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Originally posted by cee_Kamp:


If you so qualify, call/contact the NRA and figure out what happened and have them send you a ballot PDQ. Log in at the NRA website and contact Member Services, or call 1-800-672-3888

Patriot Life member here. So totally eligible to vote.

I called and found out what happened. There was a mixup when someone with a similar name to me called to change their address. They ended up changing the address on my membership late last year to some address in MT.

That explains why all my mail from them stopped.

but it gets worse, the e-mail address, user name, security questions and even phone number were changed. Everything.

So to make a long story short, they said my ballot went to some address in MT, and another can't be issued.

I'm not real happy about it, but that's what happened. Oh well.

I really wanted to vote this time too.

The problem I see going forward is someone in MT ended up with my membership number, and I don't see what would keep him from changing it back again. I better hang on to these old American Rifleman magazines from the early 2000's that associate the member number to me. That way I have at least some proof that the member number in question really belonged to me.

I would suggest that you email Amanda and see if what you were told over the phone from NRA HQ is gospel.
Email your phone number to Amanda and ask her to call you.
A special "security" question/answer should be added for your NRA Membership number, that only you can answer.

Up for another look for NRA voting members.
Vote the WLP incumbents out!

I've also had an issue with this year's ballot. I've been a member for many years, and there was no ballot in my February issue of "American Rifleman." Further, there was no indication that any ballot was ever in the center of the magazine. I called Member Services, and interestingly, the number is answered by someone at Infocision, the outfit that does all the NRA's paid solicitation, so the NRA apparently contracts customer service out. The rep told me that I must mail my copy of the magazine BACK to the NRA, and a decision would be made about whether I'd be provided a ballot. I understand that they presumably want to guard against voter fraud, but I'm not sure what this would prove, and I don't plan on going out of my way to mail a magazine back to the NRA, so I guess I won't be voting. I've sent two emails to them, with no response about the issue.

Did you email Amanda and tell her there appears to be an issue with a missing ballot?
I can't think of a better resource for a voting NRA Member, than an active NRA BOD Member that is actively working hard for changes within the NRA.
If you are not mailing the magazine back to the NRA, and not voting, you are effectively OK with the NRA leadership that neglected the Membership & Organization in the first place.

Up for another view for the NRA voting members!

Voted, including write in names & locations, with ink, completely filled circles.

Cross checked with vote for and don't vote for suggestions.
Counted <28 votes.

Proof read 3x, verified vote count with family mathematician.

Signed (legibly), sealed, stamped and relinquished envelope to the USPS.

We never gave up in Florida, voted Ron DeSantis into two terms as governor, and Donald Trump into two terms as President. Both men and their teams in Tallahassee and D.C. are doing wonderful work.

May God bless these board members as they rebuild the NRA, just as Florida and the USA are being restored.