If you are one of the tens of thousands of Dailykos readers who missed the plan to get Gore on the ballot in Florida then go here to get the details of the effort to get Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman to put Al Gore on the January 29th primary ballot. Timing of diaries is everything as I got trampled by the stampede to read NYPopulist's exemplary and comprehensive "Now Or Never" Gore diary. I have renamed him NYPopular.
We are generating calls so if you live in Florida call the Florida Dem party and ask that they let you vote for Gore. The contact info is at the bottom of the page. And don't let them tell you they can't as they did Hickoryjim. When he called the Florida state party told him that only FEC filed candidates will be placed on the ballot. I promised to follow up Monday morning and what I found out is below the fold.
I called the FDP Monday and was initially told the same thing as Hickoryjim, that Karen Thurman has stated that only FEC filed candidates will be put on the candidate list. I then asked party executive director Leonard Joseph where in the party rules I could find this regulation and he clarified that the FEC filing requirement is a guideline that the party follows but that Karen Thurman has the "discretion" to follow that guideline or not. It is not a written party rule.
In other words, DON'T LET THEM TELL YOU SHE CAN'T PUT GORE ON THE BALLOT. SHE CAN.
DraftGore.com has emailed their list of Florida signees to their petition which amounts to over 2,000 Florida Gore supporters. AlGore.org has notified their Florida group coordinaters with the info. I emailed Randi Rhodes with the info since I'm told she is based in Miami and was personally responsible for the surge of over 10,000 signatures to the DraftGore.com petition a little over a week ago, but if you listen to her show--CALL HER. 866-303-2270 M-F 3-6pm est.
Now we need your help. We are running an ad in the community papers of South Florida. We haven't decided on the exact time but it will be after the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize. We need the Gore portion of the intertubes to create the ad.
Here is the link to the ad specs The ad's message is aimed at people who already support Gore in south Florida. We have a full page but have reserved the right to go with half page if full page is to much. It needs to tell them to call the FDP and Karen Thurman to place his name on the ballot and the fact they have to act before the deadline of Oct. 31.
We think before/after pictures of south Florida with the projected sea level rise due to global warming is an eye-catching centerpiece for the ad, but if someone can come up with something better--great. Can someone find that south Florida picture picture for us?
I know we Gore supporters can feel the energy. Let's make it happen.
Contact info:
Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman
214 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone 850-222-3411
FAX 850-222-0916 email@fladems.com