Posted by Deb Wells on 10/09/09 5:20 PM Last updated 10/29/09 8:43 PM [Newer: Liberty & Freedom Candidates Win Elections] [Older: Timeline: War & Peace]

Since Ron Paul's Audit the Fed bill was introduced, you've reached millions of Americans through phone calls, mailings, radio and television interviews, letters to the editors, emails, social networking sites, door-to-door canvassing, booths at fairs, gun shows and music festivals, and a host of other local events and activities in communities around the country.

Then we turned up the heat.  You put the pedal to the metal, shifted gears and took aim at the Senate.

You made your voices heard loud and clear by calling your Senators and attending Town Hall events, and collected petition signatures for the cause at every possible event.  Then on September 15, you hand-delivered thousands upon thousands of petitions to Senators across the country, making S.604 Mass Action Day a resounding success!

There are currently 30 co-sponsors in the Senate!!

To make it interesting, Campaign for Liberty held a competition.

The following individuals gathered the most signatures on petitions in their states.  They not only win our respect, gratitude, and admiration, they've won a copy of Ron Paul's new book End the Fed and a pocket Constitution, both bearing Congressman Ron Paul's autograph!

A big shout out to Debi Longarello in Florida, Rob Bulas in Ohio and Brent Roos in Illinois for collecting 1,000 or more petitions! 

Please join me in congratulating all of the following Patriots:

And now, for the state that collected the most signatures as a percentage of population:

WASHINGTON STATE

Members gathered a whopping 7,180 unique signatures!

Congratulations to Washington State who wins a $1,500 gift certificate to the Campaign for Liberty store!

Here's how the winner was calculated:  Unique signatures gathered divided by total 2008 est. population.  The winner is based on percent of total population, which is why Washington State edged out Florida for first place. (Although in some cases, twice as many petitions were actually delivered, unique signatures were used in the actual calculation.)

The state of Minnesota came in second with 3,000 unique signatures!

The state of Michigan came in third with 5,622 signatures!

A special shout out to Florida who gathered the most unique signatures with 10,160!

All of these states deserve a big round of applause for getting over 250 unique signatures on Mass Action Day:

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING S.604 MASS ACTION DAY A BIG SUCCESS!!

Keep up the great work!  Let's get a majority in the Senate to co-sponsor!

Posted 10/09/09 5:22 PM VictimOfFeds San Clemente, CA

Why isn't this thing passed yet?

Posted 10/09/09 7:11 PM DemonHunter1989 Great Falls, VA

my senator mark warner still hasn't signed. i've written three letters too (although pre-written). he has shown his true colors. i guess i can't do too much damage to him since i would never vote for that guy to begin with, him being a party-line democrat.

Posted 10/09/09 7:58 PM Josiah Keller Hillsboro, WI

Wait, does the first list mean that over half of the states didn't collect signatures?

Posted 10/09/09 8:17 PM Jonathan Kovaciny Mankato, MN

Don't quit! Printable 10-line petitions for H.R.1207 and S.604: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=21519

Posted 10/09/09 9:14 PM Scott D Chicago, IL

Awesome Job Illinois! Bret Roos is an ANIMAL!

Posted 10/10/09 12:00 AM MarkCrossEA Kissimmee, FL

Congratulation to everyone in Florida who participated. You all did a great job!

Posted 10/10/09 12:47 AM ChrisAlterio Edgewater, FL

Great job to everyone! Keep the pressure on your Senators with phone calls, emails, faxes, snail mail, petition signatures, and if need be find out the your Senator's Legislative Director's contact info in D.C. and try to set up conference calls. Don't stop until they either cosponsor S. 604 or are removed from office.

Posted 10/10/09 02:10 AM foleymo Seattle, WA

Way to go Washington!

Posted 10/10/09 06:55 AM MichaelBarry Sebring, FL

I think we put in a respectable effort in Florida, but does this list mean that as many as 33 states collected fewer than 250 unique signatures? How many signatures were accumulated on the Home Page? Was low petition activity in some states related to the fact that both Senators of that state were already on board?

Posted 10/10/09 12:20 PM Deb Wells Kansas City, MO

Both Senators have cosponsored in some states, a few states are not yet fully organized, and some either chose not to report their number of signatures, or were unable to collect numbers in time to announce. Over 160 thousand petitions were delivered to the Hill by headquarters. It is difficult to estimate the total delivered to regional offices (although it appears that at least as many, if not more, were delivered regionally on Mass Action Day). Members are continuing to deliver signed petitions to regional offices, some on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. We can't let up. Many more petitions, letters, faxes and phone calls are needed in order to get a majority to cosponsor in the Senate.

Posted 10/14/09 3:12 PM Pete Chamberlain Lakewood, WA

It's a shame we didn't acknowledge individual signature gatherers in Washington State, else we'd have a few people on that first list as well! However, what happened in so many states? I know this result needs positive spin, but considering the number of 'members' we have, these are really pretty dismal. Still, I guess it makes a difference. My senator, Patty Murray, recently sent out an email excited that she had over 6000 signatures for a socialist healthcare petition. We out-petitioned her. Her staffers were impressed by the huge stack! If we use the assessments given by Rothfeld, etc. at the trainings, is the Fed issue really growing our organization? I hope.

Posted 10/19/09 11:59 PM BrendonDeMeo North Chelmsford, MA

It's also hard to get people motivated in soem states. For example, in Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy died anbd that left John Kerry. Kerry won't sign it, I don't think he would even if every MA citizen signed the petition. He wins every election by a serious margin no matter what he does because he is a friend of the Kennedy's. The guy is also a Bilderberger and a huge Obama supporter. I'm not saying we shouldn't get them in MA, I did myself, but it's extremely hard to get people motivated to do that here. HR1207 is also dying out here, we've sent gazillions to our remaining 9 congressmen out of 10 who haven't cosponsored. No luck.

Posted 11/01/09 7:51 PM TCamMass new bedford, MA

So, the question is, how do we get ppl motivated? How do we convince ppl that the fight for liberty is in their best intrest? We have to start somewhere.