<div dir="ltr">It seemed like a good idea to me also, which is what I was thinking when asking around for language yesterday. When I sat down to work on it, though, I found that the easiest way to word it was as an amendment, so it may turn out that standardizing the language is trickier than it seems. I ended up just putting forward a bill that tweaks language that is already in the CT law, so my language wouldn't work in other states. <div><br></div><div>We should probably design a boilerplate for use in places where there's no clear way to amend an existing section to achieve the desired goal. </div><div><br></div><div>My takeaway - have something in mind before you start meeting with legislators so you're not caught flat-footed when one agrees to put in a bill and asks you for the bill.</div><div><br></div><div>Joshua Katz</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Joshua A. Katz<div>Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Guy McLendon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:guy@mclendon.net" target="_blank">guy@mclendon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">It seems an excellent idea to have boiler-plate language for proposed legislation.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Guy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua Katz<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 04, 2015 4:20 PM</span></p><div><div class="h5"><br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:norman.olsen@lp.org" target="_blank">norman.olsen@lp.org</a>; <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lnc-business] Lobbying legislators on ballot access<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Good points all. I am continuing my search in the state senate. Since he is free to introduce any or all, and they'd all be separate bills, the consponsorship shouldn't be an issue, but it may be better to give him just one or two things to ask him to consider bringing forward. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Joshua A. Katz<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Norm Olsen <<a href="mailto:region1rep@donedad.com" target="_blank">region1rep@donedad.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">It depends upon the nature of your relationship with the legislator, of course, but I wouldn’t ask for too much. Item 1 is of the paramount importance. Lock that one down as hard as you can. Legislative politics can, of course, also have an effect:</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">1></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">How would the legislature react if it is asked to deal with three things instead of just one?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">2></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">How much political capital would need to expended to get #1 to the floor of the legislature?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">3></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Your legislative friend is a member of one of two(?) houses. Who in the other house can you get to support any of these measures? Would it not be more likely to find such a co-sponsor if there were only one issue?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">4></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Would setting a goal of all three issues detract from the possibility of getting #1, the most important one?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Just thinking out loud.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Norm</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">--</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Norman T Olsen</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Regional Representative, Region 1</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Libertarian National Committee</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">7931 South Broadway, PMB 102</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Littleton, CO 80122-2710</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="tel:303-263-4995" target="_blank">303-263-4995</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua Katz<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 04, 2015 12:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:norman.olsen@lp.org" target="_blank">norman.olsen@lp.org</a>; <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lnc-business] Lobbying legislators on ballot access</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks! I will get in touch with him. For item 1, you are correct, and I wrote up a rather easy amendment to our state law that should do it (and a bit more because, why not?)<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I've also decided to throw in a third issue, which he may or may not care to move forward on - our blatantly discriminatory laws for registrar of voters. A town elects two registrars - the two highest vote-getters from different parties. However, if one of those is a small party, they then get three registrars so that both braindead parties get at least one registrar into office. So, if the ballot were, from most to least:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">L<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">G<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">L<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">G<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">G<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">D<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">R<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The offices would go to the highest L, the D, and the R.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Joshua A. Katz<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Norm Olsen <<a href="mailto:region1rep@donedad.com" target="_blank">region1rep@donedad.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hello Joshua . . .</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">For item 1, there should be several examples in the statutes of many states. I defer to others on that one.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">For item 2, contact Warren Severin of Arizona. They have been lobbying this issue for years, and have litigated the issue recently (and lost, if I remember correctly). Their experience could be very helpful.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Norm</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">--</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Norman T Olsen</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Regional Representative, Region 1</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Libertarian National Committee</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">7931 South Broadway, PMB 102</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Littleton, CO 80122-2710</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="tel:303-263-4995" target="_blank">303-263-4995</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua Katz<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 04, 2015 9:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Lnc-business] Lobbying legislators on ballot access</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">We have talked a lot about lobbying legislators for better ballot access laws. I have a legislator in Connecticut who is willing to introduce two pieces of legislation:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">1. Meeting the vote test for one office on a ballot carries ballot access in the next round for all races on that ballot (at present, it carries only the specific office contested.) This is a strict improvement on what I sought - one statewide race carrying all statewide races. His cost for doing so is 2% as a vote test (up from 1%.)<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">2. Inclusion of all registration-qualified parties on the registration form (at present, there are 3 registration-qualified minor parties, but to register in one, you check "other" and write in the name.)<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have any model language for these? I know many of you have been active in these lobbying efforts. He has requested model language to introduce, and I have a rather close timeline on it. Any help would be appreciated.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Joshua A. Katz<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>_______________________________________________<br>Lnc-business mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><a href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org" target="_blank">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>_______________________________________________<br>Lnc-business mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><a href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org" target="_blank">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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