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Nevada Republican Convention Chairman Bob Beers commits Fraud against Ron Paul?
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 2008-05-03 08:45.
Ron Paul Nevada Delegates Voted to National Convention before Recess FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Nevada State Republican Convention was called to an abrupt halt on Saturday, after delegates supporting Texas Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul were elected to the 2008 Republican National Convention. Prior to the recess, the John McCain campaign asked for and was not granted a recess to meet with their delegates. In response, Convention Chairman Bob Beers unexpectedly announced that the contract on the convention hall had expired and the convention would be reconvened at some future date. The Ron Paul campaign is confident that the Nevada State Republican Party will ensure that the votes cast by of all of the delegates at the April 26th Nevada State Republican Convention will be respected. By the time of the recess, voting for three national delegates from Congressional District 1 and from Congressional District 3 apiece had been completed. Beers himself read off the ballots for Congressional District 1 which resulted in the election of Senator John Ensign, Danny Tarkhenian, and Chris Dyer as national delegates. Dave Gibbs, member of the Clark County GOP Executive Board who also observed the vote counting, shook Dyer’s hand and congratulated him on his election. Dyer is a committed Paul supporter. In Congressional District 3, Ron Paul supporters Arden Osborne, Carl Bunce, and Elizabeth BelCastro were elected, followed by Bruce Woodbury, the County Commissioner for Clark County. State Senator Barbara Cegavske, a candidate for national delegation in her Congressional District, initialed the credential badges of state delegates as they cast their votes and observed the vote counting. In Congressional District 2, Congressman Dean Heller was in the lead, followed closely by Paul supporters Robert Terhune, Pat Kerby, and Marla Criss. When the count was halted, the remaining (approximately 50%) of the uncounted ballots were placed into seven sealed envelopes, signed by supporters of both John McCain and Ron Paul, and deposited in a safe at the Peppermill Casino in Reno. The Ron Paul campaign obtained Xerox copies of the signatures and drivers licenses of those who signed the sealed envelopes and deposited them in the safe. |
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Republican party walks out of its own convention to stop Ron Pau
Just how scared are the Republicans of Ron Paul? Apparently insanely scared if they are starting to walk out (and shutdown) their own conventions so his delegates don't get elected...
For more details of the Nevada Republican Convention fiasco of 2008
M.J. Taylor
Publisher
from Reason to Freedom
An account by R. Bunce delegate to Convention
Why isn't the mainstream media picking up on this?
Account of Ron Paul supporter:
cbunce: (Here is your Scoop!) What really happened at the Nevada GOP Convention....
The person walking from the counting room took a straight line to State Chairwoman Sue Lowden, leaning over and whispering into her ear. After the person walked off Sue sat there for about 30 seconds tapping her foot and then stood up and walked over to Commissioner Woodbury who was sitting in front of me, leaning over she said, "If we can break Quorum, can we invalidate this?" After saying this rather loudly and glancing at the expression on my face she quickly quieted down and I was unable to hear the rest of the conversation.
[Thanks for the link. --Ed.]
URGENT Nevada Convention Update
URGENT CONVENTION UPDATE!
May 20, 2008 10:43 am EST
Anonymous Donor Offers Turn-key Convention to Nevada State GOP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- May 20, 2008
RENO, NV—The Ron Paul campaign has learned that apparently an anonymous Republican donor in Washoe County sent a letter to the State Republican GOP Chairwoman Sue Lowden, informing Ms. Lowden that they have booked a room and arranged a turn-key convention at the Grand Sierra Resort in an attempt to help the Nevada Republican Party reconvene the recessed Nevada State GOP convention.
"The Ron Paul campaign is not responsible in any way for this donation," said Jeff Greenspan, Southwest Regional Coordinator for the Ron Paul campaign. The Ron Paul campaign has learned that the letter offering the use of this facility to Ms. Lowden was sent on Thursday, May 15th. "We only learned late Thursday afternoon that apparently this letter was sent. However, from the campaign's perspective, this seems to be a great opportunity to resolve the situation that occurred on April 26th in a satisfactory manner for everyone."
The anonymous donor has reserved the Grand Ballroom at the
Grand Sierra Resort on Saturday, June 7th, for the entire day, and is offering the use of the room to the Nevada State GOP. The room has been equipped to accommodate the needs and requirements of the nearly 1,400 delegates to the State Convention. [The donor expressed to Nevada4RonPaul.com that they were willing to provide security as well as audio and lightning for the State Convention.] The use of this facility will be at no cost to the Party, as a result of this in-kind donation.
