Gore Supporters Organizing New Hampshire Write-in Vote
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LITTLETON, N.H., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After months of speculation, Al Gore's name will be on the presidential ballot in the nation's first primary.
A bi-partisan group of New Hampshire voters - unhappy with the timid approach to halting global warming by the primary candidates - is organizing a three-week grassroots campaign to write in Gore's name on the primary ballot.
"A write-in vote for Al Gore in the New Hampshire Primary is a vote for bold political leadership to stem global warming," says Farrell S. Seiler, who is coordinating the write-in campaign for the non-partisan group Draft Gore New Hampshire. (http://www.draftgorenh.com/)
"New Hampshire voters can't wait for the primary candidates from either party to make climate change the organizing theme of their presidential campaigns," says Seiler, who is also chairman of the New Hampshire Wind Energy Association.
"Sadly, not one of the Republican or Democratic candidates is seriously addressing the gravity of the planetary emergency," says the group.
"We need aggressive carbon reduction strategies coupled with plans to transform our economy from reliance on dirty fossil fuels to clean energy technologies," says Seiler.
"Courageous leadership is needed to press for mandatory targets for carbon reduction, to advocate for a moratorium on new coal-fired plants and to push for quick progress on the Bali negotiations," says the group.
"Al Gore's name will be placed on the ballot by New Hampshire voters themselves," says Seiler. "All it takes is a pencil."
By writing in Al Gore's name on the ballot, voters in New Hampshire can send all the candidates an unmistakable message: stronger political action is needed to stem the devastating consequences of greenhouse gas emissions.
New Hampshire election law permits the name of any person to be written in on the ballot itself. Any New Hampshire resident can register and vote in the primary on the same day.
Opinion polls over the past few months continue to demonstrate that Al Gore's popularity remains very high in New Hampshire. One poll showed him getting 32% of the primary vote - ahead of frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
Volunteers are identifying Gore supporters, compiling voter lists, setting up telephone banks, raising funds, and preparing to turn out thousands of Gore voters.
Draft Gore New Hampshire predicts that a dedicated group of committed volunteers can deliver thousands of votes for Al Gore - a political message on global warming that can't be ignored.
Draft Gore, New Hampshire! is a 100% volunteer, grassroots organization of Granite State voters concerned about the future of our state, our nation and our planet.
http://www.draftgorenh.com/
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Farrell S. Seiler
603-568-4916
802-748-8060
Farrell@DraftGoreNH.com
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Disrespectful to Al Gore
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Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:53:13 GMT |
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Really? Then where were these people in 2004 when the climate crisis was just as important? Once again we see a group of people using this crisis to get their names in the news. Perhaps if they appealed to the candidates across the board (which they would do if they really cared) to raise the issue it would be raised more vocally, even though Edwards, Clinton, Obama, and Dodd (whose plan for a CO2 tax was even mentioned by Al Gore in an interview with Harvard Magazine) have talked about it and presented plans contrary to the misrepresentation here. Or perhaps, if they cared enough about Al Gore's work beyond using his name for their own agenda they would be empowering people out here to demand candidates speak about it. If you ask me, this is simply another disrespectful venture on the part of people who cannot allow this good man to do what he now chooses to do as he chooses to do it, which won him a Nobel Peace Prize they don't seem to think is worthy of respect. He also asked that his name not be placed on ballots and Draft Gore and other states have now wound down. So again, if the environment is so important to these people, where were they in 2004? Looks to me like they only support Al Gore when they can use his successes for their own aggrandizement.
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