[Lnc-business] Fwd: Serious help needed for Oklahoma petition drive

Wes Benedict wes.benedict at lp.org
Mon Nov 23 15:33:01 EST 2015


Thanks to a check in the mail by Daniel Hayes for $500, plus another 
promised check of $4,000 from another donor, I'm getting renewed hope in 
the possibility of going forward in Oklahoma. Even if we reach our goal 
stated below, it's not going to be easy. But I'm encouraged.

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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Subject: 	Serious help needed for Oklahoma petition drive
Date: 	Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:23:18 -0500
From: 	Wes Benedict <info at lp.org>
Reply-To: 	info at lp.org
To: 	Wes at lp.org



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"Shrinking Big Government - Advancing Liberty," and address & phone number.

Get paid $2.50 per signature, or please donate 
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=106614168&msgid=532655&act=54R0&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fokla%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DCampaign%20Wes%20Benedict%26utm_content%3D20151123%2BGENFR%2BOKLA%2BBALLOT%2BACCESS> 
to help pay for signatures, or I'm sorry but we'll have to shut this 
drive down permanently in about a week.

Thuggish behavior by police and security in Oklahoma has prevented our 
petitioners from getting access to public places to collect signatures. 
Even the Oklahoma A.C.L.U. has been trying, but so far, failing, to help 
us get the police to stop harassing our petitioners and threatening to 
arrest them, even when we are petitioning legally on constitutionally 
protected places like public sidewalks near universities and art fairs.

We had hoped we could get this drive done for $2.00 per signature by 
early Fall. Winter's almost here, which makes it harder to petition. We 
raised our price to $2.50 per signature weeks ago, we need 24,712 valid 
signatures, and we're only about 1/3 of the way through.

Click here to donate 
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=106614168&msgid=532655&act=54R0&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fokla%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DCampaign%20Wes%20Benedict%26utm_content%3D20151123%2BGENFR%2BOKLA%2BBALLOT%2BACCESS>.

We postponed starting our Kentucky drive till next year because of 
problems in Oklahoma. We can't put things off in other states much longer.

Tempers are flaring: mine, our petitioners in Oklahoma (some stalwart 
petitioners have left the state it's so hard), our Libertarian National 
Committee (who has to decide whether to keep going--or call it quits). 
We raised $11,400 online over the summer for this. If we reach $20,000 
online, that will help make up about half of the shortfall I'm 
projecting to complete this drive.

Ballot Access expert Richard Winger donated $30,000 for this petition 
drive. I'm not looking forward to calling him and asking him how upset 
he'll be if we cancel the drive and can only return part of his money 
after failing to get on the ballot. I need your help to go forward.

Wednesday, I personally donated $200 directly to the LP Oklahoma, which 
will help them with printing costs.

Will you donate $200 to our efforts?

We added another petition organizer last week to help get more 
petitioners on the street. If you are willing to try petitioning for 
$2.50 per signature, contact Paulie Frankel (paulie.frankel at lp.org or 
205-534-1622) for details. He's been petitioning for the LP for over 10 
years and can help you get started.

Click here to donate 
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=106614168&msgid=532655&act=54R0&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fokla%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DCampaign%20Wes%20Benedict%26utm_content%3D20151123%2BGENFR%2BOKLA%2BBALLOT%2BACCESS>, 
or visit LP.org/oklahoma

Sincerely,

Wes Benedict, Executive Director

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