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To: BenLurkin
Let’s hope there is NEVER on-line voting for any public office.

Boulder Weekly: Many of your supporters are of the young Internet generation. How do you think this happened and what are you expecting from them as the primaries and election get closer?

Ron Paul: What we're expecting is that they'll all get registered and vote! Then we're gonna change the rules and have voting only on the Internet, then we're gonna win! It's pretty amazing, some people think we started off with a plan.
Ron Paul
Boise Weekly, 11-14-07


26 posted on 01/03/2008 7:47:13 AM PST by SJackson (If 45 million children had lived, they'd be defending America, filling jobs, paying SS-Z. Miller)
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To: SJackson

The rest of the article says:

“We always had the intention and knew that the Internet would be a good source for support, we could get some attention and maybe even raise some money. It didn’t come about the way we thought it might, it came about that people heard the message and read about it almost faster than we could put it out, and they loved it and started organizing. We have the Meetup groups and Facebook and all these people started getting together and talking about it. It struck a chord with so many young people, so they more or less created the campaign. There are so many independent groups making signs and putting up billboards and starting the “Ron Paul Revolution.” It was spontaneous. It didn’t come from the campaign, but of course, we were quite willing to tap into it and communicate with them and it turned out to be a great fundraiser. People thought young people weren’t going to donate, but college students started to donate. One college group just went around to other colleges and raised almost $100,000. It is pretty amazing, and the question always is “Why?”...”

Don’t take it out of context. RP doesn’t think that there will be actual voting on the internet. What he is saying is that he can get more visibility on the internet and then people can vote be donating money to the candidate that is more to there views. If anything, he would like paper not internet for people to actually vote - so there would be a record.


29 posted on 01/03/2008 7:55:14 AM PST by tmp02
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