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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I wonder if anyone else sees the
connection between the pitiful numbers in the “Success vs. Major Parties”
spreadsheet that the Executive Director just sent out, and the pitiful numbers
in the latest membership update.<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'>I feel quite certain that the
former is the reason for the latter. There are only so many “true
believers” out there. The other people will come along for the
ride, but only if we appear to be successful. Having temporary ballot
status in 30 states doesn’t mean anything to the average libertarian.
Having State Legislators in 10 or 20 states would give those libertarians at
least some hope that the Libertarian Party is finally starting to be a Real
Political Party ™.<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'>It is the responsibility of this
Board to do whatever we need to do to make sure the Party achieve the Purposes
Statement in the Bylaws.<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'>I know some of you disagree with
this idea, but it is not too late in this LNC term to have a professionally
facilitated retreat during which we come up with a way of reversing the death
spiral that the Libertarian Party seems to be on the brink of.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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“It's rare for a Libertarian candidate to win an election by beating a
Democrat or Republican in a straight forward partisan election. <br>
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We know of 11 Libertarian winners that have met the criteria in 43 years. 6 of
the 11 were in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indiana</st1:place></st1:State>.
The 2 newest were in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:place></st1:State>.
If you know of others that have met the criteria in the attached spreadsheet,
please send them to me along with your source of the election results.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.”</span></font><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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