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Kelvin Moxley is a long-time conservative activist with a long history in Tennessee politics.

A graduate of the University of Tennessee Knoxville, Kelvin served on the staff of United States Senator Fred Thompson as a Special Assistant and a Legislative Assistant for eight years. As a Special Assistant in Thompson’s Nashville office, Kelvin was the liaison and outreach coordinator to various special constituency groups throughout the state. He worked with these groups to forge working relationships to exchange information, and address their problems and concerns. As a Legislative Assistant, Kelvin advised and counseled Senator Thompson on federal policies across a broad spectrum of issues including: agriculture, education, welfare, telecommunications, labor, gun control, housing and social policy. He assisted Senator Thompson in managing the Senator’s activities on the floor of the United States Senate.

Kelvin is best known in Knoxville as co-host and executive producer of “The Voice”, a daily radio talk show on Southern Roots Radio covering national, regional, international, state and local politics as well as Southern culture and history.

Kelvin brings broad experience to the job having worked for the U.S. Department of Defense, the Shelby County Property Assessor’s office, newspaper publisher/columnist and as a small business owner.

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FRONT PAGE FOLLIES!

Against my better judgment, I have consented to be one of the cast members for the 2006 Front Page Follies.  That's right, I will be putting my musical and thespian skills on display for all to see at the Knoxville Convention Center at 6 p.m., June 17.  Tickets are $100 each, or you can purchase a preseated table for ten for $1000.  Front Page Follies is a variety show performed by various members of the local media that spoof current events and news stories.  It is sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalism and the Knoxville News Sentinel.  Proceeds from the Follies support journalism and broadcasting scholarships at The University of Tennessee and Pellissippi State Technical Community College.

Knoxville News-Sentinel Campaign Profile

The Voice Website

Southern Roots Radio Website

Contact Kelvin at:

kelvin@kelvinmoxley.com

P.O. Box 11274

Knoxville, TN  37939

ALSO, VISIT THE GUEST BOOK!

The 5% Rule

In 2003 the Tennessee General Assembly passed a law that required write-in candidates to give 20-day advance notice of a write-in candidacy in order to have his votes counted and receive 5% of the total number of votes cast in the primary on the day of the election to advance to the general election.  Prior to this change, a write-in candidate had no advance notice requirement and had to prevail over the printed ballot candidate or if running un-opposed, he had to get a minimum of 25 votes.

For example:  A write-in candidate running un-opposed in the county-wide Republican primary would have to get 5% of the county-wide Republican election day turnout to advance to the general election.  In Knox County that 5% could be as much as 1290 write-in votes.  A candidate on the printed ballot running un-opposed county-wide would need only 25 votes to advance to the general election.

Take the Poll

2-8-113. Primary elections - Determination of results.     

(a)  On the third Thursday after a primary election, the state coordinator of elections shall publicly calculate and compare the votes received by each person and declare who has been nominated for office in the primary or elected to the state executive committee. The candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected or nominated; provided, that in order for any person to receive a party nomination by write-in ballots, such person must receive a number of write-in votes equal to or greater than five percent (5%) of the total number of votes cast in the primary on the day of the election. However, this section shall not apply where there are candidates for the office involved listed on the official ballot.

(c)  Any person trying to receive a party nomination by write-in ballots shall complete a notice requesting such person's ballots be counted in each county of the district no later than twenty (20) days before the primary election. Such person shall only have votes counted in counties where such notice was completed and timely filed. Write-in candidates for the offices of governor, United States senator and representative in the United States congress shall file their notice with the state coordinator of elections. The notice shall be on a form prescribed by the coordinator of elections and shall not require signatures of any person other than the write-in candidate requesting ballots be counted. The coordinator of elections shall distribute such form to the county election commissions. Upon timely receiving the notice required by this subsection (c), the county election commission shall promptly inform the state coordinator of elections, the registry of election finance, as well as all other candidates participating in the affected election. 

[Acts1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1975, ch. 131, § 1; 1975, ch. 150, § 1; 1977, ch.  480, § 4; T.C.A., § 2-813; Acts 2003, ch.  307, § 3;2005, ch. 302, § 2.]

The Tennessee General Assembly passed a change to the law governing write-in campaigns.  No longer will a write-in candidate be required to get 5% of the votes cast in the district primary.  He now has to get 5% of the REGISTERED VOTERS in the district primary!

This incumbent protection act (HB1114) effectively guts any write-in campaign.  In my recent campaign the threshold for getting on the August ballot was 1290 votes.  This change in the law RAISES the threshold to 12,000 votes!

The lag time between the candidate filing deadline and the election can be as much as 90 days.  Just think of what happened in the world of politics during the past 90 days.  Write-in campaigns are the public's failsafe against a corrupt incumbent politician running unopposed to re-election.  Don't let the Legislature take your voter safety net away!

Call Governor Bredesen and ask him to veto this assault upon grassroots political campaigns!

