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The Republicans and Democrats are considered "primary nominating"
parties in Texas and pay filing fees that are intended to help cover
the cost of having the state run their primary elections, whereas
parties like the Libertarians are prohibited from participating in
the primaries, but hold conventions that are not tax-payer financed,
and therefore should not have to pay filing fees.<br>
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If this bill passes, it has the dual effect of helping Republicans
and also will help Dr. Lieberman's strategy of discouraging
Libertarians from running for most partisan offices in Texas that
they have been running for. <br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
<small><small>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br>
<b>New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314</b><br>
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Sam Goldstein wrote on 4/9/2015 2:09
PM:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Do the old parties in TX have to pay filing fees?
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Wes
Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Wes.Benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">Wes.Benedict@lp.org</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Our LPHQ staff
lobbying department is working on it with LP Texas
leadership.<br>
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So, feel free to work on board fundraising if you have
extra free time. Thanks,<br>
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<div>Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
<small><small>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br>
<b>New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314</b><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232"
value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202)
333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><br>
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href="http://facebook.com/libertarians"
target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a>
@LPNational<br>
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href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a></small></small><br>
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<div>Scott L. wrote on 4/9/2015 10:44 AM:<br>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">It
would be nice if we could get our Lobbying
Department to lobby against this.</span></font></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana"><a
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href="http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/04/texas-bill-to-force-minor-party-candidates-to-pay-filing-fees-passes-committee/"
target="_blank">http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/04/texas-bill-to-force-minor-party-candidates-to-pay-filing-fees-passes-committee/</a></span></font></p>
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Scott Lieberman</span></font></p>
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