[Lnc-business] Ballot Access for State Senate, Wisconsin

Scott L. scott73 at earthlink.net
Mon Dec 29 19:10:07 EST 2014


According to the Internet, Mr. Atwood lives in West Bend, WI.

 

According to this web site:

 

    http://www.co.washington.wi.us/uploads/docs/summary040114ff.pdf

 

 

It looks like the number of votes needed to win an Alderman seat, or even a
County Supervisor seat in his town

is in the low hundreds.  And those offices appear to be non-partisan.  And
of course, there is at least one school board

in West Bend.

 

I would love to know if Mr. Atwood has ever run for any of those offices, or
if he plans on running for any of those offices in 2015 or 2016.

 

     Scott Lieberman

 

  _____  

From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Wes
Benedict
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 2:47 PM
To: andy.craig at lpwi.org; lnc-business at hq.lp.org
Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Ballot Access for State Senate, Wisconsin.

 

The LP Wisconsin is looking to raise another $300 in pledges tonight if
possible to have a candidate on the ballot in 2015. If you're willing to
help, please email Andy Craig (cc'd on this note - andy.craig at lpwi.org) and
tell him the amount you're willing to contribute. More details below.

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

 

 

On 12/29/2014 5:32 PM, andy.craig at lpwi.org wrote:

I am currently soliciting donations towards getting Phil Atwood on the
ballot. Phil is a local Red Cross volunteer and semi-retired restaurant
manager running as a Libertarian for Wisconsin State Senate. I am his
campaign manager/treasurer, in the April 7 special election for the 20th
District. The state has given us the most difficult gathering period
possible- Dec 16 to Jan 6 for 400 valid signatures- and has refused our
request for administrative relief lowering the threshold based on past court
decisions re: special election ballot access. 

I have an arrangement in place with somebody who's willing help us get
enough signatures to put us over the top, for $500, and he's ready to start
immediately. Phil has gathered aprox. 100 sigs already, with him and myself
and hopefully one or two more volunteers we can knock out another 150-200 in
the next week, leaving us to need 200 paid signatures. I think it is an
important priority for our state to have a candidate in this election, which
will almost certainly be the only partisan election in 2015 in Wisconsin,
and I feel strongly that Phil is a great candidate for us to have who will
make a competitive effort, so I'm asking for help to make it happen.
 

The state party will be chipping in some amount less than $300, under our
chair's discretionary spending limit, but the state party budget is very
meager at the moment. I already have $70 pledged from our local members,
including myself, and except to be able to get at least another $100 in
pledges this evening here in Wisconsin. If any members of the LNC, or other
persons affiliated with LP-national, would be willing to chip in, it would
be greatly appreciated. I will have an online donation function and campaign
website up and running within the next 48 hrs, for now we're just looking
for pledges so I can authorize the agreement with our petitioner in good
faith. This is a modest effort in scale, but very time-critical and will
make a huge difference to the continued growth and activity of LP-WI over
the next year. 

Sincerely, 
Andy Craig 
Libertarian Party of Wisconsin 

fb.com/Atwood4Senate 
 

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