[Lnc-business] Fwd: Re: Executive Committee meeting - (today) Friday, Dec 11 @ 5:30 p.m. re: Maine

Fri Dec 11 18:40:27 EST 2015

And so the answer is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

. . . . . . . .  Succeeding in this challenge is quite likely to provide ballot access for several election cycles.  Perhaps even “forever” as long as the LPME does not go dormant.

I have been preaching about “the best use of our resources” and “best value for our donors dollar”.  Here it is: ballot access in a state “forever” (e.g. 100+ election cycles) for $4,000+.  Currently we’re paying as much as $80,000 for a state for access that lasts exactly one election cycle.  In prior election cycles, we have paid as much as $103,000 to obtain ballot access in one state for one candidate for one election cycle.

Maine is good value for the money even if the chance of winning is only 1 in 5.  This is a “no-brainer”.

Norm

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Norman T Olsen

Regional Representative, Region 1

Libertarian National Committee

7931 South Broadway, PMB 102

Littleton, CO  80122-2710

303-263-4995

From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Wes Benedict
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forwarding for Mr. Winger

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Re: Executive Committee meeting - (today) Friday,Dec 11 @ 5:30 p.m. re: Maine

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Richard Winger  <mailto:richardwinger at yahoo.com> <richardwinger at yahoo.com>

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Richard Winger  <mailto:richardwinger at yahoo.com> <richardwinger at yahoo.com>

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Scott L.  <mailto:scott73 at earthlink.net> <scott73 at earthlink.net>, Bill Redpath  <mailto:wredpath2 at yahoo.com> <wredpath2 at yahoo.com>, Wes Benedict  <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org> <wes.benedict at lp.org>

Yes, just as California checks, and all the other states where we stay on because of our registration total...Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Oregon.  But registration is fairly static, and it's very rare for it to decline when that states uses a voter registration form that mentions us.  Libertarian registration slowly goes up and up just about everywhere, as long as we continue to be listed on the form.  It only declines in Massachusetts, where we went off the form in 2010 and have not ever re-qualified.

Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147

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From: Scott L.  <mailto:scott73 at earthlink.net> <scott73 at earthlink.net>
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Subject: RE: Executive Committee meeting - (today) Friday,Dec 11 @ 5:30 p.m. re: Maine

But doesn’t the state of Maine check every year or so to see if a ballot-qualified party still maintains 5000 registered voters?

   Scott Lieberman

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From: Richard Winger [mailto: richardwinger at yahoo.com ] 
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 1:36 PM
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No, I think he is asking how long our party status will last in Maine if we get on.

The answer is complicated, but generally when we complete a registration drive successfully, then we retain party status forever after.  Assuming we get recognized as a party in Maine , then the voter registration form will have a checkbox listing us.

When the Green Party finally got its own checkbox on the voter registration form, their registration shot up from 2,152 in November 2000, to 13,272 in November 2002.  It has been rising every since, because in all these years they have been the only ballot-qualified third party.  In November 2014 it was an incredible 38,180.

Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296 , San Francisco Ca 94147

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From: Scott L.  <mailto:scott73 at earthlink.net> <scott73 at earthlink.net>
To: richardwinger at yahoo.com 
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 12:55 PM
Subject: FW: Executive Committee meeting - (today) Friday,Dec 11 @ 5:30 p.m. re: Maine

I am guessing that Mr. Olsen is asking when the registration test needs to be met in Maine .

I assume it is in December of odd numbered years.  Is that correct?

   Scott Lieberman

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From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Norm Olsen
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Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Executive Committee meeting - (today) Friday,Dec 11 @ 5:30 p.m. re: Maine

It would be helpful if, at the Executive Committee meeting, someone could comment with some authority on the duration of the ballot access which is to be achieved by this effort.  That is, is it not likely that with success here, we are likely to enjoy ballot access for one or several future election cycles as well?

Dr. Lieberman: Can you help out here?

Norm

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Norman T Olsen

Regional Representative, Region 1

Libertarian National Committee

7931 South Broadway, PMB 102

Littleton, CO   80122-2710

303-263-4995

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Subject: [Lnc-business] Executive Committee meeting - (today) Friday, Dec 11 @ 5:30 p.m. re: Maine

There will be an Executive Committee teleconference on Friday, December 11 on the subject of Proposed Litigation in Maine .

Date:  Friday, December 11
Time:  5:30 p.m. Eastern / 2:30 p.m. Pacific

Dial-in: 1 (217) 258-5588
Guest Pin Code: 207730 then #
To mute your individual phone line, press * 6.
To un-mute your individual phone line, press * 7.

Thanks,

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Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
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