HomeFromIraqNow.org is a New National Campaign to end the war in Iraq

[Breeze54]

HomeFromIraqNow.org is a national campaign to end the war in Iraq
by using binding statewide ballot initiatives around the country
to pressure the administration to bring our troops home now.

We are currently in the process of placing a binding initiative on
the November 2006 ballot in Massachusetts to allow the voters to
decide if the Massachusetts National Guard should be in Iraq.
The initiative has two provisions.

The governor is required to prevent any further deployment
of Massachusetts National Guard troops to Iraq, and to use
all legal means available under state and federal law to fight
for the recall of all Massachusetts National Guard
troops currently in Iraq.

The governor may not deploy the National Guard to any
foreign destination without approval of the state legislature.

To Read the exact language of the ballot initiative;
Click this Link.
http://www.homefromiraqnow.org/initiativelanguage

Is this initiative legal?

Absolutely.
The initiative was crafted by constitutional law experts who
have litigated past National Guard cases on behalf of the state
of Massachusetts and was certified as constitutional by the
Attorney General of Massachusetts.

Federal law is clear on this point.

The US Supreme Court has ruled
SEE: Perpich, 496 U.S. at 351, n. 24
that if a proposed foreign deployment of the National Guard
were to impair the Guard's ability to respond to domestic
public safety or security emergencies -
conditions that clearly prevail today -
then the US constitution authorizes a governor to refuse
a presidential request to deploy the Guard abroad.

The HomeFromIraqNow.org binding initiative requires governors
to exercise that authority.
Should the governor of a state that passes the initiative
continue to allow National Guard troops to be sent to Iraq,
residents of those states will be able to go to court to force
those deployments to stop.


What about recalling the National Guard troops already in Iraq?

The National Guard troops in Iraq are under the sole authority
of the president, and only the president may recall them.

What the initiative does require is for the governor to use all
legal means available under federal and state law to bring about
a recall of all Massachusetts National Guard troops in Iraq.
In other words, once the initiative passes,
the governor will have a clear mandate from the voters to fight
to bring the National Guard home.

What about military personnel who are not in the National Guard?

The governor only has authority over the National Guard,
and a ballot initiative can only address an issue that lies
within the authority of Massachusetts law.

A yes vote on this initiative will not only prevent more
National Guard troops from being deployed to Iraq,
but will also send a very strong message to our elected
leaders that we want them to end the war and bring all
of our troops home immediately.

In effect,
the HomeFromIraqNow.org ballot initiative
tells our political leaders
"If you don't end this war now,
we will end it ourselves at the ballot box on Election Day."

What about other states?

Including Massachusetts,
24 states have a voter-sponsored ballot initiative process.
They are:
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado,
Florida,
Idaho, Illinois,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Dakota,
Utah,
Washington, Wyoming.

If you're interested in getting an initiative
on the ballot in one of these states,

email: [e-mail]


How you can help

HomeFromIraqNow.org
is doing something that no other campaign has done before.

We are using the ballot initiative process -
direct grassroots democracy -
to allow people to vote on the war in Iraq.

And we're doing it over the Internet.

Our first step is to get our initiative on the ballot in Massachusetts.
To do that,
we need to have 100,000 signatures of Massachusetts voters
in our hands by November 15, 2005.

Here's what you can do to make this happen:

Send us your signature
If you are registered to vote in Massachusetts,
send us your signature!

Click This Link to Get the Petition!

http://www.homefromiraqnow.org/petition

Help us collect signatures
For every hour you stand in a busy place with a clipboard,
you can collect 25 signatures.
If you put in two hours a day for 10 days between now
and November 15th you can collect 500 signatures.
200 people each working for five to ten days can complete
the entire signature drive.
Whether you want to collect signatures for two hours
or ten hours,
Click here to volunteer.
http://www.homefromiraqnow.org/volunteer

Click here to find out how to get involved in your area.
http://www.homefromiraqnow.org/getorganized

Recruit other people or groups to collect signatures
Instead of working two hours a day for ten days,
you could recruit nine friends and all go out together for one day.
Or perhaps you are a member of an activist group,
a civic association, a community group or a church or
synagogue group that you could persuade to take this on
as a team project.
If you want to put together a group,
or if you're a member of an organization that
wants to collect signatures,
click here
http://www.homefromiraqnow.org/volunteer

Spread the word!!

We have a very short amount of time to collect
100,000 signatures to get this initiative on the ballot.

Signature DeadLine is NOVEMBER 15th!

For ideas and materials to help you spread the word,
click here
http://www.homefromiraqnow.org/spreadtheword

Organize in your own state!!
If you are interested in launching a similar
initiative campaign in your state,
we want to work with you!

Please send an email to [e-mail]

Make a contribution
Right now,
this campaign is being run by volunteers who are donating
their time and paying campaign expenses out of their own pockets.
But we are coming to the limit of what we can do on our own.

Your contribution to HomeFromIraqNow.org will help us
complete the signature drive in Massachusetts
and expand the campaign to other states.

We can't do it without you!

Click here to make a contribution
http://www.homefromiraqnow.org/contribute


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[Breeze54]

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