[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.


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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
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>     (202) 333-0008 ext. 232 <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>,
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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>
>
>         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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