615-741-2001

Email Governor Bredesen

Governor's Office
Tennessee State Capitol
Nashville, TN 37243-0001

Phone: 615.741.2001
Fax: 615.532.9711
Key Departments :

Constituent Services                                        615.532.4562

Communications                                              615.741.3763

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           In the waning days of the 104^th General Assembly, the Senate and House passed a bill that raises the threshold for write-in candidates to qualify for the ballot from the previous mountain of five percent of the votes cast in the election to the stratospheric level of five percent of registered voters.  This incumbent protection bill (HB 1114 amendment 12 and SB0407)was the handiwork of Democrat Majority Leader Kim McMillin in the House and Joe Haynes in the Senate.  The Senate passed this despicable travesty without dissent.  In the House, through the customary skullduggery of Speaker Nafieh, it passed it 58-25.

            Over the last few years, I have noted that it takes more to get my blood boiling than it used to.  Perhaps that is a function of getting older and hopefully wiser.  I suspect it is more a function of becoming more cynical.  But the Tennessee General Assembly has managed to accomplish what few other legislative bodies have accomplished.  They raised my blood to a white-hot temperature with the speed and intensity of a volcanic eruption.

            Incumbent Protection does not begin to describe the feckless, venal, putrid and puerile character of this measure.  The original five percent of the votes cast was sufficient to make most write-in candidacies a long-shot.  This new requirement makes it impossible.  In the last county-wide primary in Knox County, the largest write-in candidacy was for the Democrat nominee for Sheriff (2327) for the Republican primary it was 984 for Sheriff. Under existing law the Democrat needed 346 write-ins to advance to the General Election, the Republican needed 1290.  Under this recently passed bill, the threshold is raised to five percent of registered voters which equates to 12,250.

            Some may think that this number is reasonable, but stop and consider that in the last election, of the total 124 candidates running for election (on the ballot and write-ins) only 17 garnered more than 12,250 votes, and every one of them was ON the ballot.  So if only 17 of the 84 on-ballot candidates make the 12,250 threshold, what hope does a write-in candidate have?

            A write-in candidacy has traditionally been the vehicle for citizens to challenge an incumbent when something happens in the nearly three months between the qualification deadline and the election. If a scandal comes to light, an alteration in the political landscape or a particularly egregious vote is cast during that three-month period, the public has an option available to them to address the situation.  In Knox County, we saw this in the recent election when the State Supreme Court significantly altered the political landscape with its term limits ruling.  The write-in candidacies were a safety valve that allowed the public to have some sort of choice in the election.  The Legislature has now effectively strangled this baby in the crib.

            I ran as a write-in candidate for County Clerk in the last election.  I knew the hurdles going in.  I knew it was a long-shot to get the five percent on a paper ballot.  I thought then, as now that the requirement was unnecessarily burdensome.  After the election, I wrote the eighteen members of the House and Senate that I know and asked them to work to repeal the Five Percent rule.  Most replied that nothing could be done until the next session.  Now this happens.

            I cannot really fault the Republicans in the House for this slimy filth.  They are out-numbered and the Democrats held together to pass the bill along party lines. However, I can fault the member of the Republican-controlled Senate.  They passed this garbage unanimously, including the seven Senators that I wrote to.  I have been a friend of some of these folks for well over a decade, and we have been on opposite sides of very few issues, but this straw is so large that it has broken this camel’s back. I cannot see any healing occurring unless and until I see some significant effort on his part to get this bill vetoed.  Make no mistake about it.  Such legislation has one purpose, and only one purpose: to make it more difficult for challengers to unseat incumbents.

Rage Against the Machine!

Vote on Paper Ballot! 

KELVIN MOXLEY

Co-Host, The Voice on Southern Roots Radio
Executive Director, Tennessee Conservative Union
Former Policy Analyst for U.S. Senator Fred Thompson
Former Vice-Chairman, Tennessee Republican Party
Former publisher, Conservative Spectator
Graduate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

As you know, the term limit ruling has thrown the election into a turmoil.  I am a write-in candidate for Knox County Clerk in the Republican Primary. 

 As a write-in candidate, I need to get 5% of the county-wide Republican Primary vote to be on the ballot for the August general election.  To cast a vote for me, you will need to ask for a paper ballot. 

At present, if I do  not get five percent of the GOP county-wide primary vote and incumbent Democrat Mike Padgett is ruled to be subject to term limits, the Democrats will choose the next Clerk who will then walk into office unopposed. If Republicans are to have a choice in this election, I will need you to ask for a paper ballot and write my name in for County Clerk.

I am asking you to protect Republican interests in this topsy-turvy election season and step outside your voting comfort zone to vote in the old-fashioned traditional way--paper ballot.

    During Early Voting and on May 2, please remember to USE YOUR MOXIE, "WRITE-IN KELVIN MOXLEY" for COUNTY CLERK!"

   Write-In ballot procedure

The voter must request the paper ballot for the Republican Primary before precinct registrar record information in the signature list.

