We have a very short window in which to get 400+ qualified signatures of Voting Members of the NRA on each of over a dozen candidate petitions.

We were disappointed that the NRA Nominating Committee blocked most of the reform candidates from nomination, so now the only way to get them on the ballot is via the petition process, but petitions must be received by NRA from the candidates by October 8, or they will be ruled invalid.

That doesn’t give us much time, especially once you take into account the time it takes to mail signed petitions to the candidates, get NRA Member Numbers verified, and mail them on to NRA HQ.

We urge every qualified NRA voter (Life Members and those members with 5+ years of uninterrupted Annual membership) to print and sign the petitions as soon as possible, and get them in the mail, either to the individual candidates directly, or to our central clearing house, care of Rocky Marshall, where they’ll be collated for the various candidates and mailed to them.

If you can get additional qualified signatures, by all means do so, but don’t delay.  It’s much better to have one signature received in time, than to have a dozen signatures arrive a day too late.

Rather than reinvent the wheel, here is a link to our friend John Richardson’s excellent blog, where he has posted bios and petitions for all of the reform candidates:

NRA Petition Candidates Round-Up

Click on the link, then click on each candidate’s name to access their bio’s and petitions.

Or click on this link to download all of the petitions:

All Petitions 2024

You can mail each petition directly to each candidate or mail them all to: Rocky Marshall at Frontier Truck Gear, PO Box 277, Center Point, TX 78010

You might notice a few names of current or past directors who have been at odds with reform in the past, but these are folks who have seen the light and are walking the talk.  We might not endorse all of them for election, but we do want them all on the ballot so we have the best chance of getting the most pro-reform candidates elected we possibly can.

Don’t delay.  Print, sign, and mail the petitions as soon as possible.

Thanks.

UPDATE: Vote YES on the Bylaw proposal.
The Bylaws require a vote of the membership to create a new officer position, and this is one that needs to happen.  — Jeff

Four candidates dedicated to reforming the troubled NRA will be on the ballot for election to the NRA Board this year.

The four reform candidates are Judge Phil Journey, Rocky Marshall, Dennis Fusaro, and me, Jeff Knox.

We are encouraging people to vote for only these four and no one else.

Bullet voting for just the four reform candidates gives your votes more weight and increases the odds of us winning seats.

Ballots are supposed to be in the March issue of NRA magazines for those members eligible to vote.

Only NRA Life Members, and those Annual Members who have been members for at least 5 consecutive years, without interruption, are eligible to vote and will receive ballots.

Each year, the NRA sends out around 2.5 million ballots, but only about 5% of those are ever returned, meaning that almost 2 million ballots are never returned. Finding and activating those un-voted ballots this year could be the key to getting the reform candidates elected, so please talk with your NRA member friends and encourage them to vote for the four reform candidates.

No one knows what will happen with the trial now going on in New York. It’s almost certain that the NRA will lose, and LaPierre and former Treasurer Woody Phillips will be ordered to pay some restitution, but there’s just no telling what the judge will decide regarding the NRA itself. He could just order them to clean up their act and sin no more – which would leave the same people in charge who allowed this mess in the first place – or he could go so far as to dissolve the current board, throw out the current election, and order a new election. He could also appoint a Special Master or overseer to take charge of reorganizing the NRA. He has a lot of leeway and we can only guess at what he might do, and try to position ourselves to be able to participate in the resurrection of the Association.

There’s also a good chance that the NRA will appeal any decision that goes against them, resulting in more delays and more NRA member money poured into the pockets of lawyers.

For the time being, our focus must be on getting our four reform candidates elected.

Please look for the ballot in the March issue of your NRA magazine, which should be delivered in late February. As soon as you receive your ballot, please mark Jeff Knox, Phil Journey, Rocky Marshall, and Dennis Fusaro, sign the back of the envelope, and mail it. Then reach out to all of your NRA friends, members of your gun club, and in any online forums you participate in, and encourage everyone to do the same.

Thanks.