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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'>Mr. Executive
Director:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'>Thank you for the
detailed summary of your trip to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>“I
told the prospect who might be interested in US Senate I'd give $200 towards
the $1,000 filing fee if he runs in 2016, and someone else quickly offered
another $200. I think we’ll get several people to run for office in addition to
having our candidate for President on the ballot if we get ballot access.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>
WB”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;
font-family:Verdana'>That’s nice, but:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'><a
href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_requirements_for_political_parties_in_Oklahoma">https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_requirements_for_political_parties_in_Oklahoma</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>“To continue to be officially
recognized by the state, a political party's candidate for <a
href="https://ballotpedia.org/Governor_of_Oklahoma" title="Governor of Oklahoma">governor</a>
or president in a general election must receive<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>at least 10 percent of the vote.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'>So, the chance of
the Libertarian Party having ballot status in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State> in December 2016 is very close to
zero.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'>That doesn’t mean
the LNC or the LNC-EC should immediately shut off funds for ballot access in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>, but when
determining which states should receive money from the National LP, we are not
being good stewards of our donor’s money unless we take into account the chance
of retaining ballot access in a given state after the election.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'><br>
Scott Lieberman</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Wes Benedict<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 02, 2015
12:48 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Richard Winger<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Lnc-business] report on <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State> visit</span></font><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'> </u1:p>I
went to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
for two reasons: first, to help with the petition drive, but second, to get a
closer look so I could decide if I thought we should just shut it down. We are
spending about $2,500 a week there, and we're about to double that rate, so if we
are going to cut our losses and end it, the sooner the better.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>My
bottom line report to the LNC executive committee is that I'm confident we can
ramp up our signature collection rate enough to finish the drive before the
March 1 deadline, but we are going to have to exceed the $65,000 budget for <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State> by $15,000 to
$25,000 to finish the drive.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>I'm
recommending we try to finish the drive, but it wouldn't be so unreasonable to
end it now if that's what you decide to do. Things have gone worse than we had
originally planned. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>We
initially hoped that we could do this drive for $2 per signature and that we
could finish it by early fall. Recent petition drives in places like <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:place></st1:State> have gone well,
and with stories of petitioners fighting over turf and demanding the
opportunity to work for us in some places, it seemed like we might actually be
exceeding the market rate for signatures in some cases.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>But
things have been harder than expected in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>.
On October 27, we raised the rate in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
from $2 to $2.50 per signature, and even at that higher rate, finding enough
people to work has been a challenge. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>Before
we started the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
drive, stalwart libertarian petitioner Andy Jacobs warned us that petition
drives for initiatives in other states in the fall would be competing with us
for workers and would drive up our costs, so we needed to get it done over the
summer. Unfortunately, we didn't start until the end of the summer. And while
Andy did good work for us in <st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State> for
several weeks, he, as well as other petitioners, have indeed left <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State> for the higher
paying non-Libertarian Party Petition work in other states that he warned us
about. Although Andy is out of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
now, he does continue to stay interested in our progress and has been generous
with suggestions for improvement. I'm sure he'd be happy to share his thoughts
on our <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
effort with any of you directly if you reach out to him. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>One
suggestion from Andy is that we should pay more to entice petitioners back and
possibly even pay $5 per signature for door to door petitioning. Our
petitioners have had hard times finding good locations with lots of the kind of
foot traffic that makes for productive petitioning. Door-to-door petitioning
can give very high validity signatures, so the $5/signature rate for 100%
validity is not so far off from $2.50 per signature for around 65% validity. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>In
hind sight, I wish we had started this drive earlier. But I don't think right
now we need to offer a higher pay rate (not that we could afford it, anyway).
Instead, we need to focus on recruiting more petitioners, and we are already
seeing success from that. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>Projections
I've sent to Bill Redpath and Nick Sarwark show that with the new workers we've
already recruited, we will likely finish the drive on time. But we also have
several more petitioners saying they will probably be here soon to help, and if
just a couple of those pan out, we could finish in January. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>I've
heard lots of complaints from petitioners that it's been very hard to find good
locations in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
to collect signatures. Petitioners have told us the grocery stores won't let
them petition, public places like universities and festival grounds have been
hostile, and the Oklahoma Driver's licensing places are too numerous to have significant
people at any single location. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>My
uncle lives in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma City</st1:place></st1:City>.
