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

[Wes Benedict]

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*
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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 <http://fb.com/Atwood4Senate>

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