Countdown to Iowa Straw Poll

I just noticed something kinda neat: try searching for "Iowa straw poll" on google, and notice the first result given.

We can pray that everyone who lives in Iowa, and who is unhappy that the neo-cons have taken over the GOP, will go to the Straw Poll and vote for Ron Paul.

We can pray that democrats, independents, libertarians, constitutionalists, green party members, reform party members, etc. will go to the Straw Poll and vote for Ron Paul.

The battle is now!

Why does the Iowa Straw Poll Logo feature an ear of corn? Wouldn't a hay bale make more sense?

Tuesday, 07 August 2007
While the Iowa Republican party Straw Poll will capture votes on the same type of electronic voting machine that were decertified in California on Friday of last week and found to be "flawed" in a Florida study , party officials have stated that they have no plans to manually count the ballots.

"It is very concerning that there will be no checks and balances into the accuracy of this election," said a Ron Paul Meetup representative.

A recent "Red Team" report from the University of California found serious security vulnerabilities within the Optical Scan election system manufactured by Diebold, which is the same system to be used in the Iowa Straw Poll. The team's findings included:

I. The ability to "alter vote totals in order to change the vote results on the optical scan unit."

II. Two different means for gaining unauthorized access to the [GEMS] server that collects and tallies all of the votes collected from the optical scan units used on Election Day. This included "a remotely-accessible Windows account that can be accessed without the need to supply a password," allowing an outsider to log-in to the server.

III. The team was then able to use this unauthorized "access on the server to manipulate and corrupt GEMS databases [i.e. election results]."

All of the voting systems studied contained serious design flaws that have led directly to specific vulnerabilities, which attackers could exploit to affect election outcomes," California Secretary of State Bowen said.

more at link
http://www.ronpaulonline.com/content/view/183/127/

if they are willing to steal this country in front of our faces why not, i mean think about if we lose the overall fight for america and everything goes to hell in a hand basket, im sure you and your family will be forced to steal food or maybe even kill to protect your family, think about that, so in that regards stealing a bus ticket is the lesser of two weveals

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Thank you all for your support. My apologies to everyone who has written me emails, and written me comments that I have not responded to. It is not that I don't want to, of course! It is everything I can do to keep my job and this site together.

I just got back from a meetup in Harvard Square, Republic of Cambridge. One of the members of the Boston meetup group organized a public showing of Ron Paul DVDs! He bought a huge screen, and hooked up a projector and a laptop to a quiet portable generator, and we had a movie showing right there in Harvard Square. It was great! Lots of people stopped to watch, and we handed out lots of brochures & literature. Very interesting and exciting to get out to meet the people.

Please everyone, do what you can. This is our big chance to take the country back. Please do what you can: call, write letters, send money, adopt an Iowan. Who knows how far your influence might extend? As I've said before - it is not often that you get a chance to participate in a real, live revolution. And a not a bloody one - big bonus!

Thank you all.
Michael Nystrom

I emailed them as soon as I saw that idea. If we keep emailing them, well I would say it would be tough not to invite Dr. Paul on the show. As long as we are not too pushy and request with a please.

I also heard of a Straw Poll in Ft. Worth, Texas on Labor Day Weekend. Not sure that is correct but that could be a HUGE crowd!
Lot's of upset people down here. We need a Constitutional change.

I just spoke with Jen in Iowa, a few minutes ago. The Iowa DVD distribution is going wonderfully. And I must say, I was blown away when she told me that some of the out-of-state volunteers came from as far away as Tennessee and North Carolina just for the day to help distribute DVDs.

That is awesome! That is dedication, and passion. I am seeing more and more of it at every event, every meetup, and every rally across the country.

Freedom is popular, and it's popularity is gaining momentum.

Jen will have the day's recap posted on her blog later this evening... they are still distributing as I write this.

The Iowa Straw Poll Blog: http://theronpauladventure.wordpress.com/

I finally registered to this site been coming here for the last couple months. Great job and thank you for being another continued source for us to hear more about Ron Paul.

I think it's becoming more evident every day how powerful Ron Pauls message is take for example all the songs people are writing about Ron Paul like the new cheesy Ron Paul song featured on Ron Pauls You Tube page. When was the last time Bush or Clinton had a song written about them?

Iowa is going to be won I have confidence in the good people of Iowa and the surrounding areas you can do it!

Just finished sending out 100 letters to Iowans about the straw poll from the address list I got from the RP campaign, also added a slim jim to each letter.

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
Thomas Jefferson

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Like a snowball rolling down the side of a snow-covered hill:
It's growing. - Smokey Robinson

That has been Ron Paul's campaign history: it's growing, and gathering momentum every day.

I was mightily impressed with the Ames event on June 30th and how the thunder was stolen from the Iowans for Tax Relief; everybody--especially the Iowans--came through big time. The media noticed; Ed Failor quit the McCain campaign and the snowball gained more momentum.

I have every confidence the Iowans will do it again, and that Dr. Paul will do well in the Straw Poll in a few days. Even if he doesn't I won't be concerned; he is getting more and more light these days and that is a wonderful sign: the message is getting out and attracting more people. The revolution is alive, well and quite healthy. It can only continue to grow, no matter what the Iowa results may be.

But I sure hope he wins.