Letter for distribution to 2A county/state sanctuary activists, regarding a plan for solidifying the 2A sanctuaries against the possibility of more election disasters in ’22 and ’24.
Dear activist,
You, as a second amendment activist responsible for the wave of 2A sanctuary counties and states, are in a unique position to unite and solidify the populist regions of the country.
Because your 2A organizations are still intact, and your members still communicating with one another, you are the ideal vehicle to instigate a wave of populist candidates at the local level… candidates who will be rock-solid supporters of your region’s sanctuary policy.
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.
It is important to unify, and strengthen the resolve of, the second amendment sanctuaries…thereby preempting the D.C. establishment’s opportunity to test the resolve of one of the sanctuaries. Unification of the 2A sanctuaries 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 populist 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. And, news of the project’s partial success will keep our activists motivated and the movement robust.
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 populist groups would have a prominent voice at election time. After the election, 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.
5)The RV system will add teeth to your region’s sanctuary status by ensuring that officials faithfully execute the will of the people.
6)As a promoter of RV, your job will be easy because of two major selling points: a)election-reform initiatives always contain a mechanism for repeal, in case the public is dissatisfied. b)Under RV, counting of ballots is done at the precinct….there is no need to transport them to a central location.
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 related article: “Letter #2 to 2A Activists” https://votermuscle.com/2021/04/letter-2-to-2a-sanctuary-county-activists/ this article gives some details of the RV project.
Sincerely, John P Hilt [email protected] (312)259-5842 (mobile) https://votermuscle.com/ member Great Awakening, Palatine IL, a citizen’s action group
*”A new direction for 2A activists” is an updated, reedited version of the 4/15/21 post, “Letter to 2A sanctuary county activists”