Monday, April 21, 2008

Missouri GOP Playing Machine Politics with Ron Paul Delegates

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA (Mar. 25, 2008) – The Ron Paul campaign has been
receiving reports that Missouri GOP rules have been violated in the
set-up and execution of several county Republican caucuses. Ron Paul
supporters in Missouri have been attending their county caucuses and
electing Ron Paul delegates to be seated at the Missouri Republican
State Convention. However, there are concerns that many Ron Paul
delegates to the Missouri Republican State Convention were
disenfranchised and not properly seated.

On Thursday, March 20, campaign field director Debbie Hopper visited
the Missouri state GOP headquarters to request a copy of the records
needed to obtain the information to file challenges. She was told in
front of witnesses that she could not view the report. To obtain the
needed information, Ms. Hopper then used the contact information of
county chairs listed on the state GOP website. On Saturday, March 22,
the webpage containing their contact information had been removed.

The Paul campaign believes that a handful of GOP officials are playing
machine politics and breaking their own rules to disenfranchise Paul
supporters.

"The Republican party is in trouble and needs more participants in
2008, not less," said campaign manager Lew Moore. "It makes no sense
for Missouri party leaders to exclude and marginalize the new
activists they badly need to work at every level this fall."

Republican presidential candidate and Texas Congressman Ron Paul's
supporters have been highly successful in several Missouri counties.
In St. Charles County (suburb of St. Louis), Paul supporters filled
241 of the 274 country Republican delegate slots. In Jackson County
(Kansas City), Paul supporters filled 162 of 187 delegate slots. And
in Greene County (Springfield), Paul supporters filled 72 of 112
delegate slots.


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