[Lnc-business] EC call tonight on the LPCT petition drive

[William Redpath]

The LPCT petition has a slate of candidates:  Governor & Lt. Governor (I
don't know if it is a ticket), Treasurer, Comptroller & Secretary of
State.  The LPCT does not have an Attorney General candidate.  Here is
the website for the Governor candidate: 

https://rodforctgov.com/ 

The LPCT needs 7,500 valid sigs and the deadline is Wed, August 8.   

The LPCT states that it currently has 4,000 gross sigs.  The sigs have
been loaded into a Dropbox.  If I have time before the 9PM ET call
tonight, I will try to verify the 4,000 gross sig count.  It is my
understanding that Rod Hanscomb, the Governor candidate, whom I met in
New Orleans and am very impressed with, has gathered 3,000 gross sigs
himself so far, with the other 1,000 coming from volunteers. 

There are pledges of more gross sigs to be gathered (contingent on a
plan being in place for petition drive success--which probably means
some LNC subsidization).  I call these "Personally Responsible" sigs,
meaning that the person pledges to gather or pay for these number of
sigs:  Chastain 1,000, Redpath 250, Hanscomb 500, Theibault (Lt. Gov.
candidate) 250, Reale (LPCT Chair) 250.  That sums to 2,250 gross sigs. 
I have urged the LPCT to try to increase that number before the meeting
tonight. 

The LPCT validity checking just started Monday evening.  I have no
feedback on that yet.  Hopefully, there will be some on the call
tonight.  However, historically, CT has been a high (75%+) validity
state, but to achieve that, petitioners need to stay out of New Haven
and Bridgeport. 

In a separate email, I will forward Christopher Thrasher's petitioning
plan that he presented in a Monday night phone call.  He calls for 9,000
more gross sigs to be gathered, although I think that is overkill.  Of
course, that will depend on validity feedback. 

Thanks, 

Bill Redpath
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   The LPCT petition has a slate of candidates:  Governor & Lt. Governor
   (I don't know if it is a ticket), Treasurer, Comptroller & Secretary of
   State.  The LPCT does not have an Attorney General candidate.  Here is
   the website for the Governor candidate:

   [1]https://rodforctgov.com/

   The LPCT needs 7,500 valid sigs and the deadline is Wed, August 8.

   The LPCT states that it currently has 4,000 gross sigs.  The sigs have
   been loaded into a Dropbox.  If I have time before the 9PM ET call
   tonight, I will try to verify the 4,000 gross sig count.  It is my
   understanding that Rod Hanscomb, the Governor candidate, whom I met in
   New Orleans and am very impressed with, has gathered 3,000 gross sigs
   himself so far, with the other 1,000 coming from volunteers.

   There are pledges of more gross sigs to be gathered (contingent on a
   plan being in place for petition drive success--which probably means
   some LNC subsidization).  I call these "Personally Responsible" sigs,
   meaning that the person pledges to gather or pay for these number of
   sigs:  Chastain 1,000, Redpath 250, Hanscomb 500, Theibault (Lt. Gov.
   candidate) 250, Reale (LPCT Chair) 250.  That sums to 2,250 gross
   sigs.  I have urged the LPCT to try to increase that number before the
   meeting tonight.

   The LPCT validity checking just started Monday evening.  I have no
   feedback on that yet.  Hopefully, there will be some on the call
   tonight.  However, historically, CT has been a high (75%+) validity
   state, but to achieve that, petitioners need to stay out of New Haven
   and Bridgeport.

   In a separate email, I will forward Christopher Thrasher's petitioning
   plan that he presented in a Monday night phone call.  He calls for
   9,000 more gross sigs to be gathered, although I think that is
   overkill.  Of course, that will depend on validity feedback.

   Thanks,

   Bill Redpath

References

   1. https://rodforctgov.com/