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VOTE

by Mel on Jul 15, 2008 at 8:42 AM

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8 Responses to “VOTE”

  • RuralDem July 15, 2008

    Good luck to everyone! It looks like all of us on Facebook have either sent a message, created an event, or put VOTE TODAY for our status, haha.

  • odinseye2k July 15, 2008

    Got the joy of out-of-state ID with voting. Few people at my place, but lots of machines.

    Fun quote of the day, "I don't care where he's from, as long as he is who he is."

    Really tough making my final decision for Senate.

  • J.M. Prince July 15, 2008

    I got this notice from the Jim Powell campaign just about an hour ago. I'm posting it here in the interest of Justice, and because I think Mr. Powell has been wronged & injured by the process the SoS Karen Handel has pursued so far, especially in her 'secret ruling' which did not inform candidates of her actions until 'the last minute'. This does not constitute any candidate endorsement from me.

    But please pass this along to others in the interest of Justice & Fair play. Thanks again & Cheers,

    J.M. Prince

    [Below is Mr. Jim Powell's note in full with the relevant links]

    Here's the AJC story today:

    [http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/stories/2008/07/14/psc_candidate.html]

    "I would appreciate your help in getting this message out to as many

    Democrats as possible. Also, if anyone saw any notice regarding my

    disqualification today when they when they went to their precinct to

    vote, I need to know about it. We already have a number of examples

    and I am making a list for the Attorney General. Thanks. Jim.

    Friends

    In a partisan political move Secretary of State Karen Handel

    disqualified me as a candidate on Thursday, July 10th but failed to

    notify me. I heard about it on Sunday night from the rumor mill and

    called yesterday to confirm the rumor. My attorneys went to the

    Fulton County Superior Court and a Judge issued a Stay. After the

    election today, I will go back to the Superior Court and formally

    appeal Handel's decision. In her decision to disqualify me, Secretary

    Handel overturned a Judge's decision (June 24) that had already

    determined that I am a resident. This partisan action has received

    considerable play in the media and I just wanted to assure you that I

    am committed as ever to being elected to the Public Service Commission

    in November. In fact, Handel's decision has made me more determined

    if that is possible.

    So, the good news is that I am still a candidate and I expect to win

    today. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. Please remember to vote

    for me today in the Democratic Primary. Your support is very

    important to me.

    To help clarify the events, my son put up a post on last night that

    does a great job at articulating what happened yesterday. Please

    check it out: http://www.infoaccelerator.net/...dirty-georgia-politics

    Here is the link to the AJC article:

    http://www.ajc.com/...ries/2008/07/14/psc_candidate.html

    All 159 Election Boards have been ordered to remove all signs, posters

    or notices regarding the disqualification. When you go and vote today

    please look around to make sure this happened. Should you find any

    such sign, poster or notice that addresses the disqualification, I

    need to know about it ASAP.

    Regards, Jim".

    [END of Quote].

    Please see that this message gets out to everyone. Thanks. JMP

  • J.M. Prince July 15, 2008

    I've got a post waiting for moderation. Please approve it. Thanks. JMP

  • M_Combest July 17, 2008

    Jim Powell is a good guy- we met at the stonewall event and must say I was very impressed him his candor - his wife is very pleasant too.

  • M_Combest July 17, 2008

    Jim Powell is a good guy- we met at the stonewall event and must say I was very impressed with his candor - his wife is very pleasant too.

  • M_Combest July 17, 2008

    Jim Powell is a good guy- we met at the stonewall event and must say I was very impressed him his candor - his wife is very pleasant too.

  • Tim July 17, 2008

    agreed with M_C Jim is good people for sure. Very happy he walked away with his primary solidly in hand.

    He's been at nearly every Democratic event i've been to over the last 3 months.