When the voter completes marking the ballot, the voter is instructed to fold the ballot and hand it to the second Ballot Judge, as the voter states his/her name to the Judge.

A Ballot Judge checks the application for ballot to be sure this is the correct voter.

The second Ballot Judge then checks the number on the ballot stub against the ballot number written on the application for ballot to be sure the voter is returning the same ballot provided according to the application.

If the numbers compare, the second Ballot Judge then tears off the ballot stub (with the number), destroys the stub, and drops the ballot in the locked metal ballot box while the voter watches.

EARLY VOTING

Vote Early!!
Remember to bring your Voter Registration Card.

Sample Ballot  Sample ballot
If you have any questions, call: 215-2480 TDD 215-2954 or go to the Knox County Election Commission website.

April 12 – 27 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Closed Sundays

April 25, 26, 27 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Closed Friday,

April 14 & Saturday, April 15

Chapman Ford Center 6510 B Chapman Highway (next to Goody’s)

County Courthouse      300 Main Street  1st Floor Lobby

Downtown West        1645 Downtown West Blvd.

Farragut Town Hall    11408 Municipal Center Drive

Halls Center              Knox County Clerk’s Office 7028 Maynardville Hwy 

Knoxville Center Mall Knox County Clerk’s Office 3001 Knoxville Center Drive
Love Kitchen             2418 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue

  Saturday Morning 4/22/06 8am

 The David Lee Campaign is sponsoring a pancake and sausage fundraiser for write-in candidate Kelvin Moxley, this Saturday, April 22, 8-10 am at the Sequoyah Hills Café.  1210 Kenesaw Ave

Cost is $10 per person.  Let's support Kelvin! There is no Republican running and the incumbent is a Democrat who may be subject to term limits.

Click here for Directions:

Sunday afternoon 4/23/06

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

"The Hubert Smith Radio Show" 

Hubert Smith will talk to write-in candidates seeking county offices:

Kelvin Moxley, County Clerk

Tom Salter, County Comm. Dist. 5-C

Stan Johnson, County Comm. Dist. 1-A

Deborah Porter, County Comm., Dist. 2-B

We'll discuss how to use paper voting ballots.

"The Hubert Smith Radio Show," is simulcast on area radio stations:

WLOD-AM 1140 - Loudon County

WATO-AM 1290 - Anderson County

WGAP-AM 1400 - Blount and Sevier Counties

ELECTION RESULTS!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Although the election did not turn out the way we would have liked it, it was still a great experience.  I met many wonderful people along the way during this short twenty-day campaign.

I knew going into this that the task ahead was not an easy one, however I believed the voters of Knox County deserved a choice in a county-wide election.

I could never have gotten this close without the commitment and support of people like you, and I will never forget the way you turned out.

While a defeat can be disheartening, I take solace in the words of Theodore Roosevelt:

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." 

Thank you for all that you did. 

Rage Against the Machine!

Vote on Paper Ballot! 

Kelvin Moxley will use I’s and EAR for a better Clerk Office!

[I]nnovation

[E]fficiency

[A]ccessibility

[R]esponsiveness

The Knox County Clerk’s office has not kept pace with new technology that can make the office operations more accessible and responsive to the people of Knox County. If I can buy a Happy Meal at McDonalds and pay for it with a credit or debit card, why do I have to pay my car tags the same way as people in 1906? If Rip van Winkle had gone to sleep in 1906 and woke up today, he would still have to trudge down to the Clerk’s Office with a fist-full of cash or drop it in the mail and wait days or weeks for his tags. It’s 2006, we can do better. Hamilton, Sevier, Sumner and Davidson Counties allow electronic payments, why can’t we. Sumner, Sevier and Hamilton countians can renew tags on-line. Why can’t we.

The Clerk’s Office has a website, but for the most part it functions as a bulletin board where you can pick-up a few forms. We can make it more interactive, informative and innovative. We should be looking at what processes can be performed through the internet. We should be making more documents and information more available on the internet--including the budget for the Clerk’s Office.

I want to create an atmosphere in the Clerk’s Office where everyone is actively dedicating their eyes and ears to IEAR:  [I]nnovation, [E]fficiency, [A]ccessibility, and [R]esponsiveness.

When I am elected County Clerk, I will call for an immediate audit of the office to establish a baseline for performance comparision-year to-year. 

Rage Against the Machine!

Vote on Paper Ballot! 

Where Do I Vote?

Use this link to find out what district you are in and where you go to vote.

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TV Star, Former Senator Fred Thompson Considers '08 Presidential Bid

Political Comeback? - Actor and former Sen. Fred Thompson could win support of GOP for a 2008 run

FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT, FRED THOMPSON CAMPAIGN, FRED THOMPSON 2008, FRED08, THOMPSON '08 FRED TOMPSON TENNESSEE

PETITION

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(The Hunt for Fred November)

HERE IT IS!

AND NOW IT BEGINS!

 

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Hoover Institute Interview