Posted by Ike Hall on 08/10/11
Last updated 08/10/11

We've Moved:

Please join us at our new home on the web:

http://www.campaignforliberty.org/community/georgia

Coordinators:

Please note that coordinators should continue to maintain and use both their "old" accounts on this website as well as their "new" accounts on the new website until all of the online tools have been migrated to the new website.

Get Help:

http://www.campaignforliberty.org/contact

Posted 08/21/11 nadams Atlanta, GA

Please don't hesitate to contact Ike, Cade, or myself directly if you have trouble with your account on either website. Yours in Liberty, Nathan

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 Amelia Court House, VA

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 06/15/10

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CONTACT: Ike Hall, (404) 819-4672
June 14, 2010

Campaign for Liberty Condemns Perdue's Veto of SB 1

Senate Bill 1, the Zero-Base Budgeting Act, was vetoed last Friday by outgoing Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as an apparent gift to the state bureaucracy. The bill was designed to at least begin the process of restraining Georgia's budgeting process by requiring some programs and agencies to include in their annual budget estimates "an analysis summarizing past and proposed spending plans organized by program and revenue source", including the following:

1. A statement of the budget unit's departmental and program purposes; effectiveness, efficiency, and equity measures; and program size indicators;

2. At least three alternative funding levels for each program and revenue source with effectiveness, efficiency, and equity measures and program size indicators detailed for each alternative funding level; and

3. A priority listing encompassing all alternative funding levels for all programs.

The Georgia Campaign for Liberty supported SB 1. Even though all departments and programs should be forced to justify their existence to the taxpayers each and every year, this bill was a chance to bring fiscal prudence to the budget process. The Zero-Base Budgeting Act was widely supported by both houses of the Georgia General Assembly, having passed the Senate 50-0 and the House 151-0.

Governor Perdue saw fit to allow the state bureaucrats to continue business as usual. Fortunately, Sonny's not long for the Governor's Mansion. A new governor will begin his or her term in January and has the opportunity to right this historic wrong.

The Georgia Campaign for Liberty condemns Governor Perdue for his veto of SB 1 and encourages all Georgians to demand the 2010 gubernatorial candidates support passage of this important legislation as their top priority in 2011.

Posted 08/07/10 RobertHeiney Barnesville, GA

This is an other example of the corrupt nature of government. I find it hard to believe that there wasn't a single nay vote in the Senate or House - unless of course, everyone knew Pursue would veto the bill. The dividend is rich for everyone. Purdue bows out and doesn't lose a thing. The House and Senate can proudly say, "Hey I voted for the bill!" even when they knew it was dead at the Governor's desk. It's a win-win for all government statists.

Posted by Ike Hall on 06/15/10

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Ike Hall (404) 819-4672
June 14, 2010

Campaign for Liberty Condemns Perdue's Veto of SB 291

The Georgia Campaign for Liberty condemns Governor Sonny Perdue for his veto of Senate Bill 291. Because of this veto, Georgia remains one of the few States in the Union that allows state agents to confiscate the private property of citizens during times of crisis and emergency.

The Georgia Campaign for Liberty maintains that there exists a Natural, fundamental, and unalienable Right to defend one's self against unprovoked aggression. Because the Right to Bear Arms is derived from this fundamental human right, state agents have no authority or lawful privilege to disarm law-abiding citizens, most especially during a crisis or emergency.

The Georgia Campaign for Liberty applauds our Citizen activist colleagues at GeorgiaCarry.org for their hard work and dedication to the Right to Bear Arms. This year, their efforts culminated in the passage of Senate Bill 308. The innumerable violations of Georgia's Citizens' Natural Rights have been incrementally reduced as SB 308 repeals the Jim Crow era "public gathering" restriction, the "1,000 foot" restriction, and several other unjust infringements on the unalienable rights of the individual.

Our work is far from complete, however. Georgia's Code remains an antithesis to the Liberty of her Citizens with respect to the Right to Self Defense. We look forward to working with our fellow Georgia citizens in 2011 to correct this.

Posted 06/18/10 nadams Atlanta, GA

Well done, team!

Posted 08/07/10 RobertHeiney Barnesville, GA

Damn the Constitution and full speed ahead to a police state! Thank you and goodbye Sonny Purdue. Now for a nice cushy taxpayer funded retirement!