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tekkierich
10-01-2007, 12:57 AM
What happened?

http://ohiogop.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=1594
Fred Thompson 33%
Rudy Giuliani 24%
Mitt Romney 17%
John McCain 11%
Mike Huckabee 7%
Sam Brownback 4%
Duncan Hunter 2%
Ron Paul 1%
Tom Tancredo 1%
Trassin
10-01-2007, 01:02 AM
How the hell? Did they restrict who could vote or did this just some how go completely unnoticed by every Ron Paul supporter in the state?
Man from La Mancha
10-01-2007, 01:06 AM
You have to realize Ohio is one of the most corrupt states in the USA when it comes to voting.

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tekkierich
10-01-2007, 01:10 AM
They make no mention here of when this happened or the methodology.

Also are Ohio folks knowledgeable of the registration deadline FAST approaching? October 9th!
1000-points-of-fright
10-01-2007, 09:21 AM
What registration deadline? You don't need to register for a party in Ohio. When you vote in their primary you automatically become registered with that party.
Bradley in DC
10-01-2007, 09:23 AM
You have to realize Ohio is one of the most corrupt states in the USA when it comes to voting.

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That is completely untrue (former Ohio poll captain here).
FrankRep
10-01-2007, 09:43 AM
You had to donate money to the GOP to vote. That's BS.

Money making scheme.
Cjays
10-01-2007, 10:06 AM
I didn't even know about that poll.
lasenorita
10-01-2007, 06:53 PM
Wish I would have known about the poll. Just as well, though. My donation will go to the campaign instead. :)
Pete
10-01-2007, 07:23 PM
From the ronpaul2008 website, I saw that OH was still open as of 9/24, but when I went to vote (on the 27th I think) it was closed!

I don't think Ron Paul appeared on the ballot. On a Yahoo search for "ohio gop straw poll ron paul", I get this as entry #2:


The Straw Poll Vote-Counting Controversy: Ron Paul rEVOLution
Straw Polls. The Campaign. Recent Posts. The Straw Poll Vote ... Parker Chandler on Ohio GOP Excludes Ron Paul from its List of Presidential Candidates ...
ronpaul.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/08/the-straw-poll-.html - 27k - Cached



The website is dead.
allyinoh
10-01-2007, 07:28 PM
You had to donate money to the GOP to vote. That's BS.

Money making scheme.


You had to donate money to the GOP along with the fact that it was online so anyone could have voted even outside Ohio.

I am disgusted by the Ohio GOP.
Man from La Mancha
10-01-2007, 07:37 PM
You had to donate money to the GOP along with the fact that it was online so anyone could have voted even outside Ohio.

I am disgusted by the Ohio GOP. if we knew it's what we do best at:mad:

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allyinoh
10-01-2007, 07:47 PM
if we knew it's what we do best at:mad:

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I am from Columbus where the GOP is at and I didn't even know... that's gotta tell you something.
Electrostatic
10-01-2007, 07:49 PM
He wasn't on the ballot... They tried the same crap in WA at the state fair, even going so far as to call the cops on RP supporters.
allyinoh
10-01-2007, 07:50 PM
He wasn't on the ballot... They tried the same crap in WA at the state fair, even going so far as to call the cops on RP supporters.

You know, that makes sense because actually, if I'm thinking of the right one, you had to donate first before you voted and you couldn't even see who was on it..

Wow, yeah I think that was it. It was on our meetup page... What slimy *@#$#$&!@#$&!@#$ lol...
lasenorita
10-02-2007, 06:18 PM
I don't think Ron Paul appeared on the ballot.
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ronpaul.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/08/the-straw-poll-.html

The website is dead.

Here's the saved version of the page: Ohio GOP Excludes Ron Paul from its List of Presidential Candidates (http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:ePlr6vTzC1sJ:ronpaul.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/08/ohio-gop-exclud.html+http://ronpaul.typepad.com&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a)

The post was back in August however, and it was referring to the Ohio GOP blog. I checked the site and there is a "Paul for President (http://www.ronpaul2008.com/)" link now available.

And I'm pretty sure that Congressman Paul's name was on the ballot. If you look at the straw poll results (http://www.ohiogop.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=1594), Ron Paul receives at least 1% of the votes.

Anyways, if that result was supposed to be a major downer, it's had the opposite effect (at least on me). Think about it. There's millions of people out there who haven't heard Ron Paul's message of liberty and peace, let alone his name! We've got lots to work on, and I'm excited! :D