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[Daniel Hayes]

We have PR people?
I have to do damage control with people on a non stop basis to convince them we are NOT splitting the vote. This portrayal as spoilers is not helpful. If thats all you have to offer people...rethink your strategy and resources.
Daniel Hayes

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> On Dec 7, 2014, at 4:12 PM, Marc Allan Feldman <marc at openivo.com> wrote:
> 
> I disagree.  Out p.r. people  should be skilled enough to see what
> works best.  If you think you have better ideas, then present the
> evidence and educate them.  Micro-managing p.r. by LNC policy makes no
> sense to me.  Shouldn't this be an issue for the communications
> committee?
> 
>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Rich,
>> 
>> Thanks for the good question.
>> 
>> The portion of my proposal in question reads (caps added for emphasis),
>> "They shall not be portrayed as spoilers, either directly or by implication,
>> such as NOTING that the candidate's performance spans the margin between two
>> other candidates."
>> 
>> With this wording, I would interpret it as the latter of the two things you
>> asked about.  Poll results can be shown, even if they happen to demonstrate
>> that the candidate spans the gap, so long as that detail is not the point of
>> what they are saying.  The surrounding text should not about some "spoiler"
>> angle of that data.  The news should rather be that the candidate may be
>> poised to retain our ballot access, or that the polling may suggest we'll
>> see better results than past similar candidates, or some other positive
>> news, etc.
>> 
>> -Alicia
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Rich Tomasso <rtomasso at lpnh.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 11/29/2014 4:59 PM, Alicia Mattson wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> This new policy would require that our public communications portray our
>>>> candidates as people seeking to change public policy by getting
>>>> themselves elected, not as spoilers who get their kicks by just being
>>>> monkey wrenches in some other candidate's election plans.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Just to clarify, with your proposed language, would an article
>>> highlighting a poll showing the Libertarian candidate polling at greater
>>> than the difference b/t his or her opponents be considered in violation of
>>> this? Or should there simply be no text pointing out their percentage is
>>> greater than the difference of the other candidates?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ~Rich
>>> Region 8 Rep
>>> 
>>> 
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