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How the Republican Party Stole the Nomination from Ron Paul
Posted on July 31, 2012 by Admin
Jaret Glenn If you follow mainstream election coverage, you
might think Mitt Romney has coasted to an honest, easy, well-deserved Republican nomination. Unfortunately
for Republican voters, nothing could be further from the truth. The primary process has been an all-out slugfest
and many of the delegates Romney has won may be the result of dirty tricks and even election fraud.
The following narrative includes links to reports, first-hand testimonials, and video evidence highlighting
actions taken by the GOP to ensure a Romney victory, at the expense of fracturing the party just prior to the
general election. Party leaders at the county and state level have changed or violated party rules, cancelled
caucuses, changed vote counts, thrown out entire counties of votes, counted public votes privately, called-in the
SWAT team, and inexplicably replaced Paul delegates with Romney delegates to block Ron Paul from winning
the nomination.

Iowa: Days before the caucuses, Paul held a commanding lead in the polls and all the momentum, with every
other candidate having peaked from favorable media coverage and then collapsed under the ensuing scrutiny.
Establishment Republicans, like Iowas Representative Steve King (R), attempted to sabotage Pauls campaign
by spreading rumors he would lose to Obama if nominated. Even though the Iowa GOP platform reads like a
Ron Paul speech, shortly before the caucuses, Iowa Governor Terry Barnstad told Politico , [If Paul wins]
people are going to look at who comes in second and who comes in third. If Romney comes in a strong second,
it definitely helps him going into New Hampshire. The message from the Governor to voters of his state was: a
vote for Ron Paul was a wasted vote.
Huffington Post reported that Paul was ahead by one point over Romney and Rick Santorum in entrance
polls conducted by Edison Media Research for the AP before the caucuses. For the first time ever, the Iowa
GOP changed the final vote count to a secret location . After the caucus, results from 8 precincts (including
those with colleges, in a state where Paul won 48% of the youth vote) went missing. Interestingly, these were all
precincts Romney lost in 2008. In addition, GOP officials discovered inaccuracies in 131 precincts. Though
polling in a comfortable first place, Paul finished third in this non-binding straw poll, behind Romney and
Santorum.
Iowa originally reported Romney in first, Santorum in a close second, and Paul third. After the recount,
Santorum was named the winner with Romney in second. No mention was given to how the recount affected
Pauls vote count. Iowa GOP chairman, Matt Strawn, later resigned and was replaced by Paul supporter, A.J.
Spiker and Paul went on to win the majority of delegates.
Florida: The Florida GOP broke party rules by switching to a winner-take-all state before the date allowed,
which favors the candidate with the most money for advertising and attack ads. Senior Advisor to the Ron Paul
campaign, Doug Wead, claims this was done specifically to favor Romney.
Nevada: There is bad blood between Pauls supporters and establishment Republicans in Nevada. This dates
back to 2008, when Convention Chair, Sue Lowden and her enlisted delegates got up and walked out of the
convention when it became apparent Pauls supporters would claim a majority of the delegates. She claimed she
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would reconvene at a later time, but instead approved the McCain slate of delegates. This year, Paul supporters
expected shenanigans; so his State Chairman, Carl Bunce, planned to win by outworking Romney. Just before
the caucuses, he claimed to have more IDs than Romney had votes in 08. This means through canvassing
door-to-door and phoning voters, he had identified about 25,000 voters committed to show up and vote for Paul.
On caucus day, the media was denied access to most caucus sites and the few that were permitted were not
allowed to take photos. Others were even ejected from sites. This CNN clip shows GOP staff preventing a Paul
supporter from entering the premises to vote at a special caucus that was set up at the last minute for Newt
Gingrich backer, Sheldon Adelson. Here, participants were asked to sign an affidavit (under penalty of perjury)
stating they were Jewish and couldnt vote earlier in the day due to religious reasons. CNN showed live
coverage of votes being counted at this event, with Paul amassing nearly 60% of the votes. In some precincts in
Clark County, the largest in Nevada, the number of ballots did not match the number of voters signed in at the
caucus. Though votes were to be counted publicly, they were largely counted in private. The vote count was
also inexplicably dragged out for several days, leading to a victory for Romney. Nevada State GOP
Chairwoman, Amy Tarkanian resigned the day after the caucuses.
