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columnist: DigitalBob

Topic: Ron Paul
Ron Paul Indiana Ballot Drive Is Done

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My sources say that the signatures are already collected. Gambling911.com is a little slow on the story. Ron Paul supporters need to focus their time on things that matter.

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by DigitalBob
(Libertarian)
Saturday, January 19, 2008

I ran a Google search for "Ron Paul Indiana Ballot" and found this article Indiana Works to Get Ron Paul on Ballot. It was posted yesterday. It goes into great detail what every one can do to get Ron Paul on the ballot in time for the Indiana primary May 6th.

Although the information seems correct, the author, Bob Minarik, missed a little bit of research--the signatures have already been collected!

According to the RonPaulForums.com, the Indiana signature drive has been running strong since November.

Nilson Clark of the Michiana Meet Up group #209 reports at 3:19 p.m. Jan 18. that all the signatures have been collected. A few days ago, when I first researched this, district #5 (of Indiana's nine districts) was the only one that was short. Apparently that's no longer the case. I held off reporting that until the situation stabilized.

From our previous emails, Nilson is pretty knowledgeable and realistic. He did his research and reported this to his group:

I just got off the phone with John Downey, the guy responsible for obtaining ballot access here in Indiana. He said that every district is in the clear!

I told him that we still have a bunch of signatures to turn in, and he said to go right on ahead, it's better to be safe than sorry. So this is for everyone that has collected any signatures: Please turn them in to your county clerk's office by February 12th, preferably at least a week before. Ask them to verify them while you're still there, and once they've done this, get the signature sheet back and find a way to get it to either Ray Jensen or myself, as we'll be FedExing them down to Indy. If you don't know where the county clerk's office is in your particular county and can't find it online, email me, I'll help you find it.

So the signatures have been collected. They just have to be turned in. There is plenty of time, but using FedEx can't hurt.

Mr. Minarik seems like an enthusiastic supporter. But I urge all the grass roots to do their homework and verify their information. I had to update my article about the Rhode Island ballot access several times, until I knew it was final.

As I've stated in previous articles, if you want to help the campaign effort, contact your local Meet Up group or your state Ron Paul 2008 campaign office, if one exists. They will give you all sorts of ways to help your candidate. They're in the best position to tell you what's needed. If you've maxed out your amount of direct contributions, you might want to look at some advertising efforts that are counted as "independent expenditures", such as the Ron Paul Blimp or Utah Newspaper Ads, both of which I've previous written about.

Getting hundreds of more signatures in Indiana won't be a good use of time.

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