<div dir="ltr">Thank you!<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">Brett C. Bittner<div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com" target="_blank">brett@brettbittner.com</a></div><div>404.492.6524</div><div><div><br></div><div>"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Wes Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>I will get that out in my broadcast to the general list asking
for help, after Nick, Carla, Bill and I get on the same page on a
critical detail: <b>price</b>. I hope to get the full details out
today.</p>
<p>In the mean time:<br>
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<p>A ballot access donation page is here:
<a href="http://www.lp.org/ballotfund" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/ballotfund</a></p>
<p>A Pennsylvania paid petitioner request is here:
<a href="http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/we-need-you-to-help-collect-signatures-in-pennsylvania-to-get-our-ticket-on-the-ballot" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/we-need-you-to-help-collect-signatures-in-pennsylvania-to-get-our-ticket-on-the-ballot</a></p>
<p>And there are other helpful links that we'll be putting all
together today. <br>
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<pre cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
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</span><div><div class="h5"><div>On 5/12/2016 11:11 AM, Brett Bittner
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the update, Wes.
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<div>Have we begun any earmarked landing pages for the areas of
concern like we did for OK that we can easily share for the
$$$ necessary?</div>
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<div>Do we have any directed volunteer/paid petitioner landing
pages to direct those who might be able to help? Aside from
Ohio, my region has very few ballot access needs at this time,
so I'd like to know where I can direct those I can call on to
help. </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Wes
Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span>
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<p>Dear LNC:</p>
<p>I predict 48 state ballot access. That's if we work
very hard from now until the end. If we slack off even
slightly, it will be more like 46. It's going to take a
major paid petitioner recruiting effort to hit 50. <br>
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<p>I'm going to put out a very strongly worded call for
new people to help petition in several states. We need
to hire 20 paid petitioners ASAP.</p>
<p>If you don't believe me, ask Joshua Katz how many
signatures we have collected in Connecticut, and when
the start date of that petition was. <br>
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<p>When did we approve funds for Ohio? Quite some time
ago. I just got a contract today (I'm about to
countersign) from the petitioner we planned to hire
weeks ago.<br>
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<p>Ask Bill Redpath how many signatures we've collected in
Illinois, when we started, and when the deadline is. The
LNC hasn't spent a dime in Illinois yet. They haven't
collected enough to need the money. Part of that is
good, because their local fundraising has gone very
well. But their rate of collection so far is far below
what's needed to finish on time. <br>
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<p>Ask Carla Howell how many signatures have been turned
in, in Pennsylvania. Make sure she clarifies how many
have actually been "turned in" versus ones we think are
in people's hands out there. We get burned by imaginary
overestimates of signatures in hand all the time.<br>
</p>
<p>We actually have the funds to pay for this now, thanks
to strong performance from recent fundraising letters
and lots of new dues-paying members. I don't think we
have enough to pay for summer states yet, like
Massachusetts or New York, but hopefully we will after
our convention if things go well.<br>
</p>
<p>What I really need are new workers, and I need the LNC,
the Chair, and Staff, to focus on getting these new
petitioners on the ground in the states where they are
needed, and to get the forms and instructions in their
hands. I've discussed this with Bill Redpath, Carla
Howell and Bob Johnston. I need the LNC to let us focus
on this. There's a chance we'll need to increase some
ballot access budgets. If so, when appropriate, I'll
need the LNC to approve those. It's not certain we'll
have to increase budgets in all states though. <br>
</p>
<p>Now for the good news. South Dakota, which was supposed
to be done last October, is 98% complete.<br>
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I showed you graphs and charts of progress in Oklahoma
along the way. I told you we're 98% in South Dakota
because I know the actual numbers. The fact that I can't
report detailed numbers to you on the other states should
be a warning sign right there.<br>
<br>
I don't like sharing bad news or telling you we let things
reach the urgent state. But I haven't seen anyone else
share this news publicly. I keep hearing "we're going to
be on the ballot in all 50 states." <br>
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I don't want failure to get on 50 to be a surprise that
only a few of us saw coming. <br>
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We can get 50, if we do what it takes, instead of other
time-burning things.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
<a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
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