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

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

Mr. Redpath,

Do you happen to know what percent vote will be needed in any/all of 
these races, for us to have automatic ballot access in CT for 2020? I'm 
sure you will all make a good evaluation of the benefits and costs but I 
was curious as to that one item, which I don't know.

JBH


On 2018-07-12 12:45, William Redpath via Lnc-business wrote:
> 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/

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JBH

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Joe Bishop-Henchman
LNC Member (At-Large)
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