{"id":112,"date":"2019-04-30T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2019\/04\/30\/nra-attendance-and-voting-statistics\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:30:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:30:10","slug":"nra-attendance-and-voting-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"NRA Attendance And Voting Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6236,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/The_Manchurian_Candidate&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260414035431\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/The_Manchurian_Candidate&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 13:42:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 13:42:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<div class=\"tr_bq\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The official attendance at the NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis was approximately 81,000. This is about 6,000 less than last year&#8217;s meeting in Dallas. I will say I had no trouble getting about on the floor nor in the hallways of the Indiana Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>Now to more important statistics.<\/p>\n<p>At the Meeting of Members on Saturday, William Satterfield, chairman of the Elections Committee announced the statistics for the 2019 NRA Board of Directors election.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<b>2,452,893<\/b> ballots were bound in the official magazines of the NRA&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\n<b>145,920<\/b> ballots received back&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<b>141,101<\/b> ballot were valid&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\n<b>4,819<\/b> were invalid<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ballots that were deemed invalid for a variety of reasons. Among the reasons enumerated by Mr. Satterfield were arrival after the April 7th cutoff date, more than 25 candidates marked, no candidates marked, and some were actually prior year ballots. I think he said there was even one ballot from 2009.<\/p>\n<p>When you do the math, you are left with the conclusion that most members eligible to vote &#8211; Life members and 5-year continuous members &#8211; don&#8217;t give a big rat&#8217;s ass who serves on the Board. The response rate for just returning the ballot was 5.94% and the response rate for a valid ballot was 5.75%.<\/p>\n<p>That is pathetic. Moreover, it is scary. Think what could happen to gun rights if Michael Bloomberg just spent a few million bucks on advertising to run a slate of stealth (or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Manchurian_Candidate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchurian<\/a>) candidates. With the proper slate and modern ad targeting, it would be possible to take over the organization in as little as two years. Whether it could be kept secret for that long is another matter.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official attendance at the NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis was approximately 81,000. 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