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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Oklahoma</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>"To continue to be officially recognized by the
state, a political party's candidate for governor or president in a general
election must receive at least 10 percent of the vote. If the candidate fails
to receive 10 percent of the vote, the party will cease to be recognized by the
state."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Since Governor is not up in 2016 in OK, the chance of
retaining ballot access in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
after the 2016 Presidential election is essentially zero.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>That just puts <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
in the same category as NY.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><br>
Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas
Sarwark<br>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 10:40 AM<br>
To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</st1:PersonName><br>
Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
petition drive</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>FYI, a donor has already pledged $30,000 specifically for <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>which we intend to use to solicit matching funds from other donors to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>get to the target amount. That pledge is contingent on us doing the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Oklahoma</span></font></st1:place></st1:State>
drive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Our consideration of doing the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
drive is only after the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Oklahoma LP has committed to collect a certain number of signatures as<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>well as recruiting as many candidates as possible to use the ballot<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>access if we are successful. The Oklahoma LP has already started a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>drive and will be jointly petitioning with the Greens for the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>volunteer efforts, though no LNC funds would be used to circulate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Green petitions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>It's been 15 years since this party has had 50 state ballot access.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>15 years is long enough.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-Nick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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