Posted by Ike Hall on 02/03/09
Last updated 02/03/09

"What are these Precinct Mass Meetings for?"

The Precinct Mass Meeting is held for the purpose of nominating delegates from each precinct to each county's Republican Party convention on March 14. The precinct is the smallest political division in America and this is how your precinct is represented in the process. If your precinct is not represented here, it will be unrepresented throughout the convention process.

"What are we going to do there?"

Precinct Mass Meetings are rather simple affairs. All you have to do is meet with other people from your precinct and put your names on a form to nominate yourselves to the county convention. If you have the names, addresses and phone numbers of other people in your precinct who would be willing to go to the county convention, write them in, too!

Each precinct only gets a certain number of slots, but usually everyone who attends the precinct mass meeting will go to the county convention because the attendance is generally low. As such, they are a great opportunity to get involved with the selection of the leadership in the Republican Party at all levels.

At your county convention, and at the district and state conventions if you are chosen as a delegate, you will elect party leadership and vote on rules and resolutions. It truly is an opportunity to make your voice heard, far more than in the voting booth.

"Do we need to be registered Republicans to attend these meetings?"

There is no party registration in Georgia. But if by that you mean, do you have to be a dues-paying member of your county Republican Party, the answer is no. The convention process is open "to all qualified registered resident voters in the State of Georgia who believe in the principles of the Republican Party and support its aims and purposes". And do we ever, even if they don't!

Despite its flaws and poor leadership, despite the neocons and the RINOs and the globalists, we still believe the Republican Party can be the vehicle for bringing liberty back to America, but that will only be the case if we make it happen.

The precinct mass meetings are the first step. Please join us!

Posted 02/05/09 Rhettroactive Powder Springs, GA

Ike, I want to attend my precinct meeting but can't find where it is going to be held. Will you please email me and tell me how to find out. I went to the GOP page and couldn't find it. I'm in the 36th house & 37th senate district.Thanks Rhett: rhetttwynn@bellsouth.net

Posted 02/05/09 Rhettroactive Powder Springs, GA

Ike. Me again; I also would like to be briefed on what exactly I'm supposed to do at the precint meeting.thanks Rhett

Posted 02/05/09 Rhettroactive Powder Springs, GA

disregard the last question

Posted 02/22/09 desertmule57 Rockmart, GA

Hello, I'm new. Looks like the only one from Polk County. Look forward to finding out more. From Rockmart. Work for a company in Powder Springs.

Posted 03/09/09 badbob Jonesboro, GA

Interested in Badnarik's Constitution Class here in Atlanta-- Bob Holtzclaw Jonesboro

Posted 03/09/09 badbob Jonesboro, GA

Ike, where can I find out when and where the next Repubican meeting will be held in Clayton County? Bad Bob Jonesboro

Posted 12/12/09 biggfrny Smyrna, GA

Ike, I want to volunteer to help at the C4L Atlanta conference which is being held in January. You can contact me at either 770-342-9993 or gemarcus@hotmail.com

Posted 12/20/09 mlutman Woodstock, GA

Good afternoon Ike, I want to volunteer for the C4L Atlanta conference in January, 2010 in whatever capacity you need. You can contact me at 404-557-3234 or leatherneck3112@gmail.com.

Posted 12/27/09 Lauraann Maritta, GA

Hi Ike, I'd like to volenteer in the C4L Atl conference in January. I'm great at co-ordinating, greeting, organizing. I also can help in many other capacities, & am willing to do whatever you need. I also have a 7 person van if people need to go from place to place. Please let me know how I can help. Laura Leonard Flowercity@msn.com 770.645.0056

 
Posted by Ike Hall on 11/05/08
Last updated 11/05/08

A new party has won the White House, and I hope that you will join me in wishing Barack Obama good luck in his administration. With an economy tanking, with the specter of hyperinflation waiting in the wings, two wars raging in the Middle East and troops stationed around the globe, he's going to need it. I hope he chooses his cabinet wisely and makes his decisions with the Constitution in mind. It certainly appears that a yearning for change has swept the nation.

