[Lnc-business] Oklahoma petition - Re: Fwd: Re: [Lnc-votes] February LNC Meeting

Wed Jan 6 13:02:07 EST 2016

Roland,
We have 31,721 raw signatures.
We need 24,712 valid signatures. Validity estimates are only estimates, 
but are around 68%. If we indeed have 68% validity, we'd need 36,341 
signatures to hit right on the nose. But validity estimates are only our 
estimates--we can not be sure how county officials will interpret their 
guidelines.
I'm nervous.
I think we need between 37,000 and 40,000 raw signatures.
We don't have enough funds approved to pay for 37,000 raw signatures.
If you could make it there and collect 1,000 signatures for free, that 
would be a big gift from you to this petition drive.

Below, embedded in this email directly following this sentence, is a 
graph showing the progress.

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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 1/6/2016 12:40 PM, Roland Riemers wrote:
> Wes,
>
> Well last night I had my van packed and ready to travel to Tulsa for a 
> week but looking over the weather situation for the next week at the 
> last minute decided I did not want to spend a day plugging along on 
> ice slick roads at 20 mph to get there.  So, I put it off for later in 
> month.   I did talk to Charles Tuttle, and he will probably be 
> starting in Tulsa tomorrow.   If,  by chance I do not make it later,  
> I have paid Tuttle a $1,000 advance against Ok signatures,  and will 
> have him credit that amount against his signature collection.
>
> So,  where do we stand in numbers in OK now?
>
> Roland Riemers
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org>
> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 6, 2016 10:47 AM
> *Subject:* [Lnc-business] Fwd: Re: [Lnc-votes] February LNC Meeting
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: [Lnc-votes] [Lnc-business] February LNC Meeting
> Date: 	Wed, 6 Jan 2016 09:53:13 -0600
> From: 	travellingcircus at gmail.com <mailto:travellingcircus at gmail.com>
> To: 	Joshua Katz mailto:jalankatz at gmail.com, Wes Benedict 
> mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org, James W. Lark, III 
> mailto:jwl3s at virginia.edu, Kevin Ludlow mailto:ludlow at gmail.com, 
> Daniel Hayes mailto:danielehayes at icloud.com
>
>
>
> Please share with LNC.
>
>
> Dr. Lark wrote
>
> /
> "*  If I understand correctly, the LP Oklahoma is allowed to conduct 
> only one submission of signatures in its petitioning effort.  If so, 
> then if the deadline for submission of signatures is at least a week 
> later than Feb. 22, my gut feeling is that the signatures should not 
> be submitted on or about Feb. 22. Thus, it is not clear to me that one 
> of the possible benefits of an LNC meeting in OKC (a press conference 
> associated with the submission of the signatures) would materialize."/
>
> p] Fri Feb 19 should be plenty late enough to submit to the state. If 
> we still have any doubt that we have enough signatures on Feb 19, 
> hopefully at least some of the LNC members (obviously not all and I 
> don't expect most) will pick up a few signatures themselves while they 
> are here instead. But I think we are well on track to have more than 
> enough signatures well before then, with the only question being at 
> what point LNC wants to cut the funding to get additional padding.
>
> p] I realize not all, and quite likely not most, of the LNC will be 
> here in time for the turn-in, but even having a few of the key LNC 
> members here would add to the impact. More so even than if Nick 
> Sarwark flies out here by himself.
>
> p] The Oklahoma Party has had to overcome ballot access barriers like 
> no other state. They could use a shot in the arm. The ballot access 
> barriers here should get maximum possible publicity. OKLP is doing 
> well with prospective candidate recruitment. They have also done a lot 
> given the ballot access circumstances to be publicly visible with 
> issue coalitions and public events. Tina told me they are on the cusp 
> of winning the support of a large chunk of the small-l and 
> generally-POed-at-poor-duopoly-choices communities here. A shot in the 
> arm could go a long way.
>
> p] I am trying to put together an event or several with several of the 
> campaigns for the presidential nomination. Liberty on Tap OKC is that 
> Thursday (Feb 18). If LNC meeting is 20-21 and the state turn in is 
> Feb 19 that would give us a core of dates to try to plan around. 
> Johnson of NM, Kerbel and Petersen all expressed tentative interest in 
> personal conversation but dates have not been worked out or specific 
> events
> but what I had in mind was a college appearance or several 
> (mini-tour?), maybe some debates/joint appearances between the 
> campaigns. I was hoping for January but Tina and Larry Kelly think 
> it's not enough time to promote and organize the events that quickly. 
> In conjunction with the state turn in and the LNC meeting would be 
> good as well. I can try to fit in a few college dates right before or 
> after.
>
> p] It could also serve as the official kickoff for some of the state 
> and local candidates' campaigns. Plus, maybe we can get more of them 
> if the LNC shows up, as some people haven't decided whether to run or 
> not yet.
>
> p] We are one day or less drive for many active nearby state parties, 
> such as much (probably most) of the Texas membership and some others. 
> Dallas is about 3 hours drive from OKC.
>
> p] Finally, and I am sure this will be THE top consideration for the 
> LNC on where to have its meeting, for once I won't have to travel to 
> cover the LNC meeting for IPR because the meeting will come to me. 
> Please, no "in Soviet Russia" or "in Soviet Oklahoma" jokes.
>
>
> Thanks everyone,
>
> -paulie
> 205-534-1622
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