[Lnc-business] Fwd: Ending Oklahoma paid petition drive on January 18th (today)

Wes Benedict wes.benedict at lp.org
Fri Jan 22 12:28:47 EST 2016


Brett, thanks for considering that sacrifice for the cause . . .

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
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On 1/22/2016 11:40 AM, Brett Bittner wrote:
> I have flip flops, and I may be able to make the sacrifice to petition 
> during Spring Break at South Padre Island. It will be tough, as the 
> snow in Indiana will be hard to leave, but somebody has to do it.
>
> Seriously, thank you, Wes! Your updates have made this process more 
> visible to LNC members and those that read the list outside the LNC.
>
> Kevin, I appreciate your desire to get the nuts and bolts recorded to 
> make future decisions regarding $100k expenditures with more data and 
> less conjecture.
>
> Brett C. Bittner
>
> brett at brettbittner.com <mailto:brett at brettbittner.com>
> 404.492.6524
>
> "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much 
> liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas 
> Jefferson
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org 
> <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>> wrote:
>
>     Kevin, there's a giant blizzard headed my way, and I'll be rushing
>     home to work from home soon, so I'm going to keep this short.
>
>     1. We contracted with one organization (the LP OK), which
>     subcontracted to 31 individuals and 2 organizations so far.
>
>     2.  We have 40,045 signatures in hand.
>
>     3. 24,712 valid are required. The best estimates I've heard for
>     validity are 67%, which comes to 26,830. But valid signatures is
>     not a number that's knowable with certainty, even with a
>     theoretical unlimited resources. Our validity checkers may make
>     different judgements than the Oklahoma elections officials in each
>     county. We want plenty of extra signatures to be safe. The LNC is
>     not paying for more signatures, but volunteer and local efforts
>     continue.
>
>     4. My cost estimate so far is $101,077. I don't expect it go
>     higher hardly at all. We've stopped spending and paid for
>     everything, but some small bills might still roll in.
>
>     Finally, I'm going to interrupt this winter in Alexandria,
>     Virgina, and the ice storm I endured while visiting Oklahoma, and
>     bring back scenes from my experience 12 years ago petitioning in
>     Texas. South Padre Island, Texas, that is. Spring Break. Click on
>     the photo
>     <https://lastfreevoice.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/80107-signatures-two-hotties-and-mismanagement-of-the-insane-professional-lp-petitioners/>for
>     the full story of petitioning in Texas. See some of the same ole
>     names in the comments. Kevin, you better get your flip flops ready
>     and your sun tan lotion and book early for 2018 Spring Break
>     because LP Texas is going to have to petition again most likely,
>     for the first time since 2004, and I can't go to Padre anymore.
>
>     <https://lastfreevoice.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/80107-signatures-two-hotties-and-mismanagement-of-the-insane-professional-lp-petitioners/>
>
>     Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>     Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>     1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
>     (202) 333-0008 ext. 232 <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>,wes.benedict at lp.org <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
>     facebook.com/libertarians <http://facebook.com/libertarians>  @LPNational
>     Join the Libertarian Party at:http://lp.org/membership
>
>     On 1/22/2016 1:55 AM, Kevin Ludlow wrote:
>>     Thanks for having sent out this information, Wes.
>>
>>     Now that the petition is ended (at least I think it is), do we
>>     have the numbers yet?
>>
>>     I would be very interested in the following data points:
>>
>>     1) How many different people we employed to collect signatures
>>     2) How many signatures we collected in total
>>     3) How many VALID signatures we collected
>>     4) What the total cost was for all of the signature collection
>>
>>     And before anybody thinks there's some interest to twist it
>>     around, I'm simply interested in archiving this data for the
>>     future so that we have better records next time it comes up.  It
>>     seems to me that we do a lot of guess work around here.  It also
>>     seems to me that in order to improve upon that we really need to
>>     be more diligent with data.  As always, apologies if I'm
>>     mistaken, but I certainly don't know of any available resource
>>     that houses data like this.  I'd like to help improve that any
>>     which way I can.
>>
>>     Kevin Ludlow
>>     Region 7 Rep
>>     512-773-3968 <tel:512-773-3968>
>>
>>     On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Wes Benedict
>>     <wes.benedict at lp.org <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         Thanks Roland. I just sent you an email separately with
>>         contacts in Oklahoma that can get you set up and productive
>>         quickly. Thank you again so much for helping out in such a
>>         big way.
>>
>>         Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>>         Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>>         1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
>>         (202) 333-0008 ext. 232
>>         <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>, wes.benedict at lp.org
>>         <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org> facebook.com/libertarians
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>>         Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>>
>>         On 1/19/2016 10:57 PM, Roland Riemers wrote:
>>>         Wes,  my latest schedule plans seems to be to leave ND on
>>>         this Thursday or Friday.  Instead of Tulsa, I decided on
>>>         Oklahoma City instead, because I have a daughter and free
>>>         housing there.  She lives in Moore, Oklahoma, and I have her
>>>         and her husbands signatures already obligated.  Moore is in
>>>         Cleveland County, and it looks like a lot of good open
