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I should note that the Libertarian Party of South Dakota has
reported collecting over 500 volunteer signatures so far.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/3/2016 10:36 AM, Wes Benedict
wrote:<br>
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Roland and others,<br>
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We have a problem in South Dakota. Our main petitioner, Charles
Tuttle, for various reasons, has been unable to collect the
necessary signatures. The petition drive was supposed to be
completed before the end of 2015. We're close to half way done.
While this had been set up to be more like a sole-source contract
where Mr. Tuttle was going to do the organizing of subcontractors,
because of the slow progress, I'm changing that and recruiting
more petitioners to help. Because of the way the original contract
was set up, the Libertarian Party has not lost money on the
original arrangement. In fact, the signatures we've collected have
come in at less than $2/signature on average. We have lost
valuable time, however.<br>
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Going forward, instead of turning the signatures in to Ken
Santema, the chair in South Dakota, all signatures will need to be
mailed to me at the LP headquarters in Alexandria, and I'll be
issuing payment from here. Of course I'm continuing to coordinate
very closely with Ken. <br>
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If you know of any petitioners that would be interested, please
have them call me at 202-333-0008x232. We'll be paying $2.00 per
signature, and no other expenses will be covered. For example, we
will not be paying travel, lodging, or meals. What I'm hoping to
find is just 2 or 3 good people. That's all it would take to
finish the drive. I'll give preference to people who are able to
call me on the phone at 202-333-0008x232, that are able to give me
a cell phone number that I can call back and verify, and that also
able to send me an email to me with their phone number to <a
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href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a></a>. That
way I can email Form W-9s and contracts and things. However, the
email use option is not mandatory.<br>
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Petitioners will have to sign contracts with me in advance to get
paid. <br>
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Roland, if you have any recommendations for petitioners to hire
for this, please let me know.<br>
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The final deadline for this petition drive is March 29 (not the
March 5 mentioned in Roland's email below), but South Dakota
allows multiple turn-ins, and we'd like to turn in the first batch
of signatures at the beginning of March. We need just over 7,000
valid signatures, so this drive is just over a quarter of the size
of the recent Oklahoma drive--much easier. <br>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/1/2015 10:10 PM, Roland Riemers
wrote:<br>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3912"><span>Bill,</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3914"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3913">I have been checking
with Charles Tuttle the Petitioner, and they (3) are
interested in doing the SD petition drive. Checked on
requirements, and it is 6,936 signatures. My
understanding, unlike ND, is they have to be registered
voters, but the petitioners can register them as well as
get their signatures. Deadline is 5 March 2016, but
naturally they do not want to collect in the dead of
winter, so our realistic deadline should be by the end of
November to avoid cold weather as well as give the SD
party time to get candidates on line.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3915"><span><br>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3916">Charles
likes 10% over, so I think a realistic goal would be 7,500
signatures. </div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3917"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3918">They are
willing to do it for $15,000 and they would pay their own
expenses such as hotels, etc.and they would be very happy
with that.</div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3919"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3920">To make
this effort worthwhile, I would suggest we also offer a $5
bounty if they give out membership applications and they
later enroll in the party. I would be willing to sponsor $2
of that $5. I think anyone who enrolls in the party during
the time of petitioning, and up to one month afterwards,
should be credited to the efforts of the petitioners.
Actually, if Wes was willing to go along with it, I think
it would benefit the party if we even gave a $10 per new
member bounty, because the party would still come out way
ahead. We would need to get them a good supply of
membership applications to hand out.</div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3922"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3923">It is my
understanding that there currently are some other petition
drives going on in SD, so the sooner we get going on this
the better and everyone will be happy.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3923">Of course
the question still remains is can SD put some actual
candidates on the ballot if we put the party on the ballot?</div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3923">Roland
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