Thursday, January 9, 2014

Independent Activists Growing in 2014



At their monthly meeting, Independent Pennsylvania, led by Jenn Bullock, carved out plans to distribute a poll designed to meet other PA independents and gauge their interest in reforming the political process.  Said Bullock, "We are excited to roll it out in on college campuses, beginning at Penn State, and our Pittsburgh and Philly groups are planning street surveying as well when it gets warmer."

The next Philly IP meeting will be Sunday January 19th at 2:00 pm. Contact jbullock1@comcast.net for more information.

CLICK HERE for more information about Independent Pennsylvania.

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Newly formed IVOO (Independent Voters of Oregon) met with IndependentVoting.org Director of Communications Sarah Lyons over the holidays to develop their organization's plan for growth in the new year.

Founder Dave Ellis remarked "the outreach I did for this meeting in and of itself helped grow our organization.  I now have a better sense of the 50 or so contacts I sifted through as to which independents are interested in our efforts and in being connected."  Lyons made a presentation about recent political initiatives made in response to the question millions of Americans are now asking, namely, what do we do about the fact that our government is broken, completely dysfunctional and corrupted by partisanship?

After a demonstration of how to conduct cold calling to fellow independents, IVOO laid plans to create a website, write letters to the editor, meet with a top two open primary promoter and get back on the phones to grow their network.

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Activists and new volunteers from the Tristate area gathered at IndependentVoting.org's national headquarters to participate in a phoneathon sponsored by IndependentVoting.org and the NYC Independence Party this weekend.

The two day event was the first of 2014.  Callers spoke with independents across the country about the need to end partisanship.  As well, they were joined by dozens of activists around the country who were extending an invitation to join IndependentVoting.org's upcoming national conference call.

CLICK HERE for more information about IndependentVoting.org.

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Independent activists and leaders from 9 states have spent the last three months discussing how to build the independent movement in the western region of the country on a series of conference calls.

According to Catana Barnes, President of Independent Voters of Nevada and the initiator of the process, "The calls have been a great way for all of us to connect and support one another."

The group decided to hold a western regional conference in Las Vegas, NV on May 17, 2014.

The Western Regional Group will be having their next conference call this Saturday at 10:30am PT. To participate, contact Catana Barnes at ivonorg@gmail.com or call her at 775-354-3812.

CLICK HERE for more information about Independent Voters of Nevada.










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