[Lnc-business] Fwd: Items for your consideration for LNC meeting and in general

Thu Mar 7 23:05:53 EST 2019

I didn't receive Paulie's original e-mail, just the one forwarded by 
Joe.

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Tim Hagan
Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee

On 2019-03-07 17:29, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote:
> Forwarded as requested
> 
> JBH
> 
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> Joe Bishop-Henchman
> LNC Member (At-Large)
> joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
> www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Items for your consideration for LNC meeting and in general
> Date: 2019-03-07 17:26
> From: LNC Contact Form <info at lp.org>
> To: chair at lp.org, alex.merced at lp.org, treasurer at lp.org,
> secretary at lp.org, joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org, sam.goldstein at lp.org,
> alicia.mattson at lp.org, william.redpath at lp.org, joshua.smith at lp.org,
> richard.longstreth at lp.org, steven.nekhaila at lp.org,
> victoria.paige.lee at lp.org, elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org,
> dustin.nanna at lp.org, jeffrey.hewitt at lp.org, kenneth.olsen at lp.org,
> james.lark at lp.org, susan.hogarth at lp.org, john.phillips at lp.org,
> phillip.anderson at lp.org, whitney.bilyeu at lp.org, erin.adams at lp.org,
> justin.odonnell at lp.org, jeff.lyons at lp.org
> Reply-To: travellingcircus at gmail.com
> 
>  Items for your consideration for LNC meeting and in general
> 
>  		 CONTACT LNC MEMBERS:
> 
>  		 Choose one or more LNC members to contact
> 
>  		 SELECT ONE OR MORE LNC MEMBERS TO CONTACT
> 
> 	* Nicholas Sarwark, Chair
> 	* Alex Merced, Vice Chair
> 	* Tim Hagan, Treasurer
> 	* Caryn Ann Harlos, Secretary
> 	* Joe Bishop-Henchman, At-Large Representative
> 	* Sam Goldstein, At-Large Representative
> 	* Alicia Mattson, At-Large Representative
> 	* William Redpath, At-Large Representative
> 	* Joshua Smith, At-Large Representative
> 	* Richard Longstreth, Region 1 Representative
> 	* Steven Nekhaila, Region 2 Representative
> 	* Victoria Paige Lee, Region 2 Alternate
> 	* Elizabeth Van Horn, Region 3 Representative
> 	* Dustin Nanna, Region 3 Alternate
> 	* Jeffrey Hewitt, Region 4 Representative
> 	* Kenneth Brent Olsen, Region 4 Alternate
> 	* Jim Lark, Region 5 Representative
> 	* Susan Hogarth, Region 5 Alternate
> 	* John Phillips, Region 6 Representative
> 	* Phillip Anderson, Region 6 Alternate
> 	* Whitney Bilyeu, Region 7 Representative
> 	* Erin Adams, Region 7 Alternate
> 	* Justin O'Donnell, Region 8 Representative
> 	* Jeff Lyons, Region 8 Alternate
> 
>  		Your Information
> 
>  		 SUBJECT
> 
>  		 Items for your consideration for LNC meeting and in general
> 
>  		 AFFILIATE
> 
>  		 Alabama
> 
>  		 NAME
> 
>  		 Paul Frankel
> 
>  		 EMAIL
> 
>  		 travellingcircus at gmail.com
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>  		 PHONE
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>  		 (205) 534-1622
> 
>  		 STATE
> 
>  		 Alabama
> 
>  		 ADDRESS
> 
>  United States
> Map It [1]
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>  		 MESSAGE
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>  Hello LNC Members. Someone please share with LNC list so non-LNC
> members who follow the list may see. A few items for your upcoming
> meeting and in general.
> 
> 1) Supplemental to ballot access report – See letter from Michael
> Pakko in the report. They have done full party ballot access in 2018,
> 2016, 2014 and 2012. Two of those four times was without LNC funding.
> They have come closer to the 3% needed each time, with 2.9% in 2018.
> They have run in the neighborhood of 30 candidates, had up to a hundred
> people at a time if not more at state conventions, routinely got 20-30%
> in statewide and federal races (since many of those are two-way in
> Arkansas). In 2018 they set two new records for statewide positions for
> all states in all years for LP races for those offices, including State
> Treasurer.
> 
> Updating Dr. Pakko’s letter they are currently at $21,536 towards
> ballot access. The estimated cost is now $35,000 with $5,000 towards
> defeating the unconstitutional new ballot access law which almost
> triples the signatures and moves the petition deadline back to this
> year. Both of these things have already been thrown out in court as
> unconstitutional in 1977, 1996 and 2006. Arkansas is requesting some
> token participation from LNC in its drive to help motivate Arkansas
> Libertarians to participate fully as donors and volunteers in the
> petition drive. They have a commission fundraiser also working to raise
> the money but feel that an allocation from LNC would help make the 
> state
> party members feel they have national support. The petition drive needs
> to take place within 90 days from when it starts, so to avoid times 
> when
> weather is too hot or too cold, colleges not in session etc., they 
> would
> like to start in late March. The only other suitable timeframe would be
> this fall.
> 
> 2) We had not seen it in time for Ballot Access Report, but I noticed 
