[Lnc-business] Ballot Access Petitioning

[Tim Hagan]

Thanks!

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Tim Hagan
Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee

On 2020-03-13 11:14, Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business wrote:
> Oliver Hall is coordinating our response to all states that have 
> petition
> requirements, I encourage state chairs to contact Daniel Fishman to 
> stay in
> the loop.
> 
> -Nick
> 
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:04 PM Tim Hagan via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
>> NY Governor Cuomo said NY needs to come up with an answer to political
>> petitioning. "This is not the best time to send people door to door." 
>> He
>> doesn't know the specifics to a solution but knows it's something that
>> has to be addressed.
>> 
>> Mr. Fishman sent a letter to the state of Maryland concerning ballot
>> access petitioning when the government is pushing for social 
>> distancing.
>> We should get proactive with Illinois, Alabama, and other states with
>> high petitioning requirements (like AR, PA, ME, VA) and work with the
>> state affiliates to send similar letters to the Governor and election
>> authority in those states, seeking emergency relief from petitioning
>> requirements since the party was on the ballot during the last 
>> election.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Tim Hagan
>> Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee
>>