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

[Alicia Mattson]

I abstain on this motion.

-Alicia


On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 11:39 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
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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