Another interesting note is that Pauls 2012 votes had doubled, tripled, and more than quadrupled his 2008
votes in every state leading up to the Nevada caucuses, yet Paul received only 88 more votes there. Of all the
places for this to occur, Nevada, the countrys most libertarian state; is the last in which anyone would expect
this.
In spite of these irregularities , Paul won 22 of 25 state delegates and replaced state party officials with Paul
supporters. Romney supporters then formed their own state party, called Team Nevada. The RNC
then bypassed the official state party in order to organize for Romney and send all funds to Team Nevada.
Colorado: Romney supporters were caught passing out fake Ron Paul slates at the state convention. The RNC
has not investigated or even commented on the matter.
Minnesota: Doug Wead, claims the state party instructed members not to vote for any delegates under age fifty
because most young delegates support Paul.
Missouri: WXIX Cincinnatis Ben Swann covered the fiasco in Clay County, Missouris largest county.
Temporary Chairman, Eugene Dokes, started the meeting by banning video recording devices, a first for this
event. Roberts Rules of Order require the temporary chairman to accept nominations and elect a convention
chairman to run the event. Instead, he appointed a chair of his choice. The crowd immediately erupted with
booing. Shortly after, Dokes adjourned the meeting without the required two-thirds majority, called the police
on attendees, and left. In adherence to state rules, Paul supporter, Brent Stafford, along with one of the top
parliamentarians in the state, reconvened in the parking lot and attempted to resume the event. Shortly after, the
SWAT team arrived and arrested Stafford, who was following state party rules. Dokes later admitted on talk
radio that he and other state party officials deliberately broke the rules to prevent Paul from winning.
Maine: Ben Swann reported on shenanigans in Maine . Even though only 84% of votes had been counted; State
GOP Chairman, Charlie Webster, declared Romney the winner over Paul by less than 200 votes. Hancock and
Washington Counties hadnt voted yet because Webster cancelled the caucuses due to an impending
snowstorm, promising they could vote later and their votes would be counted. The snowstorm never occurred
and he later reneged on his promise, telling voters in those counties their votes would not be counted after all.
Washington County was Pauls strongest in the state in 2008. Though other states with close outcomes held
recounts, this was never a consideration for Maine.
At least one of the counties that did vote claims the state party recorded its tallies incorrectly. Matt McDonald,
pastor of a small community church in Belfast, was nominated as the chairman of his caucus. He says the state
instructed the caucus chairmen not to read any of the vote totals aloud, but rather to send the results straight to
Augusta without a public reading. McDonald made a motion to change this rule, and it was approved
unanimously. McDonald says 22 voters showed up, resulting in 8 votes for Paul, 7 for Santorum, 5 for Romney,
and 2 undecided. When he called the votes into Augusta, he was told they already had the results and the totals
read 9 for Romney, 5 or Santorum, and 2 for Paul. When McDonald told her the tally had been counted
publicly, he says her voice changed and she saidwell record this. Doug Wead claims, On every occasion,
the votes that were lost were Ron Paul votes and the person responsible for reporting them were Mitt Romney
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supportersin one case the votes were actually transferred from paper toa computer and the lady doing the
transfer was a Mitt Romney person. To date, these tallies have not been corrected and Romney is still credited
with the straw vote win while the media continues to report that Paul never won a state contest.
Arizona: The Examiners Kevin Kervick reports ballot stuffing, rule violations, and improper vote counting
that occurred behind closed doors at the convention. In addition, Paul supporters allege threats of physical
violence from Romney supporters.
Michigan: Doug Wead reports, Michigan, unlike any other statehad a special party rule forbidding any
precinct delegate vacancies from being filled at county conventions until after the state delegates and alternates
were chosen. In other words, countless Ron Paul supporters attending county convention were forcibly
blockedbecause they werent elected precinct delegates in 2010-long before the Ron Paul 2012 campaign
began. Wead also claims documented instances in multiple counties where county party officials edited the
state delegation lists after the county conventions adjourned.
Wyoming: A commenter on Paul supporter website, DailyPaul.com, explains how members of the Republican
Executive Committee (all Romney supporters) illegally cast votes in the delegate selection vote.