I visited him Saturday night briefly and was surprised when he told me he had
seen petitioners lately at the grocery and post office and he assumed they were
ours. I asked him exactly which locations because I wondered about the
conflicting reports. He specified by name the Crest grocery, Buy For Less
grocery, and post office near his home. I had hoped to find time to visit those
stores myself to ask why they might be letting petitioners for other efforts
work there but not libertarians (assuming that was the case). <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>I
didn't find time for that, but LPOK vice chair Tina Kelly has since told me
that even she had been personally told by those chains she couldn't petition
there, only to find out later that one of the petitioners she recruited somehow
did get permission at a location of both chains. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>I
think some of our stalwart petitioners like Andy are used to finding locations
where they occasionally hit the jackpot and collect over 500 signatures on a
single day. That makes up for the more common slow days. Petitioners who come
from out of town usually have transportation and motel expenses they pay out of
pocket. Locals don't have the travel overhead and we are getting a few locals working.
They may be slower than someone like Andy, but they can go slower and still
make the economics work. Locals can spend more time asking for permission at
more places and can afford to get chased away from more locations. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>I
personally saw the entire batch of petition forms. That was reassuring. In fact
I pulled an all-nighter Monday and scanned all 2,000 sheets in case we need
help remotely with validation, and because while often hearing anecdotes of
certain petitioners routinely getting better validity than others, I wanted the
opportunity to see for myself. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>LP
vice chair Tina Kelly has been indispensable to this drive. Petitioners turn in
signatures to her, she gives us the counts, we wire funds, she writes checks,
and pays the petitioners. She also visits with the elections authorities to
find out important rules and procedures for our petition drive. She has worked
to get cooperation from a couple single-issue groups doing ballot initiatives.
Although results from those cooperation efforts have been lower than hoped,
we’ve gotten a couple thousand signatures from the cooperation. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>Tina's
son recently put the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
registered voter database online in a searchable format to assist with validity
checking. That will be hugely helpful. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>While
Tina has done lots of work, it's hard for one person to do all that she does
plus respond to all the complaints from current petitioners and inquiries from
prospective petitioners, not to mention answering frequent questions about
progress from Bill Redpath and me. We recently decided to have Paul Frankel
help with some of the local management assistance. I had gone to <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State> with the
expectation that I might recommend removing Paul to save money, but right now I
think we should keep him at least for a month to make sure new petitioners have
someone they can reach quickly any time of day. Later we can reevaluate the
cost of having him there. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u1:p><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'> </u1:p>Tina
invited me and the LPOK officers and activists to a nice restaurant Tuesday
night. I asked who would be a candidate if we got ballot access. Out of about
ten people, at least 3 indicated interest, including one who was against
attempting this daunting petition drive originally (because it’s so much work),
but would run if we made it. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>I
told the prospect who might be interested in US Senate I'd give $200 towards
the $1,000 filing fee if he runs in 2016, and someone else quickly offered
another $200. I think we’ll get several people to run for office in addition to
having our candidate for President on the ballot if we get ballot access.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>(My
plane, where I'm writing most of this note, just landed in DC. Final thoughts
below from the office.)<o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>I’m
not counting on legal help to make a difference in time for us. However, if our
counsel or the Oklahoma ACLU is successful in time, of course that might make
things easier. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>I’m
also mindful of keeping alive the dream for 50 state ballot access, and the
negative impact giving up in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
now might have.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>A
Libertarian from <st1:City w:st="on">Austin</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State>,
Michael Chastain, donated $4,000 last week to help the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State> petition drive. That’s in addition
to the five thousand or so we raised online recently: <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><a
href="http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/serious-help-needed-for-oklahoma-petition-drive">http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/serious-help-needed-for-oklahoma-petition-drive</a><o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>I
rushed out to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
Saturday partly so I could be back in the office Wednesday to meet Mr. Chastain
in person (he was visiting the D.C. area and was interested in visiting the
headquarters today--Wednesday).<o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>I’ll
have more good news about support from Mr. Chastain soon. <o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>The
LNC-EC is schedule to meet Monday 12/7/2015, to decide whether or not to
continue the LPOK drive. I’m sending this info to all of you know in case you’d
like more information before that meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u1:p></u1:p></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>cc'ing
Richard Winger.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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