[Sosfbay-discuss] Green candidate Jared Ball wins West Ill. U's mock primary

[Drew Johnson]

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Subject: [usgp-media] Jared Ball wins West Ill. U's mock primary
From:    "Ann Link" <eastst at hotmail.com>
Date:    Tue, November 6, 2007 08:06
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it will be interesting to see how he does in the election - Ann

http://media.www.westerncourier.com/media/storage/paper650/news/2007/11/05/News/Stage.Set.Obama.Vs.Guiliani-3079051.shtml

Stage set: Obama vs. Guiliani
"The Road to the White House Starts at Western Illinois University," from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5 in Western Hall
Jason Nevel
Issue date: 11/5/07 Section: News

The votes were tallied at Western Illinois University's first-ever mock
presidential election, and Barack Obama won the Democratic ticket with 60
percent of delegate votes. Rudy Giuliani claimed the Republican nomination
after the second ballot.

Texas Senator Ron Paul received the Libertarian nomination and Jared Ball
led all Green Party candidates.

Students can vote for the president Monday night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in
Western Hall.

Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards will be Obama's running mate
while Arizona Senator John McCain completes onto Giuliani's ticket.

"On Nov. 5, the major presidential election portion of the mock election
will be taking place at Western Hall," said Tara Short, Student Government
Association attorney general. "This will be when everyone from all the
different parties will come together and vote."

On the Republican side, Giuliani was unable to garner a majority vote over
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on the first ballot, but after
a period of negotiating, delegates shifted votes to Giuliani's side to
push him over the threshold.

One of the ways Giuliani was able to surpass Romney was by taking Utah.
However, some people felt that was inaccurate because in real national
polls, Romney is winning in the state.

"The state of Utah, which is the home of the Mormon church, voted for
Giuliani and the current poles show that Mitt Romney, who is a Mormon, is
winning in the real polls, so in no means was that a correct vote," said
Teresa Spavin, senior public administration major and Romney campaign
manager.

Short added that it is easy for students to vote, and SGA encourages a
high voter turnout.

"It takes 30 seconds to vote, and (students) don't even have to go back to
their hometowns," Short said.

For those interested in voting, Western Hall will be the main polling
location from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.


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