[Lnc-business] Georgia Presidential Filing

[Lauren Daugherty]

I'm sending this on to Richard Winger, who is our top expert on all 
things related to ballot access.

Lauren Daugherty
Interim Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee

On 4/5/2019 7:37 PM, Victoria Paige Lee via Lnc-business wrote:
> Hey everyone. I’m going to copy an email I received from Ryan Graham 
> of Georgia concerning their presidential filing. I have added Ryan and 
> Cara Shultz to this message so that hopefully someone can help them 
> get their concerns heard and questions answered.
>
>
> “Hey Team,
>
> I wasn't sure who to reach out to about this, but we have some 
> concerns with new laws down here in Georgia. Our candidates are now 
> required to file much earlier than in the past, at the same time as 
> the Republicans and Democrats are filing for their primaries. It 
> caused some confusion down here in 2018 with us showing up on the 
> qualified candidates on the SOS site for the General election before 
> anyone else.
>
> In 2018 our filing was March 5-9. We had to have our state convention 
> in February to insure our candidates had time to get on the ballot. I 
> anticipate a similar scenario for 2020. My concerns are around our 
> Presidential candidate, whomever they might be. If we won't have our 
> candidate until May, I worry it may be too late.
>
> Please look into this and make sure we'll be able to get our 
> Presidential candidate on the ballot in Georgia.
>