{"id":893,"date":"2012-04-23T11:26:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T15:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/interesting-voting-at-lowndes-county-republican-convention-delegate-meeting.html"},"modified":"2012-04-23T11:26:16","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T15:26:16","slug":"interesting-voting-at-lowndes-county-republican-convention-delegate-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/interesting-voting-at-lowndes-county-republican-convention-delegate-meeting.html","title":{"rendered":"Interesting voting at Lowndes County Republican Convention Delegate Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vq5NK9a6oLM\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"    class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b016304a3de09970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b016304a3de09970d-pi.jpg\" \/><\/a> Some Ron Paul supporters videoed the reading of results for votes in Lowndes County for delegates to the Republican National Convention. One of the people up front asked incredulously:<\/p>\n<blockquote>You&#39;re trying to copy them all?<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the video notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>A copy wouldn&#39;t be too much to ask would it?<\/blockquote>\n<p>Curiously, the video also omits the actual list of names.<\/p>\n<p>The moderator asked for those opposed to accepting the delegate slate for one district to stand up. Several people did. A loud complaint was heard:<\/p>\n<blockquote>For what purpose?<\/blockquote>\n<p>Um, because you asked if there was any opposition?<\/p>\n<p>There&#39;s more, involving attempts to amend to add other delegates &quot;that&#39;s gonna be a problem&quot;, requests for a count that it&#39;s not clear is ever taken, at least one person raising his hand and then having to ask whether hands were for or against, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vq5NK9a6oLM\"> the video:<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vq5NK9a6oLM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The video says they were supposed to have a 2\/3 majority to adopt the slate of delegates, and it doesn&#39;t look like they got it. Yet it was declared passed:<\/p>\n<blockquote>It&#39;s passed. It&#39;s done. No more discussion.<\/blockquote>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some Ron Paul supporters videoed the reading of results for votes in Lowndes County for delegates to the Republican National Convention. One of the people up front asked incredulously: You&#39;re trying to copy them all? As the video notes: A copy wouldn&#39;t be too much to ask would it? 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