[Lnc-business] Doug Ward's special election in Alabama

[brent.olsen at lp.org]

I agree with Sam.  Our candidate support resources are best utilized for 
providing candidates training.  $300 won't help a candidate for state 
representative win an election.  His campaign is better off fundraising 
and getting that money on their own.  That is the challenge of a robust 
campaign organization.  Also, I am opposed to trying to slip around the 
process established by the CSC to request funds by going directly to the 
LNC.  His campaign ought to complete the application for receive funds 
to be considered along all of the other candidates who do so.

-Brent

On 2019-09-18 12:29, Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business wrote:
> We have a set procedure for candidate support and I will oppose any
> effort to set a precedent to around that procedure.  Plus, if we do
> this for one candidate in a non-ballot access race for state rep we
> will be inundated with similar requests from hundreds of candidates.
> 
> Why can't he raise $300 from friends, family and his state party, it
> is not much money.
> 
> Live Free,
> 
> ---
> Sam Goldstein
> Libertarian National Committee
> 317-850-0726 Cell
> 
> On 2019-09-18 15:12, Whitney Bilyeu via Lnc-business wrote:
>> I would be willing to co-sponsor, but I would like to hear from the 
>> Ballot
>> Access Committee as to whether or not this would truly likely be the 
>> final
>> hurdle to make this thing happen.
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 1:36 PM Joshua Smith via Lnc-business <
>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Good morning/afternoon esteemed colleagues,
>>> 
>>> I was wondering if anyone would be interested in discussing and 
>>> possibly
>>> co-sponsoring a motion to disburse a small amount of funds to the 
>>> campaign
>>> of Doug Ward's special election for State Rep District 42 in Alabama?
>>> 
>>> Currently he is being challenged over just 19 signatures to get 
>>> himself on
>>> the ballot as a Libertarian. This is huge for the party in Alabama.
>>> 
>>> 31,740 registered voters in district
>>> 
>>> In the Republican primary on August 20th 3999 votes total were cast 
>>> for
>>> all four candidates
>>> 
>>> They are calling the magic win number 4k, but think closer to 1575 
>>> will
>>> actually get them the win
>>> 
>>> Has knocked more than 500 doors, but the actual election is not until
>>> November, so still a lot of time left. This is just to get them on 
>>> the
>>> ballot now.
>>> 
>>> Ran for revenue commission in the past as a paper candidate and still 
>>> did
>>> ok.
>>> 
>>> Will only be running against a Republican neocon and a paper 
>>> candidate dem
>>> (dems are a non starter in their district, and he has already been 
>>> working
>>> on pulling some from that block)
>>> 
>>> Has already raised around 5k which has gone towards mostly campaign
>>> volunteers that are currently working their behinds off (I have been 
>>> in the
>>> private chat with them and followed the campaign closely)
>>> 
>>> Doug Ward's campaign needs $300 in order to get the most up-to-date 
>>> voter
>>> list from the Secretary of State's office in order to challenge their
>>> certification that he is 19 signatures short.  Just 19 valid 
>>> signatures
>>> need to be found in order for him to be on the ballot for the special
>>> election.
>>> 
>>> Is this something we can help out with and call a ballot access 
>>> issue? I
>>> think it will reflect well on the LNC to help out a candidate in 
>>> Alabama
>>> that could possibly get them ballot access, and change a district in 
>>> AL to
>>> gold.
>>> 
>>> In liberty,
>>> Joshua D. Smith
>>> 
>>>