Comments on: More on NRA Voting Patterns

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:49:00 +0000

Justin: Didn’t you notice when the wheelbarrows of cash stopped arriving?

By: Justin Buist

Justin Buist — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:37:14 +0000

I let my membership lapse a while back so I’m out of the voting.

Sad thing is, I never intended to let it lapse. I thought I had renewed already and I was so used to seeing snail mail from the NRA laden with the words “Act now!” and “Last Chance!” I just pitched them into the circular filing cabinet.

By: gnbrotz

gnbrotz — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:24:49 +0000

I didn’t vote because I believed I was ineligible, but now it appears I was wrong. I thought I had to be a Life Member AND have at least 5 years of continuous membership, not either/or.

Beyond that, I’m not educated fully enough about the possible candidates to cast knowledgeable votes. This WILL change before the next election comes around.

By: Linoge

Linoge — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:57:37 +0000

Strike that… ineligible…

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:24:49 +0000

I went life. They were offering a deal for 500 if you bought at the convention. Couldn’t pass up a half price life membership.

By: Linoge

Linoge — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:18:05 +0000

Well, I am eligible (both due to not being a long-term/life member, and that whole letting-my-membership-lapse thing…). Vaguely considering taking the leap for an installment lifetime… or at least renewing again. Probably the latter.

By: Michael Hawkins

Michael Hawkins — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:50:35 +0000

Euro-trash … I’m not an NRA member, but I am a somewhat regular reader, figured I’d cast my vote to give you some insight in your blogger public

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:51:36 +0000

Somebody get Angelina Jolie signed up. I’ll vote for her.

By: Bitter

Bitter — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:30:05 +0000

I don’t think general participation is low because of the lack of celebrities. I said that specific year likely had lower participation because of a lack of them. It may not be the case, but you can’t deny that the year with Tom Selleck on the ballot, 20,000 more ballots were returned than the year with no “celebrity” names even though there were more ballots sent the year with the lower participation.

I’m going to make a chart with 2006, 2007, and 2008 tonight when I finish settling in this evening at my mom’s.