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    Thanks to a check in the mail by Daniel Hayes for $500, plus another
    promised check of $4,000 from another donor, I'm getting renewed
    hope in the possibility of going forward in Oklahoma. Even if we
    reach our goal stated below, it's not going to be easy. But I'm
    encouraged. <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>
            facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational<br>
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            <td>Serious help needed for Oklahoma petition drive</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:23:18 -0500</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>Wes Benedict <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:info@lp.org"><info@lp.org></a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@lp.org">info@lp.org</a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Wes@lp.org">Wes@lp.org</a></td>
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                          <p> Get paid $2.50 per signature, or please <a
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                            to help pay for signatures, or I'm sorry but
                            we'll have to shut this drive down
                            permanently in about a week.</p>
                          <p> Thuggish behavior by police and security
                            in Oklahoma has prevented our petitioners
                            from getting access to public places to
                            collect signatures. Even the Oklahoma
                            A.C.L.U. has been trying, but so far,
                            failing, to help us get the police to stop
                            harassing our petitioners and threatening to
                            arrest them, even when we are petitioning
                            legally on constitutionally protected places
                            like public sidewalks near universities and
                            art fairs.</p>
                          <p> We had hoped we could get this drive done
                            for $2.00 per signature by early Fall.
                            Winter's almost here, which makes it harder
                            to petition. We raised our price to $2.50
                            per signature weeks ago, we need 24,712
                            valid signatures, and we're only about 1/3
                            of the way through.</p>
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                          <p> We postponed starting our Kentucky drive
                            till next year because of problems in
                            Oklahoma. We can't put things off in other
                            states much longer.</p>
                          <p> Tempers are flaring: mine, our petitioners
                            in Oklahoma (some stalwart petitioners have
                            left the state it's so hard), our
                            Libertarian National Committee (who has to
                            decide whether to keep going--or call it
                            quits). We raised $11,400 online over the
                            summer for this. If we reach $20,000 online,
                            that will help make up about half of the
                            shortfall I'm projecting to complete this
                            drive.</p>
                          <p> Ballot Access expert Richard Winger
                            donated $30,000 for this petition drive. I'm
                            not looking forward to calling him and
                            asking him how upset he'll be if we cancel
                            the drive and can only return part of his
                            money after failing to get on the ballot. I
                            need your help to go forward.</p>
                          <p> Wednesday, I personally donated $200
                            directly to the LP Oklahoma, which will help
                            them with printing costs.</p>
                          <p> Will you donate $200 to our efforts?</p>
                          <p> We added another petition organizer last
                            week to help get more petitioners on the
                            street. If you are willing to try
                            petitioning for $2.50 per signature, contact
                            Paulie Frankel (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paulie.frankel@lp.org">paulie.frankel@lp.org</a> or
                            205-534-1622) for details. He's been
                            petitioning for the LP for over 10 years and
                            can help you get started.</p>
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                              here to donate</a>, or visit
                            LP.org/oklahoma</p>
                          <p> Sincerely,<br>
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