[Lnc-business] Connecticut Ballot Access Status/Update/Formal Request for Aid

[Craig Bowden]

This does appear to be ballot access to me. I will have to side with 
Sam, however, and request that a plan be demonstrated that the state 
affiliate is prepared to take on the bulk of the work. For the same 
reason I made the suggestion that candidates must demonstrate they are 
taking on the largest burden and must have raised a significant portion 
of funds, so they are on primarily relying on the LNC for support.

If they can demonstrate the plan they have (volunteers already signed up 
to assist, timeline of expectations, etc.) then I would be happy to 
support. August is right around the corner, so there is not a lot of 
time to get things rolling. It sounds like the general ideas are there 
from the email, but I would feel more comfortable seeing the plan of 
attack, so to speak.

Craig Bowden
Region 1 Alternate

On 2018-05-13 04:25, Starchild via Lnc-business wrote:
> Dan,
> 
>    Thank you for the detailed update, and congratulations on being
>    considered for your town's equivalent of city council! (I trust you
>    plan to accept?)
> 
>    We did adopt at our last meeting, for better or for worse, a set of
>    criteria to qualify for LNC campaign funding which I trust will be 
> made
>    available to any state-level New Jersey candidates who may request
>    financial assistance with their ballot access efforts. If I 
> understand
>    you correctly to be saying that the petition on which you need 7500
>    valid signatures would qualify several candidates simultaneously,
>    that's an interesting situation which our funding guidelines may not
>    have anticipated, but while that gets sorted out, national staff
>    putting out an email seeking volunteer help for the effort certainly
>    sounds reasonable.
> 
>      Is it realistic however to think that the Connecticut LP can ride 
> to
>    20% in the governor's race on the strength of massive amounts of
>    robocalling? A lot of people don't like robocalls. I'm not sure they
>    make up in volume what they cost in goodwill. And what about the
>    qualities of the candidate himself? The best campaign marketing plan 
> in
>    the world is of zero value to the freedom movement unless it is used 
> to
>    elect someone who has solid libertarian positions and will stick 
> with
>    them in office to advance the cause in the face of increased statist
>    pressures to "get with the program" and "go along to get along". 
> Does
>    your 2018 Strategic Plan give any thought to the question of how to
>    avoid someone the Connecticut LP elects, or recruits from another
>    party, taking un-libertarian actions once in office as a 
> Libertarian,
>    as occurred in Nevada with a candidate to whom the LNC provided 
> funds?
> 
>    Love & Liberty,
> 
>                                          ((( starchild )))
> 
>    At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
> 
>                               [1]RealReform at earthlink.net
> 
>                                       (415) 625-FREE
> 
>                                        @StarchildSF
> 
>    On May 12, 2018, at 12:52 PM, Dan Reale wrote:
> 
>    Dear LNC,
> 
>    I can report good news - we have 2,000 signatures in hand for the
>    statewide drive and no need for presidential ballot access 
> assistance
>    of any kind in 2018.
> 
>    We currently hold ballot access for US Senate, the Second 
> Congressional
>    District and state assembly districts 9 and 35.
> 
>    I can also report we have a Libertarian on the Board of Ed in my 
> town,
>    Matt Radant (cc'd). With one of the Board of Selectman passing last
>    week, I have already been contacted seeking my interest on whether 
> or
>    not I would like to fill that seat - as a Libertarian (Board of
>    Selectman is analogous to City Council).
> 
>    We also have, what our treasurer coded, the "Machine of Knowledge",
>    which has an autodialer. We used that to do a landline call/cell 
> text
>    campaign to reach every household in both Norwich (population 
> 40,000)
>    and Plainfield, CT (population 20k) in municipal elections last 
> year.
> 
>    The Machine of Knowledge is here (auto-dialer, of course, is 
> password
>    protected) - [2]http://lpct.tabbycatsoftware.com/  I'd invite the
>    committee to take this for a spin... Jeff Thibeault (its inventor 
> and
>    our candidate for Lt Governor) can fill you in on the variety of
>    reports the Machine of Knowledge can generate associated with the 
> robo
>    calls.
> 
>    I am also cc'ing Rod Hanscomb, our candidate for governor. His 
> campaign
>    already had a built and ready to go marketing plan.
> 
>    We continue to add town committees, which are critical to running
>    candidates and getting them elected so that we may achieve 
> Libertarian
>    things in office. Our vice chair, Roger Misbach (also cc'd), has 
> taken
>    the helm getting these committees started, and he is focusing
>    specifically on recruiting treasurers. I'm attaching our town 
> committee
>    manual and our 2018 Strategic Plan, just to further give you the 
> idea
>    of the work that's gone into getting us up to speed (rapidly).
> 
>    We have a state central meeting tonight, and we're looking for an
>    update on what help is available and can be had.
> 
>    However, governor is critical. We have a slate of top state officers
>    all on that one petition. That only requires 7500 valid. As you all
>    know, Connecticut is unique in that each and every signature is
>    checked.
> 
>    We are also running and increasing number of state assembly and 
> state
>    senate candidates. We have, as I recall, a total of 9 candidates
>    nominated.
> 
>    Our deadline to collect signatures is the first Wednesday of August.
> 
>    i worry, because without knocking this ballot access thing out, 
> we're
>    not raising money and getting our candidates where they belong - in
>    front of as many media outlets as possible, spreading the good word.
>    There are no predominant candidates for governor in Connecticut 
> making
>    headway, leaving this as a solid opportunity for us.
> 
>    i am also working on six sitting state reps, to get them to come 
> over,
>    and one shows promise.
> 
>    Given the Machine of Knowledge, 20% for governor is achievable, and
>    that would give us major party status. The whole idea is we don't 
> have
>    to worry about statewide ballot access ever again. Given that our 
> state
>    is now considering tolls, an unholy assortment of new gun laws and
>    continues to bleed ink (virtually unopposed by the Republicans), 
> this
>    is a real opportunity. Waiting to act post-NOLA could very well cost
>    that opportunity, and will in fact cost much more money.
> 
>    We have made as much outreach as possible to try and locate a
>    professional fundraiser as well.
> 
>    Any and all leads on funding are critical.
> 
>    The Libertarian Party of Connecticut respectfully requests that the 
> LNC
>    consider a contribution of $20,000 - choosing a petitioner to lead 
> the
>    gathering effort of its choice, of course. The good news is we
>    successfully sued a few years ago, and we don't require in-state
>    witnesses. We also know where the validity rates are highest, and 
> can
>    direct petitioners to these places accordingly. Also, and this is
>    critical - state budget referenda occur during the spring, meaning 
> that
>    targeting these events will yield good signatures.
> 
>    We are also requesting that the national staff put out a nationwide
>    email call to seek help and volunteers for this effort. While we 
> have
>    made active use of the data dumps, we are also looking for where to
>    acquire new lists to better expand our reach.
> 
>    Of course, the sooner we can get this put together, the easier and 
> more
>    cost efficient it will be.
> --
> Dan Reale
> Chair
> Libertarian Party of Connecticut
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