Maine GOP town chair says Ron Paul has big lead in caucus

...Please post the results here as many of us DO NOT DO FACE(CIA)BOOK.

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Photograpy/videography of people in a public place where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy isn't a violation of the law.

The key is "reasonable expectation of privacy". If I invaded your home with camera, that would be in violation. If I took video of you while we both happened to be strolling on the public sidewalk, in most cases there would be no violation of privacy.

People standing outside the caucus venue, on indisputably public property would not be in violation as long as they didn't disrupt and didn't block ingress/egress.

That said, the best way to document is to require that the tallies be announced to all who are present and voting. That way, each delegate is a witness to the final vote totals...this has been recommended by the people organizing the Ron Paul campaign in Maine.

The way it's been working, at least in some locations, is that any news media is asked to leave just prior to the vote...but there is no reason the tally cannot be announced to all the delegates, at which point it becomes public knowledge.

First, congratulate me for getting kicked out of Jews for Ron Paul after defending this website for supporting Palestine.

Second, Maine GOP executive committee and all county committees are backing Mitt Romney. They intend to elect as many town chairs, delegate chairs and county chairs as possible to help elected all national delegates to convention, as they successfully did in 2008.

Third, the brown envelops that have the caucus instructions and reporting forms are being withheld from any potential Ron Paul supporters and have been sent only to Mitt supporters, or nobody at all.

4. Case in point, Waterville City GOP chair, Andy Roy has been ignored by the county and state committee and Kim Pettengill, Kennebec County state committeewoman, sent the brown envelop to Neal Patterson who did not show up at the last city caucus where Andy Roy was elected and chosen to run for Waterville mayor.

5. Case in point, if you look at Monday 1/31/12 Morning Sentinel, front page center, observe color photo of the same Kim Pettengill (above) supervising the Fairfield GOP caucus.
Remember, Kim lives in Kennebec County, and Fairfield is Somerset. What was she doing there, she organized it to make sure that Mitt shitts got elected to chairs.

6. Who did Kim Pettingill send the brown packet to in Waterville? Why Neal Patterson, of course, the 2008 Waterville delegate chair who refused to seat me at the 2008 Maine state convention. Neal is a counterfeit Ron Paul supporter. He will see that Colby students get all delegate and alternate seats to convention, and none of them will attend. He and Kim Pettingill will then replace them with Mitt Shitts. DDSOS. Remember, we killed in 2008 presidential preference,and got skunked in national delegates.

7. Who else is going along with this charade. I worked with Armand Madore on the Jerry Browne campaign in 1980. Many believed that Armand was, in fact, a republican hoping to nominate the weakest dimdem candidate. It mattered little to me or anyone else. 32 years later, who gets appointed Maine Campaign Chair for Ron Paul - Armand's brother, Paul Madore. Who does he hire to staff Falmouth HQ, a crew of sissyboy carpetbaggers from south of the border. What do they know about Maine GOP politics and caucus, absolutely nothing. How is it that in 2008, two guns from Lewiston were hired to head the campaign first district - John Michael and Stavros Mendros. Where did they find Madore - Lewiston. What party dominates Lesiston/Auburn?

First, congratulate me for getting kicked out of Jews for Ron Paul after defending this website for supporting Palestine.

Second, Maine GOP executive committee and all county committees are backing Ron Paul. They intend to elect as many town chairs, delegate chairs and county chairs as possible to help elected all national delegates to convention, as they successfully did in 2008.

Third, the brown envelops that have the caucus instructions and reporting forms are being withheld from any potential Ron Paul supporters and have been sent only to Mitt supporters, or nobody at all.

4. Case in point, Waterville City GOP chair, Andy Roy has been ignored by the county and state committee and Kim Pettengill, Kennebec County state committeewoman, sent the brown envelop to Neal Patterson who did not show up at the last city caucus where Andy Roy was elected and chosen to run for Waterville mayor.

5. Case in point, if you look at Monday 1/31/12 Morning Sentinel, front page center, observe color photo of the same Kim Pettengill (above) supervising the Fairfield GOP caucus.
Remember, Kim lives in Kennebec County, and Fairfield is Somerset. What was she doing there, she organized it to make sure that Mitt shitts got elected to chairs.

6. Who did Kim Pettingill send the brown packet to in Waterville? Why Neal Patterson, of course, the 2008 Waterville delegated chair who refused to seat me at the 2008 Maine state convention. Neal is a counterfeit Ron Paul supporter. He will see that Colby students get all delegate and alternate seats to convention, and none of them will attend. He and Kim Pettingill will then replace them with Mitt Shitts. DDSOS. Remember, we killed in 2008 presidential preference,and got skunked in national delegates.

7. Who else is going along with this charade. I worked with Armand Madore on the Jerry Browne campaign in 1980. Many believed that Armand was, in fact, a republican hoping to nominate the weakest dimdem candidate. It mattered little to me or anyone else. 32 years later, who gets appointed Maine Campaign Chair for Ron Paul - Armand's brother, Paul Madore. Who does he hire to staff Falmouth HQ, a crew of sissyboy carpetbaggers from south of the border. What do they know about Maine GOP politics and caucus, absolutely nothing. How is it that in 2008, two guns from Lewiston were hired to head the campaign first district - John Michael and Stavros Mendros. Where did they find Madore - Lewiston. What party dominates Lesiston/Auburn?

The actual selection of delegates to the national won't occur until May, at the Maine state convention.

The votes for candidates at each town caucus is a "preference vote" and means nothing, really. It's just an indication of who is there.

The real story is who elects delegates to the state convention.

And, it's not really closed in Maine until March. One or a few towns are holding off till then to hold their caucuses.

No, the 20 year old is not a joke. You have something against young people? Do you like older people in charge? How is that working out for you?

Yes, the votes are being announced, if the Ron Paul people have anything to say about it...they've been well trained and many of the people were thru this last time around.

...we have probably a 50/50 split on the state committee if not more up here. Our eyes are on it. We are doing our best. Ron Paul can and will win Maine!

The GOP in Maine stated that the results will be kept secret until Feb 11th, THAT is what I was questioning! Where will these votes be kept for 2 weeks & WHO is watching them? In IOWA, votes were lost, missing, NOT counted & IMO - In 2 weeks, ALOT can happen & will!

Thanks - :)

We are screaming bloody murder, contacting media, and doing everything we can.

It's also quite possible that traffic will be so bad on Saturday evening near the Adelson school that no one will be able to get near it.