But in Georgia, not so much. All of the U.S. House races were won handily by the incumbents, regardless of party, and whether they voted for the bailout or not. However, Senator Saxby Chambliss appears, at this writing, to be headed for a recount and possibly a runoff against his Democratic challenger Jim Martin. The Libertarian candidate, Allen Buckley, covered the vote difference between the two major-party candidates.

What does this mean for the Campaign for Liberty in Georgia? It means that our work is cut out for us! We now have some important strategic considerations.

First of all, with our albeit minor efforts at publicizing Senator Chambliss' bailout vote, we have helped cause him political pain. Win or lose, no incumbent wants to face a runoff. Our Get Out The Vote efforts in the next few weeks, coupled with the continued chaos in the markets, will be crucial in determining whether Chambliss finally faces his deserved political demise. I encourage everyone to join me at the End the Fed protest at the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank on Saturday, November 22 to continue our good work in this regard. With the general election over, this may be our chance to get some attention.

Secondly, the Republican party is not so moribund in Georgia as one might think. John McCain won the state by over 200,000 votes, and no Republican incumbent U.S. House candidate even had a close contest. So our efforts to win Republicans over to the ideals of liberty should continue, and we still have much in common with the Republican base.

Thirdly, with the exception of the excellent showing by John Monds in the Public Service Commission District 1 race, no third-party candidate topped five percent of the vote totals. I wish the Libertarian Party the best in future elections, and I invite all LP members to join the Campaign for Liberty and work to affect real change within the prevailing paradigm.

There will be an extended honeymoon period with President Obama as well as the Democratic Congress. But I predict that as the death toll from America's foreign adventures continue to climb, as our taxes are raised, and the economy continues to sour due to the government's interventions, even Democrats will start to wonder what they have wrought. I hope I'm wrong and that the new administration starts on the path to peace overseas and the restoration of our civil and economic liberties at home. But in case that doesn't happen, we'll be ready, as always, to make a difference as only we can.

Yours in liberty,
Ike Hall

Posted 11/05/08 Bill Greene Braselton, GA

I'd like to take this opportunity to invite all those LP members that were PLEASED by the nomination of Bob Barr to join the Campaign for Liberty, too! :-)

Posted 11/05/08 Casey Tucker Milledgeville, GA

I voted Libertarian this year and also joined the Campaign for Liberty. I hope they can both work towards restoring our Government and our civil liberties. May all our efforts bring better fortune for 2010!

Posted 11/07/08 Break your chains Byron, GA

I found Monds/Everett race to be particularly interesting, and we should study it and learn from it. For one: I believe the major reason why John Monds did so well is likely due to the fact that he was the only opposition on the ballot to challenge the incumbent in that race. Had there been the usual Democrat/Republican choices, he'd have been swamped by voters who cannot think outside of the box. That's what happened to Mr. Givens (L), by no fault of his own. This brings up a good strategy, though. We need to pay careful attention to which incumbents go unopposed, and if those incumbents have a track-record that doesn't promote liberty's best interests, we should find someone willing to run against them, and promote, promote, promote. Sure, 33% of the vote, with over 1 million votes, is outstanding for any Libertarian. But, we have to consider the circumstances, as well. Monds may be encouraged enough to be willing to try running for an office again, in 2010, maybe for a position other than PSC. We should keep an eye on him.

Posted 11/14/08 Break your chains Byron, GA

Georgia's Write-in vote count is now listed on the sos.georgia.gov website. Chuck Baldwin: 3,693 Ralph Nader: 3,273 Visit the website to see a complete list of write-in candidate vote results.

Posted 11/26/08 ethanmaas Dublin, GA

since the runoff is between Martin and Chambliss, and Martin is a filthy crook almost as pro-death as Barack Obama, I'd have to stick with Saxby even though he did vote for the Bailout.

Posted 12/02/08 ethanmaas Dublin, GA

chambliss won. i guess the bright side is the evil Democratic party won't get a supermajority. now, if only we could reform the traitorous Republican party...

 
Posted by Ike Hall on 01/17/10

I would like to sincerely thank everyone who made the Campaign for Liberty Atlanta Regional Conference a resounding success.

Our deepest thanks go to the people who inspired us: Dr. Ron Paul, Tom Woods, Tom DiLorenzo, Lew Rockwell, Mike Rothfeld, Dimitri Kesari, John Tate, and Matt Hawes. You are our heroes.

