[Lnc-business] [Lnc-votes] Email Ballot 2016-06: AZ Ballot Access Ruling
Starchild
sfdreamer at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 21 22:15:04 EDT 2016
I vote yes as well.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))
At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
(415) 625-FREE
On Sep 21, 2016, at 7:04 PM, lnc-votes at hq.lp.org wrote:
> I vote yes.
>
> Tim Hagan
>
>
> From: Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
> To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 11:39 PM
> 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:
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> 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
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> 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;
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> 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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