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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">By the way, I think we failed to raise
as much as we could for Kentucky, and that was entirely my fault
because I had family emergencies. Once the funds were approved for
Kentucky, it's harder to raise for it.<br>
<br>
What I think would be the best pitch for New Hampshire is to "let
the donors decide."<br>
<br>
In other words, set up a donation page especially for this, then
send an email saying: if we raise $5,000 for this we'll do the
petition drive for New Hampshire. If we don't raise $5,000 by next
Tuesday, we'll refund your donation. Of course the email would
talk about how bad the D & R are, and how good the Libertarian
is.<br>
<br>
This is what I meant to do for Kentucky, but again, it was all my
fault I didn't make that happen. <br>
<br>
If you vote to approve $10,000 for New Hampshire unconditionally,
then nobody actually has to donate to make it happen. If you vote
to approve $10,000 for New Hampshire provided we raise at least
$5,000 online for this, then we have a good chance of raising
$5,000, but certainly not guaranteed.<br>
<br>
I'm probably talking more than you guys want me to on this. If so,
I apologize. Nevertheless, I'll disclose I'm fine however you all
vote on this. It would be nice to have a candidate for U.S. Senate
there, but I'm almost always happy NOT to spend money too.<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
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On 7/24/2014 5:36 PM, Alicia Mattson wrote:<br>
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<div>Thanks, Wes. I had also wondered how well that
solicitation did.<br>
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-Alicia<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Wes
Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Given that the ballot
access donation page is at $41,857.57 today, the email
below probably raised $1,834 or less.<br>
<div><br>
<div>Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
<small><small>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br>
<b>New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA
22314</b><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202)
333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a
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href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org"
target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><br>
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target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a>
@LPNational<br>
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<td>Lucky Kentucky - still $4,977 short for New
York</td>
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<td>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:46:15 -0400</td>
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<td>Wes Benedict <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<blockquote> Dear Libertarian,<br>
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<i>Michael McDermott</i><br>
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<i>Chris Edes</i></div>
I'm happy to report that our petitions
in Alabama and Illinois are finished.
That's great news -- and we thank our
donors and volunteers who made that
possible.<br>
<br>
However, we're still $4,977 short of
our $45,000 online fundraising goal
for ballot access, which puts New York
in danger.<br>
<br>
New York's petitioning starts next
week and the deadline for collecting
over 15,000 valid signatures is August
19. That gives them only six weeks!
And they'll need to collect 25,000 to
30,000 total signatures to be safe.<br>
<br>
Our LPNY Chair, Mark Axinn, tells me
they have a strong ticket headed by
Michael McDermott for Governor and
Chris Edes for Lieutenant Governor.<br>
<br>
Our focus in New York is getting
50,000 votes for Governor which would
automatically qualify the LP for
ballot access in the future, without
having to collect expensive petition
signatures. In 2010, our candidate
received 48,300 votes -- just a little
bit short. So we're very hopeful we
can hit 50,000 votes this time.<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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or $100 or even just $25 today if
you can.</a><br>
<br>
You can <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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page</a> for real time updates on
our progress towards closing our
$4,977 shortfall.<br>
<br>
By the way, I thought I was going to
have to ask you to help me raise
$7,000 to get our U.S. Senate
candidate from Kentucky, David
Patterson, onto the ballot. But good
news -- that money was raised last
week at the national convention!<br>
<br>
That's lucky for Kentucky, because
Patterson will be challenging the
Senate Minority Leader, Mitch
McConnell.<br>
<br>
I can describe Mitch McConnell's
voting record in one word: <strong>ugly</strong>.<br>
<br>
McConnell voted for the TARP bailouts,
ethanol subsidies, Medicare Part D,
the Patriot Act, No Child Left Behind,
and Bush's 2008 stimulus checks.<br>
<br>
Libertarian David Patterson is a cop
-- a cop against the war on drugs --
and of course he's against bailouts.<br>
<br>
I expect plenty of Republicans will
bend over backwards making excuses for
McConnell and begging Libertarians to
vote for McConnell. But Libertarians
would be <strong>insane</strong> to
vote for Mitch McConnell.<br>
<br>
Separately, I'm delighted to report
that our fantastic 2013 candidate for
Virginia Governor, Robert Sarvis, just
successfully finished his petition
drive to qualify for the November
ballot for U.S. Senate.<br>
<br>
Let's keep this momentum going! Please
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