[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2016-06: AZ Ballot Access Ruling

[Joshua Katz]

I vote yes.

I think I gave my reasons before, but I do want to address one item.  It is
unclear to me why it would be preferable to commit and spend money, over
committing money that we may not need to spend.  It is unclear to me why it
is a problem to set money aside in case it is needed, rather than waiting
until it is needed.  I think it is perfectly reasonable behavior to set
aside money, in order to commit to backing an appeal, while hoping that the
state party wins and doesn't need to appeal.  I'd prefer that over
scrambling to hold a vote near the appeal deadline, for example.

Joshua A. Katz
Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Brett Bittner <brett.bittner at lp.org> wrote:

> In my capacity as Region 3 Representative, I choose to abstain on this
> motion.
>
> I support our legal offense to preserve and protect better access to the
> ballot, as we have done in my region in Kentucky. Sam's points about the
> motion itself are well taken, and with an immediate need for further
> action, my vote will be to abstain on this motion.
>
> Brett C. Bittner
>
> Region 3 Representative
> Libertarian National Committee
>
> brett.bittner at lp.org
> 317.643.2566
>
> **This message sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos.
>
> On Sep 16, 2016 15:36, "Patrick McKnight" <patrick.joseph.mcknight@
> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I vote yes.
>>
>> Patrick McKnight
>> Region 8 Rep
>>
>> On Sep 16, 2016 3:02 PM, "Ed Marsh" <ednmax at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I vote yes
>>> Ed Marsh
>>> Region 2 Rep(Florida,Georgia,Tennessee)
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>> *Sent:* Monday, September 12, 2016 2:39 AM
>>> *Subject:* [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2016-06: AZ Ballot Access Ruling
>>>
>>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by September 21, 2016 at
>>> 11:59:59pm Pacific time.*
>>> *Sponsor:*  Katz, Harlos, Hayes, Demarest
>>>
>>> *Motion:*
>>>
>>> Whereas, The Arizona state government's new statute increasing the
>>> signature requirements for Libertarians and other alternative party
>>> candidates to appear on primary ballots in Arizona by as much as 20-fold or
>>> more is clearly unfair, burdensome, at odds with legal precedent, and
>>> unconstitutional; and
>>>
>>> Whereas, Plaintiffs have limited resources and could use additional
>>> legal support in fighting to overturn this unjust statute, especially if
>>> the federal district court ruling goes against them and an appeal is
>>> necessary;
>>>
>>> Resolved, That the Libertarian National Committee allocates $5,000 from
>>> its "legal offense" budget line to be used in the event of an appeal from
>>> the District Court's ruling in AZ Libertarian Party v. Reagan, and directs
>>> its staff and chair to reach out to groups such as the American Civil
>>> Liberties Union, the Landmark Legal Foundation, the Pacific Legal
>>> Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Center for Law
>>> and Justice, and other alternative political parties, to invite them to
>>> file amicus curiae briefs with the court or otherwise provide support to
>>> the plaintiffs in the aforementioned case, and to publicize the matter on a
>>> national scope if feasible.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Alicia
>>>
>>>
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