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Roland, <br>
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First of all, I'd like to report that although things haven't gone
as well as hoped, they're not going too badly. Mr. Tuttle was not
able to collect as many signatures as we had hoped, but he has
collected enough so that we have gotten an okay deal for the money
we have spent, and we probably have sufficient time to get the thing
finished. What we need to finish the drive is about as many
signatures as we collected in 2 weeks in Oklahoma.<br>
<br>
Similarly, Ken Santema has done a pretty good job of keeping up with
things given the circumstances, but, as happens often, managing a
petition drive has taken more effort than hoped, particularly given
that the drive was hoped to be finished months ago, yet it's
February and still not completed.<br>
<br>
Mr. Tuttle received a $5,000 payment at the beginning of his
contract. He did not collect enough signatures to qualify for a
second payment of $5,000. His contract expired 12/31/2015. I have
started the process of hiring other petitioners to help with this
petition drive.<br>
<br>
The LNC took on some risk in signing a contract with an upfront
payment of $5,000. For example, the possibility existed that Mr.
Tuttle could have accepted the $5,000 and collected no signatures at
all. But that is not what happened. Mr. Tuttle collected a bunch of
signatures, just as not as many as we had hoped. It appears that the
number of signatures he collected will result in an average cost per
signature that is quite reasonable.<br>
<br>
The basics of the deal for the contract was $5,000 up front, $5,000
when half done, and $5,000 when completed. My preliminary counts
show that Mr. Tuttle made it around 1/3 of the way. <br>
<br>
I'll be reviewing the numbers in detail. I need to collect a little
bit more information before knowing exactly where we stand. If I
find that Mr. Tuttle collected significantly more than 1/3, then
perhaps, although not obligated by contract, we may decide
additional payment is warranted. <br>
<br>
Last week Mr. Tuttle told me he was not going to be collecting more
signatures. Below, you implied that he still wanted to. If he wants
to collect more signatures, he needs to send me an email requesting
a new contract with the newly applicable terms.<br>
<br>
I have the signatures in my possession. I'm holding them all now.
Future signatures are being mailed to me.<br>
<br>
I'm involved because the LNC Ballot Access Committee and the LPSD
seemed to need my help. I like it when petition drives go as planned
and do not require my personal assistance. That how things have gone
in recent years in Arkansas, Illinois, and New York: the LNC
approves the money--I send the money per the contracts--that's the
way I like it.<br>
<br>
Sometimes well-meaning volunteers, activists, and contractors get in
a little bit over their heads thinking they can get a certain amount
of signatures collected in a certain amount of time or for a certain
price, or thinking they can raise a certain amount of money or win a
certain election. <br>
<br>
We might be able to finish this drive for $15,000, but it may take
$20,000. <br>
<br>
From the minutes where South Dakota ballot access expenditures were
approved:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.lp.org/files/20150903_ECTC.pdf">https://www.lp.org/files/20150903_ECTC.pdf</a><br>
<blockquote type="cite">SOUTHDAKOTA BALLOT ACCESS
Discussion yielded the following background details: Mr. Redpath
has long projected that the LNC would likely
need to spend $20,000 to achieve ballot access in South Dakota for
our 2016 presidential ticket. A petitioner
that the South Dakota affiliate has successfully used in the past
(Charles Tuttle) has offered to complete the
drive for $15,000. A successful drive would result in party status
for both the 2016 and 2018 election cycles,
with a chance to retain for another 4 years if a 2018
gubernatorial candidate receives 2.5% of the vote. The
South Dakota affiliate has collected 600 signatures so far towards
the goal of 10,000 raw signatures to achieve
6,936 valid signatures. Mr. Santema believes the affiliate can
collect an additional 1,000 volunteer signatures. Mr. Redpath
moved that the Libertarian National Committee encumber $15,000 for
a petition drive to acquire
party status in South Dakota. Following discussion, the vote on
the main motion was as follows:
Voting “aye”: Goldstein, Hagan, Lark, Mattson, Redpath, Sarwark,
Vohra
Voting “no”: (none) </blockquote>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br>
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314<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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On 2/8/2016 1:02 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> I will get back to you all later this afternoon with all of the
> details and facts. Thanks,
>
> 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> On 2/8/2016 12:51 PM,
> Roland Riemers wrote:
>> Wes, My understanding on SD is that Tuttle received a $5,000
>> advance last year for SD, but is behind schedule, but needs the
>> next installment so he can finish the drive, and he is willing to
>> finish off the drive if he gets the second installment now, and he
>> feels there would be no problem in doing so.
>>
>> Tuttle is a bit pissed at the SD state chair, Ken, because when he
>> arranged to meet Ken to turn over 500 signatures, Ken got busy and
>> blew him off. Ken's excuse is he is very busy at this time of
>> year, and thus can not be involved in the petition process, and
>> apparently there are some people handling this for him.
>>
>> So, exactly what is the count now and who has the petitions? Do
>> we now have other paid petitioners in SD? Will we be paying
>> Tuttle the second installment? We are also able to make multiple
>> turn-ins with the SOS, so will we be doing that so we can get a
>> validity count and know how much more we need?
>>
>> Anything I can do to help, let me know.
>>
>> Roland Riemers
>>
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