brumans
11-09-2007, 05:41 PM
To: All Michigan Ron Paul Supporters
Re: Help Save the Michigan Presidential Preference Primary!
Fr: Amy Hagerstrom, Chairperson, Michigan Ron Paul 2008
Committee
If the Michigan Presidential Preference Primary is NOT held,
Ron Paul will have NO chance of winning delegates to the
Republican National Convention. If this happens, all of our
efforts in Michigan will have been in vain.
On Tuesday the State Senate and House are scheduled to meet
to enact legislation that would salvage the January 15th
Presidential Primary which was declared “unconstitutional”
by Ingham Circuit Judge William Collette. The Judge ruled
that the provision in the primary law giving voter records
ONLY to the Republican and Democratic Parties amounted to
an appropriation of public property for private use, which
under the State Constitution requires a two-thirds majority
vote. The House vote on the Primary bill fell seven votes
short of that standard. Therefore, the Judge’s ruling
voided the Primary because the law made all provisions
nonseverable.
PLEASE contact your State Senator and State Representative
today!!
Here is a link to find your State Senator’s contact
information: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/
Here is a link to find your State Representative’s contact
information: http://www.house.michigan.gov/find_a_rep.asp
Ask YOUR legislators to do two things:
1. Support giving IMMEDIATE EFFECT to House Bill No. 4507
so that all the logistics connected with a Presidential
Primary can be accomplished in time for a January 15th
vote. Important: a 2/3 majority vote in the House is
necessary to give the bill Immediate Effect. Without 2/3
vote from the House the bill may be stalled until as late
as November 21 or even December 1.
2. Write a letter to the leadership of their respective
political parties (Republican or Democrat) urging them to
take part in the Primary.
If you have any questions, I can be reached at
1-517-410-8359.
Please act today!
[Adam adds: some talking points available at
http://savemichigansprimary.wordpress.com/ , also mention
that the early date gives Michigan voters a strong voice in
the primary regardless of how many delegates get to sit down
at the national convention; you the average voter won't get
to be a delegate but you want your voice heard in this
important primary.]
Re: Help Save the Michigan Presidential Preference Primary!
Fr: Amy Hagerstrom, Chairperson, Michigan Ron Paul 2008
Committee
If the Michigan Presidential Preference Primary is NOT held,
Ron Paul will have NO chance of winning delegates to the
Republican National Convention. If this happens, all of our
efforts in Michigan will have been in vain.
On Tuesday the State Senate and House are scheduled to meet
to enact legislation that would salvage the January 15th
Presidential Primary which was declared “unconstitutional”
by Ingham Circuit Judge William Collette. The Judge ruled
that the provision in the primary law giving voter records
ONLY to the Republican and Democratic Parties amounted to
an appropriation of public property for private use, which
under the State Constitution requires a two-thirds majority
vote. The House vote on the Primary bill fell seven votes
short of that standard. Therefore, the Judge’s ruling
voided the Primary because the law made all provisions
nonseverable.
PLEASE contact your State Senator and State Representative
today!!
Here is a link to find your State Senator’s contact
information: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/
Here is a link to find your State Representative’s contact
information: http://www.house.michigan.gov/find_a_rep.asp
Ask YOUR legislators to do two things:
1. Support giving IMMEDIATE EFFECT to House Bill No. 4507
so that all the logistics connected with a Presidential
Primary can be accomplished in time for a January 15th
vote. Important: a 2/3 majority vote in the House is
necessary to give the bill Immediate Effect. Without 2/3
vote from the House the bill may be stalled until as late
as November 21 or even December 1.
2. Write a letter to the leadership of their respective
political parties (Republican or Democrat) urging them to
take part in the Primary.
If you have any questions, I can be reached at
1-517-410-8359.
Please act today!
[Adam adds: some talking points available at
http://savemichigansprimary.wordpress.com/ , also mention
that the early date gives Michigan voters a strong voice in
the primary regardless of how many delegates get to sit down
at the national convention; you the average voter won't get
to be a delegate but you want your voice heard in this
important primary.]