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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 might be the
first “test” for the not-yet-formed Ballot Access Committee.
I just sent an e-mail this morning to Richard Winger. In his usual very
effective manner, he replied within a couple of hours.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426534856706_17207"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426534856706_17206"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'>“Richard:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The
March issue of LP News, page 13, says that the retention requirement in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Maryland</st1:place></st1:State> is 1% for the top
of the ticket.</span></span></font><font size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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It also says that Gary Johnson got 1.1% of the vote in 2012, but that 2014 was
the first time the Libertarian Party ever retained ballot access in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State></st1:place> .</span></span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
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face=Verdana id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426534856706_17214"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426534856706_17213"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'>Am I missing something? Shouldn’t the LP have
gotten ballot access for Gary Johnson’s showing in 2012?</span></span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> Scott
Lieberman</span>”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>“From:</span></font></b><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Richard Winger
[mailto:richardwinger@yahoo.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 16, 2015 12:49
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Scott L.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Ballot Access
question - <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Maryland</st1:place></st1:State></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=1 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The law
is sort of crazy. When one passes the vote test, one only gets one more
election. But when one does the petition, that gets the next 2
elections. So because our last Md petition was in 2011, that gave us 2012
and 2014. So polling over 1% for Gary Johnson didn't actually give us
anything we didn't already have. The law is not sensible. If a petition
gets 2 elections, then passing the vote test also ought to give 2 elections.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Richard Winger”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>My
guess is that this issue is “below the radar” for state
legislators. So, it is probably possible to come up with a lobbying plan
that has a reasonable chance of success to get <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State></st1:place> legislators to change the law to
what Mr. Winger suggests above. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>If
the legislators are totally immune to making this change, we could instead them
to remove president, increase the percentage to 2%, and ask them to add
Comptroller and Atty. General to Governor/Lt. Gov (1). IMO, having to get
2% for Gov, Comptroller, or Atty. General every 4 years is a lot easier than
having to get 1% for Governor AND then 2 years later having to get 1% for
President, to maintain semi-permanent ballot access.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I
think this would make a good “first project” for the LP’s Ballot
Access Committee, if we form one.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><br>
Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>1.
The Gov and Lt. Gov. nominees run as a team in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Maryland</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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