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

[William Redpath]

Amen, Sam.  I thank Mr. Ward for running and wish him the best, but if 
he and other Alabamans can't come up with $300 for this, it speaks quite 
poorly for them.  And, I write that as a person who has spent a lot of 
my own money to get on the ballot in Virginia in the past.  Bill Redpath

On 2019-09-18 15:29, 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
>>> 
>>>