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Since he's a non-federal candidate, there is no contribution limit. Texas law also sets no limit. The LNC can give $20k directly to the campaign. <br><br>Tim Hagan <br><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 2:09 AM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson@gmail.com> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div dir="ltr"><div>Do we yet feel we have certainty about what we legally can donate to the Mark Miller campaign for RR Commission in TX? Did we get a response from Paula Edwards about it?<br><br>I just want to summarize what I think the status is of two potential motions on the subject of donating to Mark Miller's campaign.<br><br></div>There was MOTION 1:<br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40px;">I move an email ballot to have the LNC contribute $5,000 to
the Mark Miller campaign in Texas,
and $15,000 to the Libertarian Party of Texas, with the proviso that the entire
$15,000 be used to support the Mark Miller campaign, and this entire motion
with the proviso that it is legal for the LNC to do this.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">This motion was co-sponsored by <span></span>Redpath,
Marsh, Vohra</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then Daniel Hayes said we should wait until we get some clarity on the laws, so people held off.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">There was MOTION 2:</p><br><div style="margin-left:40px;">I move an email ballot to have the LNC contribute $5,000 directly to the Mark Miller for Railroad Commissioner campaign in Texas with the proviso that it is legal for the LNC to do this.</div><div><br></div><div>This motion was co-sponsored by Hayes, Harlos, and Bittner. Goldstein said he was willing to co-sponsor something but thought the motion should specify a budget line, so that seemed to be wanting a different motion. Then the maker of the motion, Daniel Hayes, suggested perhaps we ditch both motions and donate $20k directly to the campaign.<br><br></div><div>If we have clarity on the legal environment, there is a pool of people here (including myself) who are ready to co-sponsor something.<br><br></div><div>The clock is ticking towards election day.<br><br></div><div>-Alicia<br><br></div></div><div id="msgSandbox_AFt3w0MAGtqeV2BJOZAKnsHAqlGs_2" class="msgSandbox" style="padding: 1.5em 0.5em 0.5em 1.2em; word-wrap: break-word;">_______________________________________________<br>Lnc-business mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" href="javascript:return">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><a href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org" target="_blank">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</a><br></div><blockquote>
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