>>>         housing developments in that area, so I might just
>>>         concentrate on house to house in Cleveland County and maybe
>>>         some large sites during the day where I can set up a table
>>>         and chair. Weather looks good for this time period.
>>>
>>>         Have anyway in Okahoma City area that would be willing to
>>>         work with me a few days?
>>>
>>>         I have the petitions all printed out, and also some voter
>>>         registration forms for those not registered,  although not
>>>         quit sure where they should be turned in to.
>>>
>>>         While in Oklahoma, locals can reach me on my cell phone at
>>>         701-317-1803 <tel:701-317-1803>.
>>>
>>>         I will drive one of my vans down, so if any volunteers, I
>>>         can also provide transportation. Will also have my table and
>>>         chairs and even my bullhorn and a few American Flags if needed.
>>>
>>>         Roland Riemers, ND
>>>
>>>
>>>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>         *From:* Wes Benedict <Wes.Benedict at lp.org>
>>>         <mailto:Wes.Benedict at lp.org>
>>>         *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org <mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org>
>>>         *Sent:* Monday, January 18, 2016 1:32 AM
>>>         *Subject:* [Lnc-business] Fwd: Ending Oklahoma paid petition
>>>         drive on January 18th (today)
>>>
>>>         Roland, we'd still like your help to cover unexpected
>>>         problems with validity. But we'll be finished with the paid
>>>         portion of the drive today.
>>>
>>>         If someone wants to contribute $1,500 directly to the LP
>>>         Oklahoma, that could pay for an additional 1,000 signatures
>>>         at the $1.50 rate. Contact me if you are interested in that
>>>         (or Tina directly if you're in contact with her). You need
>>>         to make sure it goes into their ballot access fund instead
>>>         of their general fund to be sure it gets spent on signatures.
>>>
>>>         Graph below (more signatures are on the way not yet
>>>         reflected in that graph), and the "ending" announcement is
>>>         below.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>         Subject: 	Ending Oklahoma paid petition drive on January
>>>         18th (today)
>>>         Date: 	Mon, 18 Jan 2016 02:22:57 -0500
>>>         From: 	Wes Benedict mailto:Wes.Benedict at lp.org
>>>         To: 	Tina Kelly mailto:tina.kelly at cox.net, Bill Redpath
>>>         mailto:william.redpath at lp.org, Nicholas Sarwark
>>>         mailto:chair at lp.org, travellingcircus at gmail.com
>>>         <mailto:travellingcircus at gmail.com>, ken.moellman at lpky.org
>>>         <mailto:ken.moellman at lpky.org>, oliverbhall at gmail.com
>>>         <mailto:oliverbhall at gmail.com>, 'Richard Winger'
>>>         mailto:richardwinger at yahoo.com, 'Robert Kraus'
>>>         mailto:robert.kraus at lp.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         Due to strong progress, we are ending the paid petitioning
>>>         in Oklahoma at the $1.50 rate at the end of the day on
>>>         January 18, 2016 (that's means today if you are reading this
>>>         the day it is sent).
>>>
>>>         Petitioners will have four days to turn in their signatures
>>>         to Tin Kelly (turn them in by January 22, 2016).
>>>
>>>         My note below indicated we would end the $2.50 rate on
>>>         January 17, and due to quantities projected, we are ending
>>>         the $1.50 rate on January 18 (just one day's worth).
>>>
>>>         A big thank you goes out to everyone who helped with this
>>>         drive. We still need a couple thousand signatures from
>>>         volunteers in Oklahoma to make sure this drive is
>>>         successful. If you are interested in collecting as a
>>>         volunteer, please contact Tina Kelly.
>>>
>>>
>>>         Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>>>         Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>>>         *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
>>>         (202) 333-0008 ext. 232
>>>         <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>, wes.benedict at lp.org
>>>         <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
>>>         facebook.com/libertarians <http://facebook.com/libertarians>
>>>         @LPNational
>>>         Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>>>
>>>         Wes Benedict wrote on 1/11/2016 6:57 PM:
>>>>         Attention petitioners, Libertarian National Committee, and
>>>>         Libertarian Party of Oklahoma: the deadline for paid
>>>>         petitioning in Oklahoma at $2.50 per signature is January
>>>>         17. We are almost out of money and have almost reached our
>>>>         targets.
>>>>
>>>>         Thanks to a great effort by many petitioners, we are close
>>>>         to hitting our approximate target of around 38,000
>>>>         signatures paid for by the Libertarian National Committee
>>>>         and Libertarian Party of Oklahoma. We will come close to
>>>>         reaching that target on January 17.
>>>>
>>>>         Petitioners will have four days after January 17 to get
>>>>         their signatures turned in to Tina Kelly, the petition
>>>>         organizer in Oklahoma. You will not get paid $2.50 per
>>>>         signature for signatures collected after January 17.
>>>>
>>>>         We may be short a a few hundred or a few thousand
>>>>         signatures. We may hire a few people to continue collecting
>>>>         signatures at $1.50 per signature after January 17 perhaps
>>>>         for several days. If you are interested in collecting
>>>>         signatures for $1.50 after January 17 for a limited amount
>>>>         of time, please contact Tina Kelly and get approval for
>>>>         that in advance.
>>>>
>>>>         Thanks for your great work on this petition drive.
>>>>
>>>>         This email is approved for release to others, including the
>>>>         public.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>     -- 
>>     ========================================================
>>     Kevin Ludlow
>>     512-773-3968 <tel:512-773-3968>
>>     http://www.kevinludlow.com
>>
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