In another illustration of how so few eligible NRA voting members actually vote is this factoid from the Falls Township Rifle and Pistol Association.
Thanks to Bitter and the Falls Township Rifle and Pistol Association for compiling these numbers. Imagine a NRA if a million members voted for change, reform, and NRA 2.0. Nothing could stop us!
If you are a voting member of the NRA you should have received your ballot by now. If not, see my post on how to report a missing ballot and how to request it be replaced. Given the USPS, you still may want to give it a few more days.
In the meantime, here is a reminder.
Vote and encourage your friends who are voting members to vote. I can’t count how many people I’ve spoken with who are Life Members who have never voted.
The Complementary Spouse and I filled out our ballots today and they will be in tomorrow’s mail. Remember the deadline for receipt is April 6th. I thought it was the postmark date but the ballot specifically says receipt.
Ballots for the 2025 NRA Board of Directors election should be arriving this week in the official journals (Am Hunter, Am Rifleman, Shooting Illustrated, and America’s First Freedom). For those who take the magazine in digital format, you should be receiving your ballot in the mail.
However, what should you do if neither the magazine or the ballot arrives? I asked NRA Secretary John Frazer this question and here is his answer.
Any issues involving damaged or potentially lost ballots should be reported to the regular Membership phone number at 1-800-672-3888. One of the staff there will take a full report so that we can assess each situation individually.
As you correctly note, especially early in the process, people should wait a couple of weeks before reporting their ballots as lost. The mail does get backed up from time to time. If the current run of weather continues, we can probably expect more delays.
The one thing to remember is that you can only vote for 28 candidates. This includes the two write-in candidates – Charles Brown and Paul Babaz. Any votes over that amount will spoil your ballot and cause it to not be counted.
We are encouraging voting members to vote the entire slate found at ElectANewNRA.com. The rationale has changed from bullet voting as has been urged in the past. The new rationale of voting a full ticket of 28 reformers is to close any opportunity for one of the old guard aka Friends of Wayne aka the cabal to slip back into office. If your conscience doesn’t allow you to vote for any one particular candidate on the reform slate, I might suggest Mark Shuell as an alternative candidate. I have spoken with Mark and his heart seems in the right place. He is not part of the cabal’s list of endorsed candidates.
Greg Buchel is the president and owner of Big Horn Armory. His company makes some of the most interesting pistol caliber lever actions on the market. Want something in .500 S&W, you got it. Maybe something a little smaller such as .454 Casull but with a 16″ octagonal barrel and fancy wood? He’s got you covered.
Thus, I think it notable that he just sent out a letter to all his customers endorsing the Elect A New NRA slate of candidates. Greg is Benefactor Life Member who got tired like so many of us of supporting Wayne’s excesses and he wants those who supported that former status quo gone.
Here is his letter:
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 More Info on Candidates and Issues Regards, Greg Buchel President Big Horn Armory, Inc.  |
I want to thank Greg for taking this step. I doubt he will the only one within the firearms and shooting industry to say this but it takes fortitude to step up and put your company’s name behind it.
You should be getting your ballot in the mail this week with your magazine. If you subscribe digitally, it will be coming in the mail.
If Michael Bane’s MBTV On the Radio podcast, formerly Downrange Radio, were a human, it could now buy both booze and a pistol. It has now turned 21. Congratulations to Michael and Marshall Holloway for keeping it going for so long.
All voting NRA members need to listen to his January 7th episode. Michael gives an unequivocal endorsement to the reform candidates running for the Board of Directors.
I want to thank Michael from the bottom of my heart for his personal endorsement of my candidacy. I was not only mentioned but was the first person mentioned. As Michael said, we do go back quite a ways and are good friends.
Listen to Michael and vote. If you’re an eligible NRA voter and you’ve blown off voting in the past like the majority of eligible voters, now is the time to change your ways and vote.
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