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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Staff - the attached
file is not meant to be an official document for the LNC Session this weekend.
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>As you can see from
these LNC-EC Minutes, the EC encumbered $10,000 for ballot access petitioning
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">New Hampshire</st1:State></st1:place>
earlier this year:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <a
href="https://www.lp.org/files/20140724_ECTC.pdf">https://www.lp.org/files/20140724_ECTC.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The only EC member to
vote against this encumbrance was the Secretary. Her reason was that she
did not think there was enough time before the deadline to get the
signatures. Ultimately, she was proven correct, and I don’t think
any of that $10,000 was actually spent.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The vote test for
retaining ballot access in NH is to get 4% for Governor or US Senate, and that
test must be passed every two years. The attached file has information
about the two candidates that were running for those positions for the Nov 2014
election.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I know you are all
pressed for time, so don’t feel obligated to read the entire attached
file – but please read the stuff that I put in boldface. That makes
up about one page in total.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>My question for you is
– do you think that either of these two people had even a small chance of
getting 4% for Governor or US Senate? I am not trying to assign blame to
the Chair of LPNH.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I am asking: Why
does the National Party allocate hundreds of thousands of dollars of our member’s
money for ballot access petitioning to get candidates on the ballot in
vote-test races, but those candidates get little or no vetting <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>by the National Party</span></b>?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>My point is: our
Party has been <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>excellent </span></b>at
obtaining 45 or more state ballot access in October of even-numbered
years. However, we have been not that good at retaining that ballot
access in December of even-numbered years because we fail too many vote tests.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>You might counter: “</span></font>Our
national ballot access is better <font color=black><span style='color:black'>right
now at this point in an election cycle than ever before.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Even if that is true,
after 43 years I would like to think that we would have figured out how to
lobby or get initiatives passed that changed enough vote tests, and figured out
how to get 3% or 5% of the vote, such that we have semi-permanent ballot access
in 45 or more states.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>By only having to
collect sigs in 4 or 5 states every two years, we would change ballot access
from a huge problem into just a minor annoyance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><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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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>PS – I will not
have access to my e-mail from now until Monday, so if you have any follow-up
questions, you can ask me on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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