[Lnc-business] Fwd: Lucky Kentucky - still $4, 977 short for New York
Wes Benedict
wes.benedict at lp.org
Thu Jul 24 18:30:07 EDT 2014
By the way, I think we failed to raise as much as we could for Kentucky,
and that was entirely my fault because I had family emergencies. Once
the funds were approved for Kentucky, it's harder to raise for it.
What I think would be the best pitch for New Hampshire is to "let the
donors decide."
In other words, set up a donation page especially for this, then send an
email saying: if we raise $5,000 for this we'll do the petition drive
for New Hampshire. If we don't raise $5,000 by next Tuesday, we'll
refund your donation. Of course the email would talk about how bad the D
& R are, and how good the Libertarian is.
This is what I meant to do for Kentucky, but again, it was all my fault
I didn't make that happen.
If you vote to approve $10,000 for New Hampshire unconditionally, then
nobody actually has to donate to make it happen. If you vote to approve
$10,000 for New Hampshire provided we raise at least $5,000 online for
this, then we have a good chance of raising $5,000, but certainly not
guaranteed.
I'm probably talking more than you guys want me to on this. If so, I
apologize. Nevertheless, I'll disclose I'm fine however you all vote on
this. It would be nice to have a candidate for U.S. Senate there, but
I'm almost always happy NOT to spend money too.
Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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On 7/24/2014 5:36 PM, Alicia Mattson wrote:
> Thanks, Wes. I had also wondered how well that solicitation did.
>
> -Alicia
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org
> <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>> wrote:
>
> Given that the ballot access donation page is at $41,857.57 today,
> the email below probably raised $1,834 or less.
>
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
> *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232 <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>,
> wes.benedict at lp.org <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
> facebook.com/libertarians <http://facebook.com/libertarians>
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>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Lucky Kentucky - still $4,977 short for New York
> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:46:15 -0400
> From: Wes Benedict <info at lp.org> <mailto:info at lp.org>
> Reply-To: info at lp.org <mailto:info at lp.org>
> To: <wes.benedict at lp.org> <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
>
>
>
> Libertarian Party
>
> Dear Libertarian,
>
>
> /Michael McDermott/
>
>
> /Chris Edes/
> I'm happy to report that our petitions in Alabama and Illinois
> are finished. That's great news -- and we thank our donors and
> volunteers who made that possible.
>
> However, we're still $4,977 short of our $45,000 online
> fundraising goal for ballot access, which puts New York in danger.
>
> New York's petitioning starts next week and the deadline for
> collecting over 15,000 valid signatures is August 19. That
> gives them only six weeks! And they'll need to collect 25,000
> to 30,000 total signatures to be safe.
>
> Our LPNY Chair, Mark Axinn, tells me they have a strong ticket
> headed by Michael McDermott for Governor and Chris Edes for
> Lieutenant Governor.
>
> Our focus in New York is getting 50,000 votes for Governor
> which would automatically qualify the LP for ballot access in
> the future, without having to collect expensive petition
> signatures. In 2010, our candidate received 48,300 votes --
> just a little bit short. So we're very hopeful we can hit
> 50,000 votes this time.
>
> Please donate $200 or $100 or even just $25 today if you can.
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59142716&msgid=452424&act=41BX&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DCampaign%20Wes%20Benedict%26utm_content%3D20140702%2Bballot%2Baccess%2BNY>
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> You can visit the donation page
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59142716&msgid=452424&act=41BX&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DCampaign%20Wes%20Benedict%26utm_content%3D20140702%2Bballot%2Baccess%2BNY>
> for real time updates on our progress towards closing our
> $4,977 shortfall.
>
> By the way, I thought I was going to have to ask you to help
> me raise $7,000 to get our U.S. Senate candidate from
> Kentucky, David Patterson, onto the ballot. But good news --
> that money was raised last week at the national convention!
>
> That's lucky for Kentucky, because Patterson will be
> challenging the Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell.
>
> I can describe Mitch McConnell's voting record in one word:
> *ugly*.
>
> McConnell voted for the TARP bailouts, ethanol subsidies,
> Medicare Part D, the Patriot Act, No Child Left Behind, and
> Bush's 2008 stimulus checks.
>
> Libertarian David Patterson is a cop -- a cop against the war
> on drugs -- and of course he's against bailouts.
>
> I expect plenty of Republicans will bend over backwards making
> excuses for McConnell and begging Libertarians to vote for
> McConnell. But Libertarians would be *insane* to vote for
> Mitch McConnell.
>
> Separately, I'm delighted to report that our fantastic 2013
> candidate for Virginia Governor, Robert Sarvis, just
> successfully finished his petition drive to qualify for the
> November ballot for U.S. Senate.
>
> Let's keep this momentum going! Please support our ballot
> access efforts today
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> Yours in liberty,
>
>
>
> Wes Benedict
> Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee
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