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

[James Lark]

Dear colleagues:

     I hope all is well with you.  I am writing in my capacity as Region 
5 representative to abstain on the motion.

     As always, thank you for your work for liberty.

     Take care,
     Jim

     James W. Lark, III
     Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering
     Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society
     Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics
     University of Virginia

     Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
     University of Virginia

     Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
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On 9/12/2016 2:39 AM, Alicia Mattson wrote:
> 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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