Illinois Republican Party to conduct online straw poll - Starts toady

[bluesc]

Posting in GRC for exposure..


The Illinois Republican Party is conducting its first statewide online straw poll starting today.

Via the Internet, Illinois voters will have the opportunity to have their votes counted on who they prefer to be president, according to a news release from the DeKalb County Republican Central Committee.

Online voting opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 7 p.m. Nov. 5. Voting can be done by visiting http://www.illinoisstrawpoll.com/. The results from the straw poll will be announced at a special event to be held Nov. 5 at the GOP Headquarters in Chicago.

Voters who wish to participate in online voting must be Illinois residents with an Illinois ZIP code and must have a credit/debit card. A contribution of $5 to the Illinois Republican Party to help defray the cost of the straw poll will be required, according to the news release.

Contributions will also help the DeKalb County Republican Central Committee. Counties will be identified by ZIP code and will receive 50 percent of the proceeds of all votes cast within ZIP codes in DeKalb County. Those funds can be used to assist local candidates running in November 2012, according to the news release.

[TexMac]

bump!

[kusok]

*has an internal struggle about maybe attempting to vote thou not a resident of Illinois*


:D

[Crystallas]

This email confirms that you have made a contribution in the amount of $5 on Oct 29, 2011 to:

2012 Illinois Republican Pre-Presidential Straw Poll - Illinois Republican Party

Illinois Republican Party
P.O. BOX 64897
Chicago, IL 60664

State Board of Elections ID: [or FEC ID]: FEC Committee ID: C00005926

Your payment has been confirmed and your transaction confirmation number is: fa9a291650855

[TexMac]

So, you send in a contribution along with your vote? Is that how it works?

[bluesc]

So, you send in a contribution along with your vote? Is that how it works?

You choose your candidate and contribute $5 to confirm. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes for Illinois residents who can spare the money :D.

[Crystallas]

So, you send in a contribution along with your vote? Is that how it works?

Yep. The closest physical poll location is 45 minutes away from me, so I just did it online. Cheaper than paying $25+ for other straw poll tickets, so I hope its worth it.

[TexMac]

I hope you guys win!

[TwoJ]

Illinois residents only? Bummer. Hopefully some people see this and vote, the 5$ is cheap for a straw poll

[Crystallas]

Yeah, *friendly bump*

Need more IL support.

[Aratus]

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[Aratus]

yep

[ivflight]

What would I be buying for $5?

[rp08orbust]

I'm in IL. Usually when I get this stuff in the mail the first thing I do is look to see if they want money, and if they do I trash it.

What would I be buying for $5?

If Herman Cain wins the straw poll, there will be fireworks, a parade of Clydesdales and endless talk about how the Cain Train rolls on in spite of the "liberal" attacks on his character. $5 buys us some Ron Paul black-out time instead.

[Cap'n Crunk]

Voted. I'll work on getting more votes later today.

[MJU1983]

Hmmmmm, maybe I can get my sister and her husband to vote...they are IL residents.

[Aratus]

^this^

[ivflight]

Ok, I cast my $5 vote.

[dante]

My wife and I each voted yesterday!

[smokemonsc]

"Success!
Your vote for Ron Paul has been recorded.

Your contribution was processed Successfully."

:)