To the Men & Women of Virginia:
Write-in: Silver Persinger *
for Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
Your vote is your voice ! It's your Right.
New - View Election Results at the Virginia State Board of Elections website.

On Friday, November 4, 2005
Richmond Independent Radio (WRIR) included an interview with me about my campaign during their weekly local news show. Click to listen to the interview. (Requires Quicktime, 3 MB)
* * * Download the new pamphlet and email the PDF to your friends and family. [Released Oct. 30, 2005] * * *
 
Small PDF 440k
Larger PDF 1.2 MB
   
VOTE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2005
Demand Better Government for a Better Future
-BE A CITIZEN -•- VOTE !
With three weeks to go before the election, I announced my candidacy on Tuesday, October 18, 2005. So far not a single Virginia newspaper has called. It looks like newspapers are no longer the repository of the Free Press. This means that it is up to you, THE VOTERS to educate your friends and family about my campaign if you support my platform. This state race ought to be national news. My campaign delivers traditional Virginian ideals and substantial issues. "Truth has nothing to fear but concealment." Spread the word.
       
 
 

VIRGINIANS!

View my PLATFORM

Sign the petition to show your support

Be sure to include the city or county where you live.

Call me at (804) 683-7845

5 pm - 11 pm Monday - Friday, please.

 
or e-mail anytime
Tell me what issues are important to YOU.
     
* Important: This campaign is a WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN, my name will not appear on the ballot, so you must write-in or type in my name in the appropriate spot for LT. GOVERNOR on your voting machine. Contact your local Registrar's Office for more information about performing a write-in vote or where you need to go to vote.
 
 
Dear VIRGINIA VOTER ,
 
 

Welcome to my election website. I believe that our government has served the interests of the extremely wealthy and does not do enough to improve real conditions for poor and working people. I am a Socialist and I believe government at all levels should take a more direct role in providing necessities such as jobs, health care, housing, public transportation, education, child care, and utilities. I believe that people are more important than money.

Please explore this site there is much information here from my two previous campaigns. You can read to learn more about my beliefs and my political views. My opponents shall neither say so much openly or represent views so contradictory to our current form of social and economic organization.

Learn about the other candidates for running for Virginia Lt. Governor:

 
 
 

Democrat Leslie Byrne

View Leslie Byrnes contributions

Republican Bill Bolling

View Bill Bollings contributions

On September 25, 2005 The Richmond Times-Dispatch ran an article entitled “Meet the Candidates: Contestants for Lieutenant Governor Respond to our Editors Questions.” I answered the same questions in an attempt to inform the voting public of my views. Read here

 
 

I humbly ask for your vote. I believe in the right of the people to determine their own fate through their use of the ballot box. The hope of democracy is that an educated electorate can overcome the corrupting influence of money.

I hope that every Virginian can hear my message of change and votes on November 8.

 
This is my Platform
Read my Entire Platform
 
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Real Estate
Assessment Reform
 

I support legalizing marijuana and regulating its sell similar to tobacco. A $5 tax per pack will go toward financing a high-speed rail system that is free for all Virginians. On the eve of Virginia's 400th Anniversary. . .

 

I think your home's assessed value should be locked-in at the price you pay for your home. No longer would citizens be penalized for staying in Virginia. Why should citizens have to pay escalating . . .

 

I support equal rights for gay and lesbian couples. The recent debate over gay marriage strikes at the fundamental meaning of the First Ammendment.

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Publications

 

• Download PDF of Platform Pamphlet: small file [440KB] or large file [1.2 MB]

Download promotional cards to give to your friends [makes 18 cards, cutting required]

Thanks for your support and be sure to tell your friends, family, and co-workers about the campaign.

Respectfully yours, Silver Persinger, www.votesilver.com

 
About me
My Funding
Previous Campaigns
 
Quotes from famous people
Learn more about Socialism
Richmond City Council in 2002
 
Important Historical Documents
Daily News from wsws.org
Richmond Mayor in 2004
             
   
View my personal websites:
 
Eductation & Entertainment
   
 
 

The following external websites are not affiliated with my campaign. And I do not endorse any message or statement made on the following websites:

   
   
www.6hourday.org
   
www.knightsoflabor.org
 
 
   
www.freesocialism.org
 
Virginia State Board of Elections
 
Virginia's Newspapers
 
   
 
 
 
Media Conspiracy?
 
ENTERTAINMENT
 
    Is my campaign not news-worthy? Is my campaign not a grassroots democratic campaign?  
Watch http://jibjab.com/
 
Watch http://onegoodmove.org
 
     
Listen to Michael Parenti
 
Listen to Noam Chomsky
 
 

 

View the Library of Virginia Exhibit

A Full vote, A free ballot, A fair count : Political Life in Virginia.
The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia www.centerforpolitics.org
   
Listen to a musical clip about "The Media."
  works to promote the value of politics and seeks to improve civic education and increase civic participation through research, analysis, and educational programs.  
   
Clip courtesy of mrdibbs.com
 
  Update Nov. 26, As of election day Nov. 8 this website had received 495 unique visitors and 14 people had signed the petition of support.    
SINCE OCT. 18, 2005
 

This website is paid for and authorized by Silver Persinger

   

Write-in Candidate for Virginia Lieutenent Governor, 2005

www.votesilver.com

 

     
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Last Updated: 11 / 26 / 2005