Congrats. Would you mind shooting me an e-mail? My contact is newrepublicanonline@gmail.com

Thanks. Politico just gave us a shoutout, and I wanted to know if there was anything we can do to work together.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1108/Remainders_whatever.html#comments

Best,
Steven
The New Republican - young Americans "reinventing" the Republican party
http://thenewrepublicans.net/

Mrs. Handel makes it so easy to like and respect her, which I do. And be glad for her and her accomplishments, which I am. However, sometimes she comes off as being a little partisan, which I believe can either be blamed on the person in charge of her PR or her, when she has not, for whatever reason, fully educated herself on a subject matter. Case in point, the residency challenges of the PSC races. I believe she very well stated her honest disagreement with the decision on the Powell case. She believed there was no need to go further with the subjective once the objective, homestead exemption, question was asked and answered. The courts disagreed and said all criteria should be looked at together. But in the Monds case, there was no homestead exemption to consider. Which makes me wonder what then was the subjective criteria used to decide this challenge? This information was never given to John Monds, the LP or to the public. Therefore, it looked pretty partisan.
Another case that Jason brought up with her was instant run-off voting and ballot access. Mrs. Handel, when educated on the subject matter, usually makes the correct or at least fair decision. But with these two issues once again she looked partisan, which I don't believe is the case. I believe she just has some more boning up to do. I don't believe she really understands what non-republicans or non-democrats have to overcome to get on the ballot in other than state wide partisan races. In Georgia for the LP to field a slate of US congressmen candidates, we will need 287,910 signatures in 2010. Since we can’t start collecting signatures until January of the election year and have to turn them in by the deadline approximately 6 months later, working 8 hours a day, that comes to about 200 signatures an hour. The same goes for slating state house races and state senate races. Another 287,910 signatures for each slating. That’s why you don’t see many Libertarians or independents on the ballot in Georgia for those races and why there is so many of them going completely uncontested.
As for instant run-off voting. The concerns that Mrs. Handel had, have already been addressed. As a matter of fact it is already in use in some US cities and in other places like Australia for congressional and senate races.
Please, Mrs. Handel, do more research and show us your fairness and that you can represent all Georgians and what's in their best interest If you do, some of that partisan label will dissipate.

Nice job Jason!

Jason,

In terms of room for improvement, how about reporting all the votes cast for a candidate? See http://www.gaconstitutionparty.org/s.nl/it.I/id.185/.f?category=-101

-RD

Oh man, 130 votes for a guy who was listed as a write-in. Call the Department of Justice.