[SfN] Fwd: the Big Ten Nader Fight

[joseph b perry]

How are these votes tallied?

Joe Perry

Department of History
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
jperry1 at uiuc.edu

On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Jim Buell wrote:

> ooooh, a challenge! is anybody scared? ;-)
> 
> jim
> 
> >Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 22:52:36 -0500
> >To: hayest19 at hotmail.com, jcharisc at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu, jbuell at uiuc.edu,
> >    a-watson2 at nwu.edu, manisape%hotmail.com.newolf at indiana.edu,
> >    davidm at mps.ohio-state.edu, palmerL at umich.edu
> >From: Paul Stoy <pcstoy at students.wisc.edu>
> >Subject: the Big Ten Nader Fight
> >Cc: corey at votenader.org, pcstoy at students.wisc.edu
> >
> >Other Big Ten Ralph Nader campus coordinators,
> >
> >Competition/animosity has been the driving force that has kept us friendly 
> >rivals for over a century.  Because of our ingrained, cultural desire to 
> >beat you, the University of Wisconsin Alliance for Nader/LaDuke (the U'wa) 
> >is issuing an open challenge to the other Big Ten schools for a 
> >competition on Nov. 7.  The school who gets the largest percentage of 
> >Nader votes in campus area districts wins, just like Wisconsin has won the 
> >past 2 Rose Bowls.  And we don't just want to win, we want to run up the score.
> >
> >So here's the challenge.  The school with the highest percentage of 
> >university-area Nader votes wins and gets bragging rights.  The losing 
> >school has to host a midwest regional meeting of progressive leaders to 
> >help spread the message to their community.  More detail can be added later.
> >
> >Any neccesary tricks are welcome.  That's what electoral  politics are all 
> >about.  We just handed out nearly 1000 youth oriented flyers at a 
> >rave.  focus:  the drug war.  Exchange ideas freely so everybody is on an 
> >even playing field.  Let's rock the campus vote.
> >
> >May the best school win.
> >
> >paul stoy
> >uw-madison campus coordinator
> >nader/laduke 2000
> 
> 
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