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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 class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</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 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 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>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438479548046_3923"><br>
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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
Riemers</div>
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