to fax things when time is tight but you have to follow up with the original -- all signatures including notaries must be original [they check that].
I will get an email for Evelyn Mendez and make sure she or whoever she indicates will process these forms gets every one.

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There is no update from the Sec of State today. No phone calls back yet but Since talking to an expert I am making a decision. The person I spoke to knows a lot about electoral history and according to that person the write in candidate forms for President and VP did have to include the VP but if voters merely wrote in one name, that name was counted so the voters won't need to know the VP name we use but we will have to use one.

I say we use my name. It is totally neutral and since I got this ball rolling, we may as well use me for the cannon fire. : )

I suggest any forms sent to the Sec of State be resent and we go for it using Gail Lightfoot as the VP Candidate. Then we can get on with this and put it behind us and on the desks of the media and the Elections Officials in our home counties!

We do need more voters to sign up! This email goes to 22 of you so add to it, carefully please! Two voters tell me they can get more names and we have a few here in SLO Co.

Keep copies of your forms! Never give anything to a state agency without keeping copies. I will add my name to the two I have here assuming they are originals. If not those two can resend.

Let me know if you are 'outta here' on this issue. I understand.

Liberty,
gail lightfoot

Here's the latest Q&A message from Gail about our effort.
She originally included her home address and phone numbers in the email I received, but I removed them when pasting to this internet forum for respect of her privacy. Her email address is above (or you can send me a message by clicking on my name and sending an email through meetup), and if you get a hold of either of us we will send you the removed phone-numbers/address.

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I am:
Gail Lightfoot
[address removed for privacy]
There are 31 names on this email list. Two people not on email. So a few of you need to get a friend to sign up. I have four [4] and hopefully more here in SLO Co. and others may already have friends lined up that I don't know about. Send any names on to me.

Put my name in the space for VP. Those of you who sent forms with no VP named will be getting them back. Just add my name and send them back again. That is why they were returned to you so you would not have to start again with a new form. You can add my name and be done. This is per the Elections Office in Sacramento's legal dept. Our forms have to have two names, one for President and one for VP to get either one counted. Most voters are going to be writing in Ron Paul. They will not be thinking of me so I don't expect to see a lot of votes for me. If the voter does write in a VP candidate, it will vary from one voter to the next and probably not be counted because their will be no Electors for various 'other' VP choices.

The 'oath' is how Elections Officials certify your willingness to be an 'Elector'. Since our County Clerk knows us [we are our LP CCC] we were not asked for ID.
A Notary simply certifies that a real person with photo ID signed the document. I am told that AAA has notaries as well as banks, real estate or title companies and attorneys. Often you can find one who will come to your home or a mtg to notarize forms. Either one or the other is needed since each one of us is doing this as an individual.

The 55 individuals can be from all over the state and/or from one area. It does not matter where they live as long as they are: 'Any person who is a US citizen 18 years of age or older and a resident of an election Precinct at least 15 days prior to an election.' [EC S#321 under 'Definitions]'

If I have copies, I will send a list them along with mine. The main thing is for me to be able to keep a count so we know we succeeded. I have a fax number that reaches a computer at our home. [fax removed for privacy] is the fax number.

My home phone is [number removed for privacy]
My cell phone is [number removed for privacy]
Dick is generally here if I am out running the errands or simply stretching my legs a bit. He is the one stuck to his computer all day, every day because of all the clerical work and publishing work he does.

As to other states, I don't know their rules but knowing Ron Paul supporters like we do, it is highly possible that if it is possibly someone it trying. There has been no response from the Ron Paul web site so I cannot say if there even is an 'official' reaction to our project.

I started it in response to voters asking me how to vote for Ron Paul in Nov and even telling me they were going to vote for him because they think he is the best person without knowing his name will not be listed.

Liberty,
gail lightfoot

It's official, we've reached the elector-forms requirement and Ron Paul is now a valid write-in candidate in California!