[Lnc-business] Fwd: Ohio petition too slow. Help! Get paid $2.50 each!

Wes Benedict wes.benedict at lp.org
Thu Apr 5 16:33:57 EDT 2018


I forgot the LNC-business email group doesn't allow embedded formatting. 
So, I'm attaching the note as a PDF and the graph separately as an 
attachment as well.  Thanks again, --Wes

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
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Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

On 4/5/2018 4:29 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
>     Dear LNC, plus a few state leaders:
>     Just fyi, the email below went to Ohio contacts today. It's also posted
>     on the blog here:
>     [1]https://www.lp.org/ohio-petition-slow-help-get-paid-2-50/
>     It's too soon for Widespread Panic, but brace yourselves for possible
>     similar messages in the near future related to Tennessee, Illinois, New
>     York, and Virginia. The state-wide Alabama drive was cancelled over a
>     month ago due to lack of matching resources by the state party, and
>     that's even with Paul Frankel offering $25,000 and Michael Chastain
>     offering another $20,000 to help what would have been the LP Alabama
>     portion of the drive. The LPA was unable to raise the additional
>     $15,000, which can be a tall order for a relatively small state.
>     Kudos again to LP Arkansas for finishing its petition drive in 2017
>     early and under budget.
>     Mega kudos to [2]Bill Gelineau, candidate for Governor in Michigan, for
>     getting his 21,187 signature petition drive done with no help from the
>     national LP.
>     --Wes
>
>     -------- Forwarded Message --------
>      Subject: Ohio petition too slow. Help! Get paid $2.50 each!
>         Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:00:41 -0400
>         From: Wes Benedict [3]<wes.benedict at lp.org>
>     Reply-To: [4]wes.benedict at lp.org
>           To: [5]wes.benedict at lp.org
>
>
>     Ohio petition too slow. Help!
>     Get paid $2.50 each!
>
>     I'll pay you $2.50 per signature for each signature you collect for the
>     LP Ohio petition drive, subject to the terms below.
>
>     I need your help! See the graph below. We have to speed up right away!
>
>     We had hoped to finish this petition drive in December 2017, but it
>     just keeps dragging on and on. We need to finish this statewide
>     petition drive so that candidates can finally get started on their own
>     petition drives — and then start campaigning!
>
>     We started the ballot access petition drive in Ohio in January 2017.
>     Fifteen months later, we’ve collected about 85,000 signatures, but need
>     more than 100,000 to be safe. The national LP expects to spend $140,000
>     total. The Ohio LP is spending more than $50,000 as well.
>
>     The graph below represents the portion of the petition drive paid for
>     by the national Libertarian Party (LP Ohio has additional signatures).
>     [6]LNC Paid Portion of LP Ohio Petition Drive - April 2018
>
>     A lot of our paid petitioners have been lured away to other states,
>     mostly for petition drives that aren't related to the Libertarian
>     Party.
>
>     I can't find enough people to hire. That's why I want to hire you.
>
>     I'll hire almost anyone, from candidates for governor to candidates for
>     city council, to board members of LP Ohio, to members of LP Ohio, to
>     people interested in helping Libertarians whether living inside or
>     outside Ohio, to non-registered voters, subject to the terms below
>     (terms subject to change without notice).
>
>     You must sign the contract I'll provide to you, which will constitute
>     the entire agreement, and get that contract countersigned by me before
>     starting and being eligible to collect signatures for pay. Additional
>     terms likely to be in the contract:
>      1. You must collect at least 100 signatures per week.
>      2. You will get paid $2.50 per signature collected, subject to pay
>         reductions for validity lower than 75 percent.
>      3. No expenses will be covered; for example, you will not be
>         reimbursed for any lodging, travel, miles on your car, meals, gas,
>         petition forms, supplies, etc. That's why we are specifically
>         trying to hire Ohio residents.
>      4. You'll have to mail the signatures to me by FedEx, UPS, or USPS
>         Priority Mail, at your own expense, on a weekly basis. Overnight
>         shipping isn't necessary. You can use the cheapest option that
>         includes tracking.
>
>     [7]Click here to find out more of the background on the LPO petition
>     drive, plus some of the rules and forms.
>
>     Many LP Ohio members pledged to volunteer for the petition drive, and
>     we still need lots of people to help as volunteers.
>
>     [8]Send me a note if you want to volunteer.
>
>     What I really really really want, though, is two or three hard workers
>     to pay. Adding two or three hard workers who will work hard on this and
>     get 500 signatures per week ($1,250 per week) would be ideal and would
>     get the job done.
>
>     [9]Send a note to me at wes.benedict at lp.org to get started, or call
>     (202) 333-0008 x232 (and leave a message).
>
>     [10]Click here to donate for ballot access.
>
>     I need your help today!
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     Wes Benedict
>
>     Wes Benedict
>     Executive Director
>     Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>     (202) 333-0008 x232
>     [11]wes.benedict at lp.org
>
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>     [12]View this announcement at LP.org
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>     1. https://www.lp.org/ohio-petition-slow-help-get-paid-2-50/
>     2. https://liberty4gov.org/
>     3. mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org
>     4. mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org
>     5. mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org
>     6. http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59142716&msgid=616925&act=41BX&c=1115108&destination=https://www.lp.org/ohio-petition-slow-help-get-paid-2-50/
>     7. http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59142716&msgid=616925&act=41BX&c=1115108&destination=https://www.lpo.org/let_s_get_the_lp_back_on_the_ballot
>     8. mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org
>     9. mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org
>    10. http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59142716&msgid=616925&act=41BX&c=1115108&destination=https://www.lp.org/2018ballotaccess/
>    11. mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org
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