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CAMPAIGN BUZZ
The "Vote Republican" sign is being distributed and placed around Maryland to promote and encourage unifying the Republican campaigns around our basic message of freedom, prosperity and security. Thanks to generous donors, we were able to purchase 520 signs, which are being set up on a priority basis in Prince George's, Montgomery counties, and Baltimroe City.
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Canvassing Campaign features VOTE REPUBLICAN Theme
In the run-up to the November general elections, MGR will canvass all communities to promote "VOTE REPUBLICAN". In door-to-door direct voter outreach, MGR volunteers will distribute the VOTE REPUBLICAN postcard, along with other candidate campaign literature which may be available.
The postcard, shown here to the left, allows canvasers to introduce the message to vote for ALL Republicans on the ballot, which is the only way to assure success in a state where Republicans are outnumbered by Democrats by about 2 to 1. In the large populated counties of Prince George's and Montgomery, the disadvantage of Republicans to Democrats is much greaterd, about 10-1.
Where Republicans are so greatly outnumbered, canvasing is difficult, and leadership is very limited to change this condition. MGR convassing in these difficult areas will therefore focus on the most receptive voters, to encourage a more positive attitude among those who will then reach others with the positive Republican message. MGR has a major task in these counties to alter this negative attitude and habit of losing elections by using direct personal contact with each indivdiual voter. The door-to-door approach will then gradually develop more leadership among Republicans, and change the attitude towards progress, success and victory.
To participate in this vital canvassing campaign, contact your local MGR coordinator, or Lee Havis, MGR state volunteer coordinator: mgr@patriotvoting.com ; 240-481-1566.
Sharon St. Ours, coordinator for Talbot County
A resident of Easton, MD, Sharon St. Ours is assigned as MGR coordinator for Talbot County. Sharon reports that she was born and raised in Maryland, in a die-hard democratic family. She says, "It was drummed into my head that Republicans were for rich people, and cared nothing about the poor. All they cared about was big business and, of course they were war mongers. I believed that well into adulthood. When I started college I started paying attention to politics and finally realized what was really happening. I graduated with a degree in psychology and sociology and worked with adolescents. I changed jobs later in life and went into retail management. I am now retired and very concerned about the future of our country." In 2016, Sharon was active in the Ted Cruz for President grassroots volunteer campaign in Maryland.
Lee Havis, MGR State Volunteer Coordinator
Lee Havis, long-time resident of College Park, Maryland in Prince George's County, has been active in liberty-oriented private education and political organizing in Maryland for many years. In 2010, he founded the Patriot Vetting Committee (PVC, http://patriotvoting.com) to provide practical tools for vetting liberty candidates througout the country. Thereafter, he started the PVC-afifliated Free State Patriots to use these tools for vetting candidates in Maryland.
Lee began a leadership role in local Republican politics when in 2013, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the PG Republican party central committee, where he was especially active in building up a grassroots volunteer precinct organization. In 2015, he organized another grassroots volunteer organization in Maryland, this time state-wide, to support the candidacy of Ted Cruz for president. Based on that experience, he is has now started the Maryland Grassroots Republicans to mobilize grassroots support for Republican party principles and candidates in an independent, self-governing manner throughout the state.
Hank Aldag, MGR State Communications Coordinator
Hank Aldag, is designated as statewide communications coordinator for Maryland Grassroots Republicans (MGR). In this capacity, he will aid the state volunteer coordinator, Lee Havis, in the vital work of maintaining good communication among the various coordinators assigned in each local jurisdiction in the state. A senior policy advisory with the US Department of State, he resides in Prince George's County where he has been active in the grassroots organization in Maryland supporting the candidacy of Ted Cruz for President.
A business graduate from the University of Maryland, Hank is employed as senior policy advisor with the US Department of State, specializing in real estate procurement, which has taken him on important missions throughout the world. He and his wife Tanya, also promote the showing of photographs taken by Vitas Luckus, a Lithuanian native renowned for his photography of ordinary life throughout the old Soviet Union, beginning in the 1960's. Tanya, the widow of Luckus on his death in 1987, escaped from her home country of Lithuania to the United States in 1991, taking with her many Luckus photos taken during his travels, which often involved dodging repression, censorship, and harassment from the secret police. Through Tanya, Hank has an especially keen concern for the value of freedom, and the importance of open, citizen-focused self-government, which is the hallmark purpose and function of the MGR.