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

[Wes Benedict]

Dear LNC,

The campaign I emailed you about has been cancelled per the note 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 12/30/2014 3:02 PM, andy.craig at lpwi.org wrote:
> Sorry to have bothered you with this- Phil has decided to withdraw 
> from the race. Thanks for your help anyway.
>
> -Andy Craig
>
>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject: Re: Ballot Access for State Senate, Wisconsin.
>     From: Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>>
>     Date: Mon, December 29, 2014 3:47 pm
>     To: andy.craig at lpwi.org <mailto:andy.craig at lpwi.org>,
>     lnc-business at hq.lp.org <mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org>
>
>     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 <http://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 <http://fb.com/Atwood4Senate>
>

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