Well as I recall, for a specified period of time, 2nd would keep exact track of each state's donation as posted by BADJOE and then constantly page everyone to egg the thing on. It gets tricky at the end because there is a lag between the time donations come in and when BADJOE gets them posted on the thread. There's not much to it other then pure attention during the designated period and the freaking out at the end.
The winning state would get all or part of the NNL total credited to it's total and by default win the state race.