We also want to thank two incredible women for pulling everything together: Deb Hopper and Deb Wells. Thank you both for allowing us to host the event in Atlanta. It was an honor.

We could not have pulled off everything without our invaluable coordinators. My deepest gratitude goes to volunteer coordinator Kathy Harper, chief of security J.W. DeMarce, afterparty coordinators Anthony Lewis and Mary Lou Van Houten, chauffeur to the stars Sean Mangieri, and Georgia state meeting organizers Nathan Adams and Trey Laramore.

We want to thank our speakers at the Georgia Meeting: Valerie Meyers, Steve Matheson, Representative Bobby Franklin, Sean Mangieri, Jerry Henry, Jesse Bickel, Garland Favorito, Robert McGee, and Ray McBerry.

Thanks also to the Ladies of Liberty Alliance (LOLA) for hosting the Friday night event at the hotel!

The folks at the Sheraton Hotel in Atlanta could not have been more friendly and accommodating, especially with our last minute changes. Thank you very much!

Thanks, most of all, to all of our sponsors, volunteers, and attendees. Thanks to you, it was an amazing and successful event. It was wonderful to see so many old friends and to make so many new ones.

It's a New Decade for Liberty, and I'm so glad you were all there to help us celebrate!

Yours in liberty,
Ike Hall
Interim State Coordinator
Campaign for Liberty

Posted 01/18/10 treylaramore Thomasville, GA

The Atlanta Conference was very fun and exciting. I believe a good time was had by all. It was such a success due mainly to the hard work and energy of all the people listed here in this article, each and every one of them cannot be thanked enough for all they do. However, there has been one very important man who also deserves our thanks and gratitude who was not mentioned. We must not forget the efforts of Ike Hall, our Georgia Interim State Coordinator. Ike is both modest and humble, and these qualities are just two of many others that represent both his good character and leadership abilities. I am personally very happy to be able to work with Ike and all the other Liberty lovers within our ranks - both those I have known for a while and the new friends I met this last weekend.

Posted 01/18/10 Ike Hall Clarkston, GA

Thank you, Trey. I appreciate that.

Posted 01/19/10 dvillero Donalsonville, GA

I agree, the event was a great success!

Posted 01/25/10 bobcarter81 Eatonton, GA

What about come pictures- I was hoping they'd be posted by now, anybody know what up with that?

 
Posted by Ike Hall on 12/03/09

The Campaign for Liberty needs volunteers at the Regional Conference in Atlanta January 15-17, 2010. Registration volunteers will be able to attend the training sessions for free. The Georgia Campaign for Liberty will also need help at our table, which will be a great opportunity to meet everyone from Georgia! Please send a message to me if you are interested in voluneering at either position.

Ike Hall, Interim State Coordinator

Posted 12/04/09 nadams Atlanta, GA

Exhibitor hours (GA C4L table): Friday, Jan 15th 5PM - 10PM Saturday, Jan 16th 7AM - 9PM Sunday, Jan 17th 9:30AM - 1:30PM

Posted 12/05/09 biggfrny Smyrna, GA

I want to know about volunteering at the upcoming Atlanta Conference

Posted 12/14/09 adamhmiller Lawrenceville, GA

I would be happy to help out at either position.

Posted 12/15/09 Gr8jaja Decatur, GA

I'd be happy to volunteer. Just let me know how i can help.

Posted 12/19/09 PinkPatriot Lawrenceville, GA

Ike, Count me in where/whenever needed. Thanks!

Posted 12/30/09 Nancy Lawrenceville, GA

Ike, LIke Chris, count me in where/whenever you need. Nanxy

 
Posted by Ike Hall on 11/21/09
Last updated 11/21/09

Good news! Both Georgia Representatives on the House Financial Services Committee, Dr. Tom Price and David Scott, voted in favor of the Paul-Grayson amendment. I call on every Georgian to write or call both offices and thank them.

But I especially want to highlight David Scott's bravery in doing so. Not only was his party pressuring him heavily to vote against the amendment, he got a call from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke himself two days prior. For him to vote in favor of the amendment took guts, and we are proud of him for that.

Ike Hall
Interim State Coordinator
Campaign for Liberty