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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>
      <br>
      <div class="moz-signature">Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
        <small><small>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br>
            <b>New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314</b><br>
            (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><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"
              href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span>
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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"
                        href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232"
                        value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202)
                        333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org"
                        target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://facebook.com/libertarians"
                        target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a>
                      @LPNational<br>
                      Join the Libertarian Party at: <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a></small></small><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>
                                  <br>
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                                    <i>Michael McDermott</i><br>
                                    <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>
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                                    target="_blank">Please donate $200
                                    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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                                    target="_blank">visit the donation
                                    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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                                    access efforts today</a>!<br>
                                  <br>
                                  Yours in liberty,</blockquote>
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                                  Wes Benedict<br>
                                  Executive Director<br>
                                  Libertarian National Committee<br>
                                   
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