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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The vote test to
retain ballot access in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:place></st1:State>
is 3% for Governor or President.</span></font><font color=black><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Look at their election
results.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>ALL of their statewide
nominees broke the 3% barrier, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>except</span></b>
their nominee for Governor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>IMO, that certainly
satisfies the “modicum of support” that state legislators usually claim is
necessary when trying to justify the vote tests that they enact into law.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>This situation cries
out for the National LP to work with the LP of Arkansas to lobby the Arkansas
State Legislature to change the vote test to 2% or 3% in any statewide race to
get 4 years of ballot access.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>    Scott Lieberman <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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      font-family:Helvetica;color:#606060;letter-spacing:-.65pt'> Victory
      for the AR Libertarians!<br>
       Election by the numbers<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
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      After running an incredible campaign, educating hundreds of thousands of
      Arkansans about the libertarian philosophy and the LPAR, our esteemed
      gubernatorial candidate Frank Gilbert earned 16,217 votes on Tuesday.<br>
       <br>
      Unfortunately, we were not able to reach the state-mandated percentage
      requirement (3%) to retain our ballot access for 2016. This means that we
      will again have to raise tens of thousands of dollars and re-petition in
      order to run Libertarian candidates in 2016.<br>
        <br>
      <a href="http://lpar.org/elections/election-results/" target="_blank"
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      margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;margin-top:5px;text-decoration:none;
      width:703px' alt="LPAR Election Results" align=none></span></font></a> <br>
      </span></font><font size=4 color="#606060" face=Helvetica><span
      style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#606060'>Jessica
      Paxton<br>
      Chairman - LPAR<br>
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      color="#6dc6dd"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>chair@lpar.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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