{"id":218,"date":"2012-04-09T17:29:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T22:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/independentconservativevoters.com\/icv\/?p=218"},"modified":"2012-04-09T18:21:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T23:21:17","slug":"want-to-see-conservatives-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/independentconservativevoters.com\/icv\/2012\/04\/want-to-see-conservatives-elected.html","title":{"rendered":"Want to See Conservatives Elected?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Independent Conservative Voters <\/strong>is now accepting county volunteers in your state and in your specific county.\u00a0 The goal is to help us build a constitutional alternative to the current sorry slate of candidates we are faced with in the both the primary elections and the general election this November.\u00a0 The targets are local \u2013 school boards, city councils, county commissioners, state reps and senators, and US congressmen.\u00a0 No more than that.\u00a0 (That\u2019s enough, for now!)<\/p>\n

Take a Poll.\u00a0 <\/strong>You\u2019re not the only one in your county disgusted with the various shades of socialists and special interest candidates and plain old nincompoops who are on the ballot this year.\u00a0 In fact, you are in the majority<\/span>.\u00a0 I encourage you to take your own poll \u2013 ask 100 people if they think they have clear-cut choices between candidates in this election.\u00a0 Then you tell me \u2013 send me an e-mail and tell me your results \u2013 I am pretty sure that you\u2019ll find that your fellow citizens are as disgusted right now with politics-as-usual as you are.<\/p>\n

Form a Team.<\/strong>\u00a0 Ask them if they\u2019re interested in forming up a team of concerned voters to find alternative candidates, starting with the very next election at any level.\u00a0 This is to be a grass-roots effort, not controlled by any political party.<\/p>\n

Once you have a team \u2013 let us say a minimum of three voters \u2013 then you set about building that team up to a point where you have some voting clout.\u00a0 The three of you can easily recruit ten members each to come to a barbecue or a pot-luck or a restaurant and hear a speaker or a presentation on how they can start picking their own elected officials, instead of this lottery system now where the richest candidate usually wins, without regard to qualifications!<\/p>\n

And what does your team do?\u00a0 The first thing they agree to do is to vote as a bloc, wherever possible, for the best candidates, regardless of party affiliation.\u00a0 You and your two friends may not feel very powerful today, but next week, when you are looking at 20-30 concerned citizens, each capable of getting ten or more votes for a given candidate, you suddenly realize the power of \u201cme and my ten friends.\u201d\u00a0 In that first meeting you are looking at an impact on the next election of some 200-400 votes!\u00a0 Do you have any idea how many elections are decided by 100 or fewer votes?\u00a0 Many of them are determined by 20 votes.<\/p>\n

What are the criteria<\/strong> we look for in candidates?\u00a0 Let me assure you, the major parties have NO criteria at all!\u00a0 Seriously, if you want to run for anything, all you have to do is go put your name on the list and they\u2019ll take you.\u00a0 Now, if you\u2019re a part of the ruling elite, they\u2019ll throw their support your way, but if not, you can still run for anything.\u00a0 In fact, all rhetoric aside, both parties will support an enemy in order to prevent a true conservative from winning.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen this done over and over.<\/p>\n