NRA-ILA EVCs Lead the Charge
this Election Season
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"...the engine that drives the NRA machine is
its impressive corps of more than 4.2 million dedicated and
active members..." |
The 2000 elections showcased the most intensive grassroots effort
ever undertaken by NRA-ILA. The main goals of its efforts were
simple -- to register pro-Second Amendment voters and to make
sure gun owners were actively involved with the campaigns of
pro-freedom candidates.
Leading the charge for ILA's grassroots
efforts were the more than 375 NRA-ILA Election Volunteer
Coordinators (EVCs) working in congressional districts
nationwide. EVCs acted as the liaisons between NRA members and
gun owners and pro-gun candidates' campaigns. Simply put, EVCs
were beating the bushes for the Second Amendment -- at gun clubs,
ranges, shooting events, and gun shops.
Our EVCs recruited thousands of new political volunteers and
registered thousands more new pro-liberty voters. Through their
work, thousands of gun owners gave countless hours of their time
to the campaigns of candidates who support the Second Amendment
-- distributing literature and yard signs, working on phone
banks, walking precincts, and turning out the vote on Election
Day.
Here are just some of the many highlights of the activities
undertaken by the EVCs:
- In Pennsylvania, an EVC and his fellow volunteers distributed
more than 500 candidate yard signs and more than 2,500 pieces of
literature during neighborhood walks;
- In Oklahoma, one of your EVCs was credited with providing the
support for a pro-Second Amendment candidate's come-from-behind
victory in the primary election;
- In Florida, an EVC recruited more than 200 new NRA-ILA
Volunteers;
- In Indiana, one of your EVCs organized a busload of volunteers to
travel to a candidate debate and support the pro-gun lawmaker;
- In Florida, an EVC recruited a volunteer for a campaign outside
his own congressional district. This volunteer took two weeks off
from work to help the campaign full time. The campaign made him
an Honorary Staff Member.
- In key battleground states, EVCs were integral in the promotion
and on-the-ground organization of NRA's "Get Out The Vote"
rallies featuring NRA President Charlton Heston, NRA Executive
Vice President Wayne LaPierre, and ILA Executive Director James
Jay Baker.
Giving the EVCs additional resources in the way of newly-trained
and energized campaign volunteers, ILA's Grassroots Division
conducted 50 Grassroots-Election Seminars in key states and
districts nationwide. These seminars transformed NRA members into
savvy political activists, empowering them to register pro-gun
voters, conduct and coordinate literature drops, distribute
campaign yard signs, and of most import -- turn out the pro-gun
vote on Election Day.
NRA-ILA's grassroots election efforts, spearheaded by the EVCs,
once again showed that the engine that drives the NRA machine is
its impressive corps of more than 4.2 million dedicated and
active members.
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