Washington: At the state convention , a Ron Paul delegate claimed bubble ballot sheets were withheld in King
Countys district 36. He also claims the 37
th
district caucus was forced to conduct the meeting outside because
Chairwoman, Lori Sotelo, was irritated when a Ron Paul supporter was elected to run the caucus, instead of her
choice.
Ben Swann interviewed a voter in Pierce County, Washington; who claims the local Republican leadership
passed out what they called a unity slate to voters and said it represented an equal distribution of delegates
committed to Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich. The plan was to organize to block Ron Paul supporters, who
outnumbered the other candidates supporters, from receiving the lions share of the delegates. The Republican
leadership prevailed.
Alaska: In spite of last-minute rule changes and violations of party rules, Paul supporters ousted longtime state
chairman, Randy Ruedrich, and voted-in Paul supporter, Russ Millette. Ruedrich then tried to sabotage the state
convention and transferred all of the state partys $100,000 to the local Capital City Republicans in Juneau,
effectively bankrupting the party now controlled by Paul supporters.
Georgia: This video shows GOP Chairwoman, Sue Everhart, at the Athens Clarke County GOP meeting
admitting shoddy treatment of the Ron Paul people at that [2008] convention and publicly apologizing. She
presents the rule book that she helped to write and claims it wont happen again. The video then shows the
actual convention and party leaders breaking those rules to force their pre-selected slate of delegates and
prevent Pauls supporters from electing their own. Party leaders then adjourned the meeting illegally and ran out
of the meeting.
Massachusetts: Paul won 16 of the 27 delegates selected so far in Romneys home state. In addition, he swept
all 6 from Romneys home county. As a result (for the first time ever in the state), delegates were asked to sign
an affidavit stating I certify under the pain and penalty of perjury, that on the first ballot at the 2012
Republican National Convention, I will affirmatively Vote for Mitt Romney, the winner of the 2012
Massachusetts Presidential Primary. The state GOP then covered up Romneys embarrassing loss by
invalidating ballots and ousting the Paul delegates.
North Dakota: Ben Swann reports the selection of delegates was unfair: the GOP handed out pre-printed ballots
with a slate of delegates with 60% of them being Mitt Romney supporters in a state where he won only 26% of
the vote.
Oklahoma: Kevin Kervick of The Examiner reports that the Oklahoma convention had to be moved to the
parking lot because Roberts Rules were ignored, delegate credentials were not verified, a convention chair was
never appointed, motions made from the floor were ignored, the Chairman illegally elected a slate of Romney
delegates, and the convention was closed without a two-thirds majority vote. Consistent with Roberts Rules,
Paul supporters reconvened in the parking lot to elect delegates. Paul supporters have now filed a law suit to
ensure their delegates will be seated.
Virginia: Doug Wead claims at a district convention, they coaxed the Ron Paul delegation outside and then
locked the door. The pastor of the church that was hosting the event was, himself, locked out.
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U.S. Virgin Islands: Ron Paul won his first caucus, only to have the GOP take down the straw vote results from
their website showing Paul the victor with 29% over Romneys 26% and replaced with a note from the party
claiming Romney won because he won more delegates. Pauls Official Campaign Blogger, Jack
Hunter, explains how every other contest determined the victor by the straw vote, except the one straw vote
Paul won.
Alabama: An inexplicable gap exists between Pauls popular vote count and his delegate vote count. This is odd
because voters choose both on the same day and on the same ballot. Alabama Republican Party rules state that
voters can only vote for one candidate and then must choose between his delegates. Statewide, Paul received
only about one-third as many votes as his delegates. This means voters chose another candidate, but selected
Pauls delegates. No other candidates totals showed a similar pattern.
Louisiana: Ben Swann reports a clash between the old Louisiana State GOP leadership and newly-elected
leaders who support Paul. Old Chairman, Roger Villere, angered attendees with last-minute rule changes the
night before the convention. At the start of the convention, Villere attempted to recognize the former Chair of
the Rules Committee, who had been voted out the night before. When new Chair, Alex Helwig, rose to address
the delegation; Villere instructed security (comprised of off-duty Shreveport Police) to remove him . They
arrested him for trespassing and broke several of his fingers. Next, an overwhelming majority elected a new
Convention Chair, Paul supporter Alex Helwig. Members then turned their chairs to face Helwig, with their
backs to Villere. In desperation, Villere instructed the police officers to remove the duly-elected Herford. They
did so and dislocated his hip in the process, sending him to the emergency room. The reconvened group
followed state party rules and went on to elect a majority of Paul delegates, which the state party
later replaced with its own slate of Romney delegates. The Paul campaign has appealed to the RNC, but it is
unlikely that the RNC will reinstate the Paul delegates.
