Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Tweeting to get "protest" candidate on AL06 ballot

Your assistance is solicited to tweet to get me on the ballot as an Independent protest candidate in the Alabama 6th Congressional district. Please see Is there a third way? and Independent protest candidate in AL 6th Cong'l district?.

My deadline to get and take signed ballot access petitions to Montgomery is March 1st.

I am doing my own tweeting to Twitter users in the 6th Congressional district but I need help.

The tweet I am currently sending is:
March 1st deadline for Independent protest candidate in AL 6th Cong'l district. l
http://2016candidatesdeclarations.blogspot.com/2016/02/is-there-third-way.html
Suggested tweets you could send are:
AL 6th Cong'l district should get Independent "protest" candidate on ballot. Deadline is March 1st. http://2016candidatesdeclarations.blogspot.com/2016/02/is-there-third-way.html
or
AL 6th Cong'l district should get Independent "protest" candidate on ballot. Deadline is March 1st. http://2016candidatesdeclarations.blogspot.com/2016/02/protest-independent-candidate-in-al-6th.html
or some other tweet you might suggest.

Also, I am open so suggestions for other textual material for tweets to link to. Just pass them on to me.

A interactive map of the Alabama 6th Congressional district is here.

For targeting recipients in the 6th Congressional district (from which most of the City of Birmingham proper is excluded), I would have a number of recommendations of Twitter account follower lists to use. These include:

Homewood Chamber of Commerce followers
Over The Mountain Journal followers
Trussville Tribune followers
City of Alabaster followers
Clanton Advertiser followers
Shelby County GOP followers
[others to be added in due course]

How to send your tweets efficiently
In doing your tweeting, you are repetitively sending the same tweet message. This can be done very efficiently. Get the tweet message on your mouse clipboard, go to the follower list you are using for your tweeting, start with the first person on the list you want to tweet to, and do this:
1. Right click on person's Twitter name.
2. Choose "open in new tab"
3. Go to the new tab.
4. Click on the "Tweet to" button.
5. Paste the tweet message in the box.
6. Hit the "Tweet" button.
7. Close the tab, which takes you back to the list
8. Go on to next person, and repeat above steps.
You should be able to send 30 to 40 tweets in a half hour. Send as many tweets as you are willing to. Don't worry about any duplication that you think may arise.

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