Letter for distribution to second amendment sanctuary county activists, regarding populist expansion via local election reform. From John Hilt [email protected]
Dear activist,
This summer I plan to begin an election-reform ballot initiative in a rural county. (county yet to be selected). The plan is to install Range Voting (not ‘ranked-choice’ voting) as the election system in one or more counties in Western or Southern U.S., for the purpose of expanding the viability of populist and independent candidates. I hope to enlist the support of your organization.
The recent explosion in the number of second amendment sanctuary counties is heartening for patriots, and is a good sign for the salvation of our nation. There now exists an excellent opportunity for 2A activists to solidify their movement by allying with the range-voting project.
It is important to unify, and strengthen the resolve of, the second amendment counties…thereby preempting the D.C. establishment’s opportunity to test the resolve of one of the counties. Unification of the 2A counties takes on an additional urgency, when one considers the possibility of more election disasters in ’22 and ’24.
This unification and strengthening of resolve will occur if, in a handful of counties, there is a sudden proliferation of limited-government independent candidates running for local public office. Second amendment, pro-life, parent’s rights, conservative school board candidates…all of the ideas that promote freedom would be on display at election time. These ideas would remain in the public mind until such time as they could flourish; and, the gaining of a seat in the public square for Enlightenment-type ideas would be long-lasting and permanent, and not tied to the success or failure of the particular candidates who had espoused the ideas.
And, this would be done in such a way that it would not siphon votes from the GOP, or split the vote. The county Republican party organizations would still be vibrant, able to grow, and able to attract freedom-loving statesmen rather than weaklings.
Here is why you and your organization should support the RV project, even if you are not fans of multiple-choice voting:
1)Even if the project never expands beyond a handful of counties, it will serve notice to the coastal elites that those of us in the hinterlands are considering alternatives to ruling-class authoritarianism. News of the project’s partial success will motivate other activists.
2)The project could spawn spin-offs….perhaps spawning a movement to get conservatives into the thousands of vacant GOP precinct committeeman positions.
3)All of us activists…pro-life, second amendment, parent’s rights, etc….are fighting the same battle: the destruction of cultural marxism, and the return to the foundations of our nation. In range voting counties, all of these groups would have a seat in the public square at election time. The best ideas would remain in the public mind, until such time as the ideas could flourish.
4)The range voting system has attributes that prevent vote-splitting: it is totally benign and will not siphon votes from the GOP or other major party.
At this point in time, aggressive action is important. Even if the RV project turns out to be short-lived or otherwise limited in scope, it is still the correct follow-up move to the 2A sanctuary movement.
Bear in mind that dramatic, large-scale successes are not necessary for our strategy to be highly impactful. The continued motivation of our activists, and the cementing of the resolve of the sanctuary counties, can be achieved with small but noteworthy successes.
Available upon request is an outline of the RV project’s assets, goals and strategy. I am available at any time to meet on skype or zoom.
Please read the follow-up article: “Letter #2 to 2A Activists” https://votermuscle.com/2021/04/letter-2-to-2a-sanctuary-county-activists/
Sincerely, John P Hilt [email protected] (312)259-5842 (mobile) https://votermuscle.com/ member Great Awakening, Palatine IL, a citizen’s action group