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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'>The first sentence I
made  </span></font><font size=2 color=red face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:red'>RED</span></font><font
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color:black'>  below is factually true.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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The second sentence I made </span></font><font size=2 color=red face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:red'>RED</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> is not unreasonable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>However, by making
those two sentences adjacent to each other in their own paragraph, Mr. Benedict
is trying to get the readers of this fundraising e-mail to believe that the
elected Libertarians are in partisan offices.  In fact, they are all in
non-partisan offices.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><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=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I understand that
puffery is often necessary in fund-raising, but I think it would have been
better to phrase it like this:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <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=MsoNormal style='margin-left:7.5pt'><font size=5 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The LP Arkansas is one of our most
improved state affiliates over the past four years, thanks largely to the
leadership of Rodger and Jessica Paxton. <font color=black><span
style='color:black'> In fact, <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:7.5pt'><font size=5 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>LP Arkansas
elected three Libertarians to non-partisan offices during 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:7.5pt'><font size=5 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>We
need to obtain ballot access in <st1:State w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:State> NOW so
that our Presidential Nominee is on the ballot in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:place></st1:State> in 2016.<br>
</span></font><font color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;
color:black'><br>
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</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>By phrasing it that
way, you communicate the success of electing 3 Libertarians to public office in
2014, without opening yourself up to the charge that you are trying to get LP
members to think those victories were in partisan races.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><br>
   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=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
    style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Scott,<br>
    <br>
    We recently signed an agreement with the Libertarian Party of Arkansas to
    pay $25,000 for ballot access petition signatures.<br>
    <br>
    <a
    href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=58692452&msgid=499264&act=J1KR&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20150326%2Bballot%2Baccess">Please
    make a donation</a> to help to pay for this important ballot access effort.<br>
    <br>
    The LP Arkansas is one of our most improved state affiliates over the past
    four years, thanks largely to the leadership of Rodger and Jessica Paxton.<br>
    <br>
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font color=red><span
      style='color:red'>Arkansas</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
    color=red><span style='color:red'> elected three Libertarians to office in
    2014. We need to make sure Libertarians are on the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
     w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:place></st1:State> ballot in 2016.<br>
    <br>
    </span></font>We have 90 days to collect 10,000 valid signatures. Because
    some signatures always get thrown out by the elections boards, we estimate
    we'll need a total of 14,000 signatures to be safely over the limit.<br>
    <br>
    The petition drive will qualify our 2016 presidential nominee, as well as
    candidates for every other partisan office in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
     w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:place></st1:State>.<br>
    <br>
    Ballot access expert Richard Winger notes: "Although the Libertarian
    Party continues to struggle for ballot access in certain states, it
    retained ballot access in 30 states after the 2014 election--the highest
    ever after a midterm."<br>
    <br>
    But we still have to do it the hard, expensive way in several states.<a
    href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=58692452&msgid=499264&act=J1KR&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20150326%2Bballot%2Baccess">
    I need your help right away</a>--if we don't get this done, we can't move
    on to the other states that need our help.<br>
    <br>
    <a
    href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=58692452&msgid=499264&act=J1KR&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20150326%2Bballot%2Baccess">Please
    donate for ballot access today.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
    <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img
    border=0 width=128 height=32 id="_x0000_i1026"
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    Wes Benedict, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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    style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
    href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=58692452&msgid=499264&act=J1KR&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20150326%2Bballot%2Baccess"
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    height=30 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://lp.org/files/Contribute.jpg"></span></a><a
    href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=58692452&msgid=499264&act=J1KR&c=1115108&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fballotfund%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DLibertarian%20Party%26utm_content%3D20150326%2Bballot%2Baccess"
    target="_blank">Please donate to the Libertarian Party today. Shrink
    government — expand liberty.</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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    <p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
    style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Paid for by the Libertarian
    National Committee<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">1444 Duke Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City
     w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">VA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
     w:st="on">22314</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><br>
    Content not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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