The Nevada State Republican Convention was recessed on April 26th. Ballot counting for national delegates from Congressional Districts 1 and 3 had been completed, but vote counting for Congressional District 2 was still in progress when the convention was recessed. At-large delegates still needed to be selected, and resolutions have not yet been passed.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/press-releases/324/anonymous-donor-offers-turn-key-convention-to-nevada-state-gop/
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Please NOTE: There is a difference between platform and resolutions. A platform was adopted on April 26, 2008.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
As of late Wed. May 21, the Party has not yet responded to this offer, so the date/location is not yet official!!
This is why we NEED YOUR HELP!!!
If you've been wondering what's going on and how you can help, this is it!
We need everyone to contact news agencies around the state of Nevada with this info.
Hopefully they received the press release, but we need to show them that it's both serious and important so that they run a story about the availability for June 7th.
Since this is rapidly approaching, we need you to act fast!
Here's what to do:
- Flood the newspapers, radio stations, TV stations, etc., in Nevada with requests to cover the story. Very politely ask them if they've heard of this story, and tell them that you think this is important. Please try to make at least three contacts-- if we all do that, they'll have to pay attention!
- Contact the state party HQ (and/or your county party HQ), and ask if they intend to take this offer. Again, be polite, and DO NOT talk about what candidate you support.
It is about holding a fair election, not about which candidate someone supports. The GOP promised to contact us the following week regarding reconviening the convention and still haven't...so now we are writing to and calling them.
Sue Lowden said:
"Currently the Nevada Republican Party is working hard to find the best possible way to complete our convention business with the selection of delegates to the National Convention. We will work from within our existing By-Laws, which state that the remaining business must be conducted in Washoe County. It is our sincere hope that once we determine the best way to complete our business for the 2008 State Convention, we will have maximum participation and the process will have taken its course in a fair and respectable manner."
It is obvious that a FREE convention (gifted venue, audio, lighting, security...everything taken care of) is DEFINATELY the best solution!
So let's make sure that Sue Lowden and other GOP officials are aware of the offer so that they can provide a means to "complete our business for the 2008 State Convention" in a "fair and respectable manner." (which is NOT by mail)
The idea is to create a buzz that can't be ignored. We want the convention back, and this is the way to get it.
Politely contact the media today:
Electric Nevada (Reno)
tartikoff@pt-net.net
Elko Daily Free Press (Elko)
775-738-3118
editor@elkodaily.com
Ely Daily Times (Ely)
(775) 289-4491
editor@elynews.com
Humboldt Sun, The (Winnemucca)
775-623-5011
editorial@humboldtsun.com
Lahontan Valley News and Fallon Eagle Standard (Fallon)
(775) 423-6041
sranson@lahontanvalleynews.com
Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas)
702-383-0211
tmitchell@reviewjournal.com
http://www.reviewjournal.com/about/print/press/news.html
Las Vegas Sun (Las Vegas)
(702) 385-3111
ellen.wager@lasvegassun.com
Nevada Appeal (Carson City)
(800) 221-8013
(775) 882-2111
bginter@nevadaappeal.com
Nevada Legal News (Las Vegas)
(702) 382-2747
ssibley@nevadalegalnews.com
Nevada Legal Press (Las Vegas)
775.751.0190
mail@nevadalegalpress.com
Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno)
775-788-6200
blove@rgj.com
adamon@rgj.com
Sparks Daily Tribune (Sparks)
(775) 358-8061
jkearney@dailysparkstribune.com
Beehive Standard Weekly (Las Vegas)
702-243-6793
http://beehivestandardweekly.com/pages/Contact-Us
Colorado River Weekender (Laughlin)
702-298-6090
weekender@laughlinentertainer.com
The Record Courier (Minden / Gardnerville)
775-782-5121
khildebrand@recordcourier.com
Reno News & Review (Reno)
(775) 324-4440
renonewstips@newsreview.com
Broadcast news sources
KLAS (Las Vegas)
(702) 225-5888
rcomings@klastv.com
KLVX (Reno)
702-799-1010 ext 5432
mjohnson@vegaspbs.org
KNPB (Reno)
775.784.4555
programming@knpb.org
KNPR (Las Vegas)
866-895-KNPR - (702) 258-5633
davebecker@knpr.org
KOLO (Reno)
775-858-8880
news@kolotv.com
KRNV (Reno)
(775) 785-1210
AssignmentEditors@KRNV.com
KTVN (Reno)
(775) 861-4290
producers@ktvn.com
KUNR (Reno)
(775) 784-1867
bbahouth@kunr.org
KVVU (Henderson)
702-436-8256
5newsdesk@kvvu.comParty Contacts
Nevada State Republican Party
(702) 258-9182
Info@NevadaGOP.org
Sue Lowden: chairman@nevadagop.org
[Thanks for the update ArtGoddess8. --MJ]