> in
> Region 6 Report that ND has a commission fundraiser and is 15k towards
> the 25k they estimate they will need to complete their ballot drive. 
> FYI
> since I know not everyone always reads all the region reports. I did 
> not
> see them asking LNC for anything.
> 
> 3) I am in the process of helping form a new organization, Free The
> Votes, which will work on issues such as ballot access reform lobbying
> as well as lobbying to get rid of straight party ticket voting in the
> few states which still have it such as here in Alabama. Not asking for
> any action at this time but hope to partner with LNC and state LPs on
> future efforts. 8 states still have straight ticket voting and 2 have
> bills to get rid of it right now (UT and OK). I’m looking for a
> legislative sponsor for that and ballot access reform in Alabama. We
> have a likely sponsor for the latter in Alabama who has sponsored our
> legislation in the past. More states got rid of straight ticket in the
> past 10-15 years than still have it.
> 
> 4) FYI on Alabama we are suing the state over the voter list cost right
> now and would like to sue over number of signatures next. Favorable
> precedents on the prior from multiple states and up to Supreme Court
> going back 50 years, and on the latter from Michigan and Georgia
> recently. Our prior lawsuit over number of signatures lost due to most
> of our evidence being excluded due to attorney error on our side. The 
> MI
> and GA precedents are more recent. We will also be lobbying, and 
> working
> on local petition drives some of which have already started, as well as
> a statewide effort which will be doomed to failure if the lobbying and
> legal efforts don’t provide relief...but we think it will boost those
> efforts to start it. Should none of that work we’ll be back to the
> independent presidential ballot drive after the national convention 
> just
> like in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.
> 
> 5) https://imgur.com/a/YsovX has a nice selection of charts and graphs
> which some of you may find useful for various things, including
> demonstrating many different ways in which the party continues to grow.
> 
> 6) Before I forget Kudos to staff (Jess especially) for organizing
> shutdown park cleanup and social media efforts. Looking forward to 
> Keith
> Thompson getting settled in as the new social media volunteers manager.
> 
> 7) I hope you decide against the reconsideration of the resolution
> against the border wall. I understand but disagree with the point that
> it’s something the party should not focus on, but if you are taking
> time to reconsider it, you are focusing on it. Some of the people
> watching will not have read the email list so as far as they will see
> you are spending time on it just to vote it down – which would send
> way the wrong message. But if you are going to spend time on it I hope
> you restore the original language about open borders which was in the
> Louisiana and Alabama resolutions. It’s fully in line with the
> statement of principles and party statements over the years including
> this term, and there’s nothing in the current platform plank which
> mandates anything that is not open borders. The language can be
> reasonably interpreted as protecting against armed invasions but in the
> normal course of things, as Gary Johnson once said in a media 
> interview,
> allowing trucks to pass each other at 70 MPH headed in opposite
> directions across the US-Mexico border.
> 
> 8) I’ve set up our usual thread for liveblogging your upcoming meeting
> at
> https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2019/03/thread-for-lnc-meeting-liveblogging/
> but have not yet seen a link to the livestream. I don’t know if I will
> be available to help liveblog this weekend but it’s open forum for
> anyone who wants to participate whether I am there or not. Please email
> wredlich at gmail.com for a site log-in if you or anyone reading (if this
> gets posted to the list) want to be able to see comments in real time,
> due to site technical issues.
> 
> 9) IPR is looking for new team members.
> https://independentpoliticalreport.com/join-ipr-team/
> 
> 10) Please consider plugging monthly pledges as much or more than 
> yearly
> and lifetime memberships. There are many organizations which have come
> up with creative ways to get more people involved with those. It
> provides for a more reliable income stream (3-5 years opt out vs 1 
> year)
> and is less psychologically painful for equal amounts of money.
> 
> 11) I’m not sure if the form at
> https://www.lp.org/libertarian-national-committee/ under “contact LNC
> members” actually works. I used it one other time and got zero replies
> so I am not sure if it went thru. I’m sending this via this form first
> so please let me know if you get it. If I don’t hear anything by
> tonight or tomorrow morning I will resend as a regular CC
> 
> 12) Sorry this got too long. I have other stuff to include but figured
> I’ll stop as it’s already too long for most of you.
> 
> Paul Frankel (Paulie)
> Birmingport, Alabama
> 205-534-1622
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