Ron Paul Campaign Files Caucus Challenge with Louisiana GOP

Posted by Philip Dru on 1/26/08 • Categorized as Obama Administration, Rebel Alliance, Ron Paul

Multiple errors in process leave caucus results unresolvedARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Yesterday, the Ron Paul presidential campaign filed a letter with the Louisiana Republican Party to contest the credentials of delegates to the state convention.

Under state party rules, campaigns have 72 hours from the end of the caucus to file such a contest. This contest was filed in response to multiple problems with the caucus process.

“The initial failure of the Louisiana GOP to properly determine who was and wasn’t eligible to vote threw this entire process into disarray,” said Ron Paul campaign manager Lew Moore. “However, voter eligibility was just one of many irregularities with the caucus process. We are filing this contest to ensure that we can challenge the results if it appears that delegates were improperly selected.”

The Louisiana State GOP changed the rules at the eleventh hour to allow other candidates to file more delegates, even though there were plenty of delegates to compose full slates in each congressional district. At the time of the original January 10 deadline, Ron Paul had the largest number of delegates pledged to him. The party then changed the rules to give other candidates until January 12 to file more delegates.

In addition, due to mistakes by the Louisiana GOP, hundreds of voters were forced to file provisional ballots, including nearly 500 that could change the outcome of the election. According to the LA GOP, caucus locations relied on a voter list from November 1, 2007 or perhaps earlier despite the fact that under the caucus rules, voters need only have registered Republican before November 30, 2007.

There were even instances at the caucuses where state-certified Ron Paul delegates appearing on the ballot were forced to file a provisional ballot despite the fact they were pre-approved as delegates.

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  1. JimT
    January 27, 2008 • 1:24 pm

    Generally then, all I am able to say, is that representative Ron Paul is the only man to be considered as a true candidate for President. I’ve listened to his terms, his ideas, his questions and answers, and there’s none as prepared to straighten up this Country [and man does it need straightening up from the last eight years], bringing back all that we’ve been missing as free people, other than Dr Ron Paul.

    Sadly, I personally believe there is so much graft being propagated in D. C., this man with impeccable qualities, could become another like John F Kennedy, who while standing up for the right, was gunned down by a number of his peers, because they could not take the step he was taking, their own souls were so dark, that which he said, sounded like nonsense to them! It might just happen again, for even JFK, hadn’t a history like Ron, and where are those of his peers, who will be willing to stick with him? I hate to sound negative, but I don’t see any!

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