[Lnc-business] please help us with ballot access

[Scott L.]

The first sentence I made  RED  below is factually true.


The second sentence I made RED is not unreasonable.

 

However, by making those two sentences adjacent to each other in their own
paragraph, Mr. Benedict is trying to get the readers of this fundraising
e-mail to believe that the elected Libertarians are in partisan offices.  In
fact, they are all in non-partisan offices.

 

 

I understand that puffery is often necessary in fund-raising, but I think it
would have been better to phrase it like this:

 

 

 

The LP Arkansas is one of our most improved state affiliates over the past
four years, thanks largely to the leadership of Rodger and Jessica Paxton.
In fact, 

LP Arkansas elected three Libertarians to non-partisan offices during 2014. 

 

We need to obtain ballot access in Arkansas NOW so that our Presidential
Nominee is on the ballot in Arkansas in 2016.




By phrasing it that way, you communicate the success of electing 3
Libertarians to public office in 2014, without opening yourself up to the
charge that you are trying to get LP members to think those victories were
in partisan races.


   Scott Lieberman

 

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 Libertarian Party <http://lp.org/files/EmailHeader6.jpg> 


Dear Scott,

We recently signed an agreement with the Libertarian Party of Arkansas to
pay $25,000 for ballot access petition signatures.

Please
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=58692452&msgid=499264&act=J1KR&c=
1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiCon
tact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content
%3D20150326%2Bballot%2Baccess>  make a donation to help to pay for this
important ballot access effort.

The LP Arkansas is one of our most improved state affiliates over the past
four years, thanks largely to the leadership of Rodger and Jessica Paxton.

Arkansas elected three Libertarians to office in 2014. We need to make sure
Libertarians are on the Arkansas ballot in 2016.

We have 90 days to collect 10,000 valid signatures. Because some signatures
always get thrown out by the elections boards, we estimate we'll need a
total of 14,000 signatures to be safely over the limit.

The petition drive will qualify our 2016 presidential nominee, as well as
candidates for every other partisan office in Arkansas.

Ballot access expert Richard Winger notes: "Although the Libertarian Party
continues to struggle for ballot access in certain states, it retained
ballot access in 30 states after the 2014 election--the highest ever after a
midterm."

But we still have to do it the hard, expensive way in several states.
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=58692452&msgid=499264&act=J1KR&c=
1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiCon
tact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content
%3D20150326%2Bballot%2Baccess>  I need your help right away--if we don't get
this done, we can't move on to the other states that need our help.

Please
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=58692452&msgid=499264&act=J1KR&c=
1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiCon
tact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content
%3D20150326%2Bballot%2Baccess>  donate for ballot access today. 

 
<https://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/1115108/4d80931f2fe83a
1503e81bc340a69354/image/png> 
Wes Benedict, Executive Director

 

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<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=58692452&msgid=499264&act=J1KR&c=
1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiCon
tact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content
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tact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content
%3D20150326%2Bballot%2Baccess>  government - expand liberty.

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