The UCLA Rally from my point of view

[sailingaway]

I have to second both how well the voter registration was in line and how little the students know about it. We must have been asked a dozen times or more if we had registered by people with clipboards and forms, PLUS there were tables with voter registration signs and people registering people. The BAD news is two students ahead were talking about registering and one said he had registered through 'the Ron Paul club' but that he got a form in the mail 'saying to check the information and send it back'. At this a group of 6 or 8 behind us started asking 'you have to send it back? Because I don't think I have it any more' and some in there were saying 'one vote isn't going to matter anyhow...' and others were arguing it would.

So, lots of confusion on the 'what it takes to vote' side of things.

Also, I got email when the venue changed, and text and a voice mail reminders of the event, so one assumes that has been added to GOTV as well.

The good news on my side is I think I have my Mom convinced to vote for him now, in the primary at least. She liked the civil liberties stuff. Frankly, I think he should spend more time on that particularly in front of students....

[Tiso0770]

Isn't the UC Berkeley Rally tonight???.

[DBJl4l4]

Ron Paul at UCLA with 12,000 friends.

[dannno]

Did someone really report a few dozen? Love a link.

lol, ya that would be worthy of an email bomb.

[dannno]

I can vouch for the line being AT LEAST as long as what was in the picture below, though maybe some can vouch for it being longer at some point. This was when the stadium was already more than half full, around 8:10 or so.

It was also at least 3 or 4 people wide, not a single file line by any means.

[PolicyReader]

Great job with the voter registration drive. I saw a lot of people filling out registration forms.

To me, that's a good and bad thing because it shows that a lot of people didn't know they had to register Republican. I talked to an undergrad there who knew everything about Ron Paul and when I asked if he was registered Republican, he said no because its too late. He thought it takes a year to get the registration forms processed.

The problem is that young students have never voted before so they do not know what the process is and there's really no where to find it online. They check DailyPaul everyday but the DP never posts registration information on their main page. The Ron Paul Facebook pages or the Ron Paul main website don't post registration information either.

Even at the rally, the intro speaker told everyone to register Republican but didn't explain it in detail. If people didn't know they had to register Republican, they probably don't know what it means. We might think it's obvious what it means but to someone getting involved politically for the first time and have never registered before, that probably just flew over their head. The undergrad I spoke to was walking by all the staff trying to get people registered and he never stopped to pick up a form even though he wasn't registered.

Great work though because this is what was needed to be done and good idea passing out the list of Central Committee candidates so people know who to vote for.

Quoted because it's worth noting again. If anyone has any connections to RP websites getting the word out on how to register and where you still can would be a great move.

Also THANK YOU for all the voting registration done there! Well done LA grassroots.

I'd also like to note that as mentioned CA is huge so pop % matters, but you know what else matters? Party %.
CA is not only huge it is hugely Dem and no one but Paul has the chance to pull in voters who'd otherwise stand outside the party in CA. This is an untapped advantage and not to be undersold. Get 5-15% to cross over for the vote in those overwhelmingly Dem CDs and we have ourselves a victory there each CD and each delegate matters, we can have a strong showing in CA on our way to Tampa



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The good news on my side is I think I have my Mom convinced to vote for him now, in the primary at least. She liked the civil liberties stuff. Frankly, I think he should spend more time on that particularly in front of students....

+rep for the new vote
Also agreed if Paul will focus more on civil liberties to the collage crowds and honestly in states/areas that have a strong Dem presence (remember where the talking points for the party stand, many Dems still think their leadership really stand for CivLib just like many Repubs still think their leadership really stand for Conservatism ) Obamny stands for the Party Bosses on each side of the isle, Paul stands for the voters on each side of the isle (many of them just don't understand that yet)

[PolicyReader]

A little something I found floating around

[eleganz]

I just wanted to say I had a few media cards to play and will definitely be playing them well.

[seawolf]

Thank you eleganz for all of your hard work. I am so proud of the UCLA Turnout and yes probably even more at the amazing turnout at CSU-Chico on Tuesday Night.

Ron Paul has got to get Offical Offices established in California and come back time and time again. He can definitely do very very well in the Golden State if the effort is made and the money is raised to do just that!!!

All, Please Pledge to Donate on April 15th for the In-It-To-Win-It Money Bomb!!!

[RDM]

Great job with the voter registration drive. I saw a lot of people filling out registration forms.

To me, that's a good and bad thing because it shows that a lot of people didn't know they had to register Republican. I talked to an undergrad there who knew everything about Ron Paul and when I asked if he was registered Republican, he said no because its too late. He thought it takes a year to get the registration forms processed.

The problem is that young students have never voted before so they do not know what the process is and there's really no where to find it online. They check DailyPaul everyday but the DP never posts registration information on their main page. The Ron Paul Facebook pages or the Ron Paul main website don't post registration information either.

Even at the rally, the intro speaker told everyone to register Republican but didn't explain it in detail. If people didn't know they had to register Republican, they probably don't know what it means. We might think it's obvious what it means but to someone getting involved politically for the first time and have never registered before, that probably just flew over their head. The undergrad I spoke to was walking by all the staff trying to get people registered and he never stopped to pick up a form even though he wasn't registered.

Great work though because this is what was needed to be done and good idea passing out the list of Central Committee candidates so people know who to vote for.

I thought the Youth for Ron Paul Groups that were to be located all over the country were to be trained and doing this. Obviously, all they were taught to do was organize sign waves and encourage students to go to Ron Paul rallies.