The Iowa Secretary of State, Paul Pate, has now called out the Ted Cruz campaign for falsely representing Iowa election law, in their campaign “shaming letter“.

Press Release Below:

DES MOINES – “Today I was shown a piece of literature from the Cruz for President campaign that misrepresents the role of my office, and worse, misrepresents Iowa election law. Accusing citizens of Iowa of a “voting violation” based on Iowa Caucus participation, or lack thereof, is false representation of an official act. There is no such thing as an election violation related to frequency of voting. Any insinuation or statement to the contrary is wrong and I believe it is not in keeping in the spirit of the Iowa Caucuses”. (more…)

The second of Mr. Trump’s three Iowa rallies today takes place in Clinton Iowa at the Clinton Middle School, 3:30pm Central – 4:30pm Eastern

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Facing the reality of massive legal issues the Republican Party of Virginia (GOPe) has voted to remove the party loyalty pledge requirement from the 2016 election:

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The party’s governing body has voted by acclamation to no longer require a Statement of Affiliation to vote in the March 1 GOP presidential primary – FULL STORY –

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In response to the Ted Cruz campaign sending out the Iowa voter “Shaming Letters”, a strong Cruz advocate and radio talk show host Steve Deace couldn’t believe it:

The shaming letters sent by the Cruz campaign to Iowa voters initially surfaced on Friday.

The Stazi approach was so over the top almost all Ted Cruz supporters couldn’t believe the campaign would be so stupid, including Steve Deace: (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump will be holding three rallies in Iowa today Dubuque, Clinton and Davenport. The first event takes place at the Dubuque Regional Airport at 1:00 PM Central, 2:00pm Eastern:

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It has now been confirmed – The photograph of Ted Cruz campaign shaming letters is legit (see below).  The letters are officially from the Ted Cruz campaign.

Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler confirmed to IJ Review that the mailer was theirs in a phone call Friday evening, saying that the targeting had been “very narrow, but the caucuses are important and we want people who haven’t voted before to vote.”  (link)

The personalized letters target individual Iowa voters and identifies them as having failed to vote in prior elections.  They are admonished and then encouraged to vote this year.  In addition the letters identify the neighbors of the voter, and provides their voting history.

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God Bless You All !

A Message From Another New Yorker […] “Today I shall speak to you on the subject of individual citizenship, the one subject of vital importance to you, my hearers, and to me and my countrymen, because you and we a great citizens of great democratic republics.

A democratic republic such as ours – an effort to realize its full sense government by, of, and for the people – represents the most gigantic of all possible social experiments, the one fraught with great responsibilities alike for good and evil. (more…)

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