Month: November 2008 Page 3 of 6

Dorothy Jesse Beagle wrote:
Dear Frank,

I’m sorry I missed your campaign party at the Blue House, Corey and Alexi brought me tons of groceries last evening as I’m still ‘under the weather’ but also brought wonderful cookies, ,MACAROON homemade! BY Mikee – WONDERFUL!!!

I told C&A that your campaign meant that millions were able to know your platform, and learn much from it.. Here and in other countries.

HUZZAH! Jesse

Betsy wrote:
Frank,
I wanted to congratulate you on your run for president. You put out a view that needed to be heard. You too are an historical figure of this 2008 election. How fabulous that you were able to do this and touch so many people. Look what a person can do if they perservere, you are a role model for all people, not just those who are challenged. I am very excited about the possibilities of our new administration. We all grew up in the thick of the anti-war movement of the civil rights movement and to see this, is wonderful. I guess democracy is not dead. I kept thinking about my mother who was a peace and civil rights activist even before I was born. I know she and her buddies were dancing out there in the universe… we shall overcome.
To peace, tolerance, humanity and to making a difference,
Thank you,
Love, Betsy

Frank Moore wrote:
shucks, betsy!

Blue House wrote:
A woman from Santa Cruz called today to let us know that her husband, who has been working as an elections volunteer for the Santa Cruz County Clerk, was given a document meant to instruct them as to how to identify and count write-in votes in Santa Cruz County. He was surprised to see the instructions, which were new to him, that said that in order for a write-in vote for President to be counted, the names of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates must be written there. He had not seen this before, and believed it to be wrong. This is the document: http://www.votescount.com/nov08/certwi.pdf He questioned the county registrar about this, and she told him that it came from the elections code. He looked up the code she referred him to, and did not see anything in it which would require this, so he kept on her about it … When last he saw her, the day before the election, she had told him that she was going to look into what other counties are doing … she could not explain where they had gotten this instruction from.

He and his wife both said that there were no notices to voters of this at the polls, nor in the election materials that were mailed to Santa Cruz county residents. Moreover, it turns out that it is not legally defensible under California elections law.

Richard Winger cited a court case from 1961 to back this up: Muir v. Steinberg 197C.A.2d264 . At the end of the ruling, on pg. 271, it refers to the intention of the voter being primary in counting write-in votes in California. He also said that this emphasis on the intention of the voter is true for most states. He has contacted the Secretary of State’s office about this, but has not been called back. Richard said that for the following reasons, this requirement for counting write-in votes for President is in error …

In the case of write-in voting for President, the voter is actually voting for a slate of Presidential electors pledged to a particular candidate. So if the voter writes-in the name of the Presidential candidate, but leaves out the name of the v.p., the intention is crystal clear: the voter wants those electors that are pledged to that candidate. The name of the v.p. is unimportant. Second, Richard said that in many California counties, the space allowed for writing-in is small enough to deter people from writing in the v.p. candidate’s name in addition to the presidential candidate. And thirdly, there is the fact that Santa Cruz County has not required this before, and it does not appear to have originated as a mandate from the Secretary of State.

Richard gave me several numbers to try at the Secretary of State’s office and Elections office, and I left three messages at lunch … by the end of the day, there was a call back from the head of the Secretary of State’s legal department, wanting the court case and citation number I referred to in my message. At that time, I didn’t have a number to cite. Richard looked it up for me, and I called back this afternoon and left a second message with that information!

Frank Moore wrote:
and we thought our work was over! FOLLOW IT UP!

Andreas GMX wrote:
Frank Moore for President ???

By the way – elections are over and I haven’t seen a bit of you. German TV channels didn’t show a second of your campaign.

But all you Americans – today you can be very proud of your Nation, of your democracy and of your new President. God bless you all.

Andreas

Frank Moore wrote::
well, what is on tv is a tiny fraction of reality!

thanks for your best wishes for us here.

Susan Block wrote:
Thank YOU, Frank, for an inspirational campaign. I’m honored to have run as your Veep.

My second choice was Obama. So I’m happy his Message of Hope trounced the Republican Uber War Machine.

I can’t wait to see how he responds when you offer him your help in getting the country back onto a course of peace, prosperity, responsibility and good vibes.

