Barb Golden wrote:
have you seen the latest pbs special, it may have been frontline on private prisons.
nothing i did not know before, but all in one place,
horrible. and their conventions!! oy…..tasers and stuff, christ.
Frank Moore wrote:
i’lll close those down!
btw, got your elector form. thanks! electors are starting to come in…especially in ohio! we need people in the other states.
Saturday, May 10, 2008 2:44 PM
we just got the needed elector in indiana!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Wednesday, May 14 2008 05:08:52
opps! we just lost that elector because of my pro-choice stand!
Corey Nicholl wrote:
Hi everyone at Arkansas Indymedia,
I wanted to bring to your attention a ballot access issue in Arkansas that I have uncovered in recent research.
I have been looking at ballot access for write-in Presidential candidates state by state over the past 6 months or so. I have been working with an independent candidate for President who is looking to be qualified for write-in votes in as many states as possible. When I came to Arkansas, I found this on the Secretary of State’s Elections Division website:
“Write-in Candidates Write-in candidates are not allowed in presidential, municipal, or primary elections. [ACA §§7-5-525, 7-8-302, 14-43-202]” http://www.arkansas.gov/sbec/pdfs/2007-Handbook-Final.pdf
It turns out that none of those election codes referenced actually contain any language referring to write-in candidates for President. The election law has remain unchanged since at least the early 70s. Yet there is legal precedent for Arkansas allowing write-in presidential candidates in at least 1972 and 1976.
But when I spoke with the legal counsel of the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office, he was not impressed. It did not seem to matter to him that 1) Arkansas is among only a small handful of states that is currently not allowing write-in Presidential candidates, or 2) that there is a precedent in Arkansas for allowing write-in presidential candidates. My question to him was: if the law has remained unchanged since 1972, why is it that the Arkansas Secretary of State allowed Schmitz-Anderson to qualify as a write-in Presidential ticket in 1972 in Arkansas, and Eugene McCarthy to qualify as a write-in Presidential candidate in 1976 … and yet now is saying that presidential write-ins are not allowed? In South Carolina, for instance, the prohibition of write-in presidential candidates is actually spelled out in their election laws, but there is nothing of the sort in Arkansas.
What do you think of this? Is this an issue that Arkansas indymedia can address, publicize, look into further …? We are in contact wiith a ballot access expert, Richard Winger, who puts out the publication, “Ballot Access News”, who has been helping us look into this, and who is a great resource for looking into this further. Thanks so much for your time, and please let me know what you think of this issue.
— Corey Nicholl
From: Al (Arkansas Indymedia)
To: Corey Nicholl
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Imc-ar-ed] Arkansas “write-in” candidate procedures
Cory,
It would be wonderful if you or someone else did the investigative work on this topic and then did a story on it. Indymedia is about independent journalism; unfortunately, independent journalists cannot always afford the time that it takes in order to come up with good stories. This is certainly my situation right now. So, we are always looking for input from people, such as yourself, who may have the time to develop such a story. If something, as you propose, is published on the website, is informative and well written, it will often get featured for the rest of the indymedia network to see.
As for the situation you describe, it reflects the sad state of affairs that exists in Arkansas and elsewhere.
Sincerely,
Al
Frank Moore wrote:
this is just one of the ways our campaign is causing change!
DA BOYZ:
We had left a message for Barb about being an elector, and brought the form and instructions with us just in case … she was way into it, and it was going to be much easier for her to just fill it out and get it notarized herself, and send it back to us. She was glad to do it, and was talking about how great Frank’s platform was, how it is like an oasis in a sea of absurdity that the world has become … she said she looks around and sees people doing crazy things, like carrying their kids around in baby seats instead of in pouches on their backs or stomachs, for “more protection” … people all bandaged up for carpal tunnel … everyone afraid … all to sell products … but here we are, Frank running for President, outside of that reality completely!
hey, kriss! one person actually said he won’t vote for me because we have your sign in our yard! something about “those damn dems!” i said i vote for the person, not the party. i said i warned you in depth about running for the assembly…but your sign stays in our yard!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Kriss Worthington wrote:
Kriss for Assembly
Just 3 weeks left! Join us for Super Kriss Weekend!
Thank you for your support!
Dear Friends,
I wanted to take some time to thank you all for your hard work and support over the past few months. You phone calls, door knocks, and all types of assistance have kept our campaign on track for success! Thanks again to the volunteers who have walked precincts with me and to the members of Progressive Democrats of the East Bay for adopting a weekend to volunteer!
