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

Tue Sep 24 18:30:34 EDT 2019

Paulie asked for this to be shared to the list:

Someone please share with the list. I asked this be posted on the 18th to
clarify.

I paid for the list on September 3. We received it that day. took til Sept
5 for the corrected list to arrive which had bdays which they did not send
at first. We turned in the corrections Sept 16 and found more than enough
but they refused to accept them and said we should have submitted them Aug
20 which was the original submission date as well as it took til Aug 29 for
their results. We actually paid over 300 for the list twice, once to
nationbuilder to get a map, once to SOS to get latest data plus $82 for
copies of petitions to see what they rejected.

I have personally spent about $2k out of pocket and about $5k of
professional services. We will be running write in and may well WIN. Under
4,000 people voted in the primary which is the  "real election" in a
heavily Republican district (80 percent plus). Barely double digits. 3
Republicans who live in the county which has the vast majority of the
district's voters combined could not force a run off. The people are very
angry at their corrupt local politicians and did not turn out for them. The
winning Republican was from another county which has a small part of the
district. There will be even less reason for people to vote in November so
turnout maybe 1,000-2,000 voters in a district of 32k or even less. We can
beat that.

BTW, yes, we are already suing the state over the charges for the voter
list and will most likely sue them separately over

A) Number of signatures

B) Refusing to consider our evidence in Doug's case, with money damages
attached

Please also share my explanations with the list. I was not going to ask for
LNC funds directly but would appreciate individual contributions, any help
with fundraising (volunteer or commission), etc.

https://dougward4staterep.nationbuilder.com/donate

Thanks again,

Paul Frankel

*In Liberty,*

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 3:48 PM Alex Merced (LNC Vice Chair) via
Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> Just read this.
>
> 1. I second the sentiment of appreciation for Josh being proactive in
> assisting candidates. Thank you for your passion in making sure discuss
> things (that goes for Caryn too).
>
> 2. I also concur that to best of our ability we should keep the scope at
> which we assist narrow  as it would be problematic for everyone if everyone
> thought National was the first place to go to for assistance in general.
> Thank you for you passion in making sure we function in a way that
> facilitates good governance and precedence as it also matters quite a bit.
>
> *Due to the timeliness and nature of this particular request I do think it
> was a good call to bring it up as we always want to avoid court precedence
> that could hurt future ballot access efforts.
>
> Alex Merced
> Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee/LP
>
> > On Sep 24, 2019, at 2:35 PM, William Redpath via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
>