Votes

Ian and I did some research today. We were trying to calculate various numbers and figure out how many votes I might need.

We looked at PPS school board election history for 2003, 2005, and 2007. The data from 2003 was a "fluke". There was so much going on in the district, that there was a really large turnout.

The winning board member has to have the most votes, not a certain percentage.

We ran some numbers and figured that I will need about 40,000 or so votes to feel secure in winning. 40,000. That's the number of votes I will need.

Anybody know a few thousand people to start me off?

I think it will be incredibly challenging, but trying to talk to over 40,000 people personally over about 10 months will be really fun. Let's hope I can figure out how to convince them to invest their vote in me with sheer passion and determination. Oh, and a proven track record of success that can be easily converted to an environment like a school board.

Good luck to me.