As we head into the final three weeks of the election, we will need your continued support to be successful. Next Saturday marks a number of events. Most importantly, we need to report our contributions up to May 17th deadline, and we must show the continued momentum of our grassroots support. If you have not yet donated (or even if you have), consider making a small contribution to add to our growing list of hundreds of contributors:
http://www.krissworthington.com/contribute.php
Next Saturday, we will also be planning for our biggest volunteer mobilization yet, topped off with a BBQ from the Berkeley Firefighters Association, Local 1227 and a neighborhood chat at Nomad Cafe. Please come join me in talking to voters and meeting neighbors and supporters!
As voters begin to realize that there is another election coming up, it is crucial to pass along our message and inform voters of the choices they have in this election (not to mention the potentially devastating impacts of Proposition 98!). Thanks again, and hope to see you soon!
Kriss
Let me know when you put it up on-line Frank.
Teri
Frank Moor wrote:
teri, the show about health care is now up at http://www.luver.com/underground/shamden.html, among other places. we go in depth!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
we just got the needed elector in indiana!
Long ago, this old world was not in the condition that it is today. Always worrying, today, about which country is going to be first to wipe us off the face of the Earth, or a barrel of oil being over twenty one dollars, causing the consumer, to have to pay outrageous prices for everything. It seems prices keep rising, and our paychecks seem to be diminishing.
Frank Moore, lived and is from a time, in which stuff like this really wasn’t an issue. He is from a time, when it was safe to walk out on the streets, not worrying about sexual predators, or innocent civilians being massacred by some sort of nut. A time, when a person could keep some of their paycheck. Frank, is from a time, jobs were plenty, because at that time we didn’t have to worry about our jobs being sent over seas, because there the product is cheaper to make.
Frank, is from a time, we didn’t have illegals bombarding our country, trying to make this great country theirs. A time when the Viet Nam war came to a conclusion and ended, so war during that time wasn’t an issue. A time of freedom, joy, and just happy and privileged to be a part of this great country, our fore fathers made for us. So we their ancestors could be free, every one equal, we could walk the streets with pride and not worry.
Frank is a breath of fresh air. Being new on the scene, he hasn’t had the time to be corrupted, by those in Washington, this is why I endorse Frank Moore for president. The breath of fresh air for the twenty first century.
Lanaia Lee
Frank Moore wrote:
i value your vote. but…we always have been a nation of “wetbacks.”
I believe we as citizens of the world should have the right of travel/movement. I believe we need immigrates. So I believe in fairly open borders…using our historical relationship with Canada as the model. I would remove racist filters. I would deny entry to those with criminal records. I would seriously beef up the security and inspections at our ports.
All businesses selling their products in the U.S. will have to certify that their products were manufactured in accordance with this country’s labor, wage, environmental, and safety laws … that they meet or exceed these … no matter where they were produced. This would curb people’s desire to come to this country for a better life. It would also remove the motivation of the corporations to drain jobs from this country. Businesses would pay non-citizen workers at least the minimum wage which would be tied to the cost of living. Also businesses that employ non-citizens will pay $1 a day per non-citizen worker to help pay for health and educatton costs.
But we need everybody!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Dear Mr. Moore,
I am a resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Is there anything you need for me to do as an elector? I am very willing to help you out on your campaign. The best of luck to you.
Zach Cone
http://www.askzach.com
Frank Moore wrote:
first, askzach.com is a dryly drolly funny site…you can quote me! second, i value your vote! third, i am taking you up on your offer. right now we are trying to get qualified as a write-in candidate in as many as possible of the states that allow write-ins [quite a few shockingly don’t allow it] so that votes for me will be counted. will you be one of my electors in mass.? and could you get 11 others to be my electors in mass.? electors are free to vote for anybody (even for moi!) in the general election. but if i won in mass. in the general election, my electors would cast their vote for me in the electoral college.
while we only need 12 Presidential Electors in order to qualify, mass. makes us jump through many strange hoops, making it virtually impossible for me to qualify without the help of somebody in the state.
There are two forms that the Presidential electors will need to fill out:
1) A Write-In Presidential Certificate containing 12 spaces for the names, addresses, and signatures of the 12 electors. So each of the electors must put their name, address and signature on this form. (We can provide this form)
2) 12 Elector Registration Certificates: one of these forms must be physically taken in by each elector to their local voter registrar’s office, and must be signed or stamped by the voter registrar certifying that the elector is a registered voter. We can provide these forms. but you may have to have a GOING TO THE VOTER REGISTRAR’S OFFICE PARTY to insure that happens!
Then the 12 Elector Registration Certificates and the 1 Write-In Presidential Certificate with the 12 Electors’ info on it should be sent back for us to complete and turn in! Due Date: Friday, September 5. they make it hard on purpose. the mainstream candidates don’t have to jump through these hoops!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore