The campaign had a successful week, collecting plenty of signatures for ballot access at campaign events. The photos in the post were taken this Sunday at Easton’s Heritage Day, where at times the booth was overwhelmed by people signing the petition and speaking with me or other volunteers. This Saturday, the campaign will have a booth at Nazareth Days in the borough park, see below!
While the campaign will continue to collect signatures at community events to expand the safety margin, our main focus is 1) notarizing all of the signatures already collected by volunteers and 2) verifying the last sets of signatures collected.
This Friday evening the campaign will be verifying signatures at headquarters<REDACTED>, and volunteers can get petitions notarized for free at this Wednesday’s Towne Hall in Bethlehem or the Fun-Raiser on Monday in Catasauqua.
If you would like to help verify signatures and are not available Friday evening, feel free to send an email to towneforcongress@gmail.com or call 610-392-8156 with the times and dates you are available to meet and verify.
July 14, Wednesday “Towne” Hall in Bethlehem
Time: 7-9 PM
Location: 2900 Farmersville Road, Bethlehem, PA 18020 SITE MAPQUEST
Jake will briefly introduce himself and then take questions from the crowd. A notary will be present to notarize any signatures collected.
Friday, 7/16 Antiwar Protest in Allentown
Time: Noon-1 PM
Location: In front of Allentown Courthouse, Hamilton and 5th, Allentown, PA 18101 MAP
Please RSVP by calling 610-392-8156 or email towneforcongress@gmail.com.
Friday 7/16, Signature Verifying and Letter Stuffing
Time: 3 PM – 9 PM, stop by anytime!!
Location: <REDACTED>
While we only have one spare computer, if you have a laptop please bring it!! If we run out of computers, there are plenty more envelopes to stuff!!
Saturday 7/17, Nazareth Days
Time: 9 AM till 4 PM. Come anytime!
Location: Nazareth Borough Park, North Broad St. Extension by E. Schoeneck and Spring Brook Terrace. MAP
The campaign will have a booth close to the pool in the non-profit section. There will be bands and food all day long, and fireworks are a bit later at 10:00 PM. Please RSVP by calling 610-392-8156 or email towneforcongress@gmail.com. The raindate is Sunday 7/18. If you would like to help setup the tent, stop by around 7:45 AM!
July 18, Sunday Interview on “March for Liberty”
Time: 7-8:30 PM EST Listen Live here! LINK
Call-in at 347-326-9311. Please join in the conversation with Gary Wood and myself here! “Constitutionally focused candidate for Congress, Jake Towne is a force in the march for liberty. He has appeared on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano, brought reality to the notion an Independent can take on the major parties.”
July 19th, Monday Fun-Raiser at Pies On Pizzeria in Catty
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Location: Pies on Pizzeria at Front and Pine Streets, Catasauqua 18032 MAPQUEST
We will relax with some great pizza, drinks, and entertainment alongside the historic Lehigh River!! A notary will be present to notarize any signatures collected. To reserve a spot, you can:
1) Donate $25 here per person online and send an email to towneforcongress@gmail.com to RSVP and make sure we reserve your spot.
2) Mail a $25 check using this form made payable to Towne for Congress, PO Box 22542, Lehigh Valley, PA 18002
3) Pay with cash or check on the day of the event, but please RSVP with towneforcongress@gmail.com with your name(s), phone number and address to reserve your spot.
July 30th, Friday Freedom Concert at Garfield Hotel and Grille
Time: 7:00 – 11:00 PM
Location: Garfield Hotel and Grille, 1750 Main Street, Northampton 18067 (South of the Roxy) MAPQUEST
You won’t want to miss this event!! We will be celebrating filing for ballot access! A bunch of great liberty-minded local bands from several genres including Kinetic Blu and Dave Cahill will be on hand to rock the town as the campaign shifts from ballot access to the offensive.
Families are welcome at this event, and is free and open to the public. If you have the means, an optional donation of any size ($10 per person is suggested, kids are free) to Towne for Congress is appreciated to help take on the Republocrats!! Payment can be made below by credit card or by cash or check at the door to “Towne for Congress.”
(and yes, even the Lafayette Leopard wanted to sign the ballot access petition!!)
PRESS RELEASE – Towne Hall, Freedom Concert, and Signature Update
For immediate release
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Jake Towne
610-392-8156
towneforcongress@gmail.com
Towne for Congress will hold a Towne Hall tomorrow, Wednesday, July 14th from 7-9 pm at the Bethlehem Township Community Center. The event is open to the public and the format is simply to ask Jake questions or make comments.
The campaign is excited to announce enough signatures have been collected for ballot access with a sizeable safety margin. The required amount for an independent in PA-15 is 3,629 signatures. Republocrat candidates for US Congress and even Governor of Pennsylvania file zero (0) signatures for the general election and just 1,000 or 2,000 respectively for their party primaries. More information will follow after the campaign files as the campaign is verifying the last sets of signatures collected.
To celebrate all the work placed into obtaining ballot access, the campaign is sponsoring a “Freedom Concert” on Friday, July 30th from 7 pm – 11 pm. The event is open to the public, families are welcome, below age 18 are free, and adults can make a $10 donation to the campaign. Several local musicians will be performing, including Kinetic Blu and Dave Cahill.
Towne is a chemical engineer who worked in the semiconductor industry prior to running for office as an independent private citizen, including the past 4 years in China. Towne has promised to accept only the median household income and not enlist in the congressional health care or pension plans. The remainder of the $174,000 salary will be donated to local non-profit hospitals. He also champions sound money and a novel-yet-simple form of accountable and transparent government, “Our Open Office” which is explained on his website.