Oregon: This YouTube video shows establishment Republicans in Congressional District 4 attempting to steal
the ballot box and leave the premises when it became apparent the Ron Paul supporters were in the majority. A
Paul supporter is chased away from the ballots and claims he was accosted by an establishment party member.
Wisconsin: MSNBCs Lawrence ODonnell reports Romney violated state campaign laws by bribing voters
with free subs.
In other states, Paul supporters claim vote-flipping occurred with electronic voting machines. Once about 40%
of votes are reported, there is typically little variation in the final numbers. However on several occasions, at
about 40% Romneys trajectory flipped with the leader, which was often Paul. Austin Election Judge, Anne
Beckett, has come forth publicly to claim she witnessed this firsthand.
Baseless allegations or a few isolated incidents may not be cause for concern, but there is enough video
evidence in this report to disturb anyone who cares about fair elections. Rule changes, disregard for existing
rules, cancelling elections, running off with ballots, secret vote counts, throwing out votes, threats, physical
violence, and arbitrary replacement of delegates are activities unbecoming of a democratic society. Whether
youre a Ron Paul supporter, or even a Republican, is irrelevant. That the Republican Party will seemingly stop
at nothing to ensure their selected candidate is the nominee should be deeply troubling for all Americans.













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5 Responses to How the Republican Party Stole the Nomination from Ron
Paul
1. Richard Braverman says:
July 31, 2012 at 8:38 pm
With all the evidence, both documented and acknowledged, why did Rand Paul give his endorsement and blessings to Mitt Romney?
Did he act as a result of a threat to his life or his fathers life?
.
Based on the findings above, should Ron Paul supporters march in the streets and create havoc in order to restore their rights as
Citizens of these so-called United States of America?
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o RobW says:
July 31, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Richard,
I worked very hard to get Ron nominated in 08. There was intimidation and vote fraud going on through the whole primary. As an
example, on the weekend before the Wisconsin primary (Tue), Ron was polling 15-17%. Vote, (mcpain won), 5% for Ron. As a result,
I sat this one out, and have no regrets. Theres no way the party, or the political operatives in general, would allow him in. Threats?,
ultimatums?, etc.; I wouldnt put anything past them. Marching and havoc in the streets?; Theyd like that as a way to identify and
muzzle those they consider crazies. Rand?, Im happy not to have him as a son. JMHO, Rob
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2. Don Folkers says:
August 1, 2012 at 1:02 am
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man against his
father. Matthew 10:34-35
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3. fgovyuvyu says:
August 1, 2012 at 3:53 am
A good list, although Im sure theres much more. Thank you for posting. Its beyond obvious that criminal charges and treason can be
leveled against many involved, and to say the election process is broken (especially with the use of hackable electronic voting) is an
understatement.
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Worse of all? This country NEEDS a REAL patriot to even attempt to turn back the tide of over 100 years of subjugation to the British
Commonwealth (EMPIRE), the Vatican, and the moneychangers of Europe (who the original immigrants were all rightly fleeing
from)
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4. TED says:
August 1, 2012 at 10:31 am
The battle has yet begun!!!! We the people who have worked and slaved for this country for the last 4 years plus has been
put out of jobs!!! put out of our homes!!!! put out to pasture because of greed!!!!!!!
What does it take for the American people to rise and fight against these greedy!!selfish!!!
Culprits that has ruined our country!!!!!
How to get rich??? Steal from the lower and middle class!!!!!!
Why isnt anyone getting it?????
Jobs that once was ours are over seas!!!!!!
Jobs that once ours are gone forever because the Wall Street crap is screwing the American people!!!!
Republicans are crooks!!!! and the government we have do not know what their doing!!!!!
Ron Paul is unfortunately out of the picture or is he!!!!!
We need to revolt!!!!!
Where are the 99ers!!!! Where are the 99%!!!!!!!
The time is now to make the change that we all have started and for some reason fell back!!!!!
Charge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!