<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span>In my case, it was as simple as e-mailing my State Senator. She was surprised that one of her constituents was concerned about a bill that would have made ballot access tougher for minor parties. She changed the bill to make ballot access easier, and it passed.<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Tim Hagan<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial,
Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Scott L. <scott73@earthlink.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> lnc-business@hq.lp.org <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> statechairs@lp.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:08 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Lnc-business] A little good news<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv2532747404"><style>
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<div class="yiv2532747404MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">“Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 7:53 PM<br clear="none">
To: lnc-business<br clear="none">
Subject: A little good news</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv2532747404MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2014/11/libertarian-party-retains-ballot-access-in-30-states-following-midterm-election-best-ever-midterm-result-for-lp-best-of-any-alt-party-in-100-years/</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv2532747404MsoPlainText"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;">Via Scott Lieberman:</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black;"></span></font></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv2532747404yqt5166932205" id="yiv2532747404yqtfd74852"></div><div class="yiv2532747404yqt5166932205" id="yiv2532747404yqtfd17731">
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<div class="yiv2532747404MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">"Richard Winger November 18, 2014 at
9:26 pm </span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv2532747404MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">Much of the reason for this outcome is
that 26 states have made it easier for a party to remain ballot-qualified in
the last 30 years: Alaska , Arizona ,
Arkansas , California ,
Colorado , Florida ,
Georgia , Hawaii ,
Louisiana , Maine ,
Maryland , Massachusetts ,
Michigan , Minnesota ,
Montana , Nebraska ,
Nevada , North Carolina ,
North Dakota , Ohio ,
Oregon , South Dakota ,
Texas , Utah , Virginia , and Wyoming .
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<div class="yiv2532747404MsoPlainText"><b><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;">We made all this progress
not by lawsuits, but by asking state legislators to do this. We are insane,
crazy, nuts, if we don’t continue doing this. And now is the time when
legislators are deciding which bills to introduce. Many states have strict
deadlines for introducing bills."</span></font></b></div>
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<div class="yiv2532747404MsoPlainText"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;">We have several LP
members who would be happy to give State Chairs or other relevant officers tips
on </span></font></div>
<div class="yiv2532747404MsoPlainText"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;">how to lobby state legislators.
Please e-mail me for those references.</span></font></div>
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Scott Lieberman</span></font></div><div class="yiv2532747404yqt5166932205" id="yiv2532747404yqtfd11286"></div><div class="yiv2532747404yqt5166932205" id="yiv2532747404yqtfd32882">
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