I was thrilled to vote for you/us today with British TV filming my cute little business-suited ass for Bravo and Virgin 1. Many people in the line were fans of my public access show in LA (some had seen you on it too!). Even though you’re not supposed to canvass, I slipped a few copies of your platform to people dying to read it. They were bound and determine to vote for Obama, and I wasn’t about to rain on their parade, or blame them for wanting to be a part of this orgasmic seismic historic shift in American dominant culture. But they thanked us profusely for entering the political conversation, giving them fresh ideas that “just make sense” and making a difference in this big sprawling multi-cultural continent we call home.

Peace through pleasure

Suzy

Frank Moore wrote:
you and i were on a mission of hope! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! thanks for going on it with me!

the guy working at our polling place was obviously a fan of our shows. he knew who we were voting for!

btw, people are calling me demanding new episodes of your show!

From Media Alliance Email News:
Hopefully this isn’t the only “we won” e-mail that many of us will receive in the next 24 hours.
But on this Election Day, we are thrilled to announce that the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) voted unanimously this morning to open vacant television channel spectrum (the “white spaces”) to unlicensed use, which support the development of broadband and wireless technologies to increase speed and deliver access to rural and urban low-income communities poorly serviced by commercial providers. This is a big win! There was a furious attempt by the television broadcasters and their lobbying group (the NAB) to delay and/or scuttle this vote.Thank you everyone for your e-mails and calls. They really made a difference. To more victories later today and this evening,

Media Alliance Email News and Updates
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Paul Escriva wrote:
Yeah…this really seem like a good one!! More channels of possibilities. Frankie, you are still changing the world.

xo Paul

Frank Moore wrote:
ya betcha!

Annie Sprinkle wrote:
Frank,
You made a heroic effort. Congratulations on a well done campaign. Hopefully one day more candidates will adopt your proposals.
We wish Prop k had won to decriminalize prostitution.
Heroic effort there too. At least it was a respectable loss. We got close.

annie

Frank Moore wrote:
yes, annie…it was an amazing 2 year performance, going deep on so many levels….getting the ideas, philosophy, and the possibilities out there, infecting literally tens of millions of people directly…planting seeds of change! wish i could claim i planned all of it. but like always i just hung on for dear life, treating everything seriously and with respect, just following the openings.
frankly we here are blown out how successful it has been! but thank fuck we didn’t know what we were getting into! we never do!

MiddleEarthmap@ at aol.com wrote:
Please give me a 200 word or less reason why I should vote for you. Thank you.

Frank Moore wrote:
a little too late!

Good luck with today’s election, my President. I’m going off to vote for you, as well as against prop 8 and prop 4, with the British TV crew filming me (whatever happened to privacy in the voting booth?). Waiting for Ian to pick me up!

MOORE/BLOCK in ’08
Suzy

Aimee McCormick Ford wrote:
Dear Mr. Moore,

I was going to write you in today, but was faced with the old confusing machines, and hostile volunteers. I feel just terrible about it, I left the polls in quite a flustered state, and am so dismayed with our political system.

I take some responsibility on the matter, I should have done more research on how to write in and use the machines, I didn’t know that you had to hold the button down while sliding the slot over at the same time, and the instructions in the booth were of no help, and I mistakenly ended my session before writing you in.

As a former performance artist, a current pacifist, special ed teacher and advocate for neuro and physical diversity I salute you, and hope to get it “write” in four years to come.

Aimee McCormick Ford

Frank Moore wrote:
aimee, thanks for making the effort! legally they should have given you another ballot. which state are you in?

in performance, the intensity of intent creates effect, deepens it. on this level, your trying to vote for me created a powerful effect! thank you! but they should have respected your vote. i do!

Aimee McCormick Ford wrote:
thank you for your reply, I live in Harlem NYC, . The polling place volunteers appeared a bit “biased” and they used the old voting machine. I was uncomfortable with the volunteer being in the booth with me, and she was being hostile. I was also uncomfortable with the whole room knowing I was writing in, and I perhaps could have stayed and fought to have it redone but became so flustered, suppose it was a performance in of itself, with everyone laughing at the crazy white lady.

Onward!

Frank Moore wrote:
what they did was definitely illegal.

how did you come to know about my running for president?