<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476378114800_28609">I Ed Marsh Region 2 Rep (Ga,Fl,Tn) Seek Co Sponsors for the following e-mail ballot:</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476378114800_28778"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476378114800_28612">I move the LNC donate $5000 to the campaign of Allen Buckley for US Senate</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476378114800_28614">(Libertarian Candidate, Georgia)<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476378114800_13159" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476378114800_13158" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476378114800_13157" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476378114800_13156" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476378114800_13155" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476378114800_28186"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Wes Benedict <wes.benedict@lp.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Brian Jackson <brian@theotherr.com>; bob.johnston@lp.org; carla.howell@lp.org; nick.dunbar@lp.org <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> travis@klavohn.com; ab@buckleyforsenate.com; Ed Marsh <ed.marsh@lp.org>; Steven Nekhaila <Steven.Nekhaila@lp.org>; Nicholas Sarwark <chair@lp.org>; Bill Redpath <william.redpath@lp.org>; Starchild <sfdreamer@earthlink.net>; Sam Goldstein <sam.goldstein@lp.org>; Joshua Katz <planning4liberty@gmail.com>; Daniel Hayes <danielehayes@icloud.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 13, 2016 10:54 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Georgia Senate Race<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv1805746309">
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<div>Allen, it's rare for the national LP to give cash contributions
to individual campaigns. However, there are exceptions. This year,
the LNC has contributed $10,00 to John Moore for State Assembly in
Nevada, and $20,000 to Mark Miller for Railroad Commissioner in
Texas. I think that's all of the contributions given directly to
candidates in 2016.</div>
<div>Deciding cash contributions to candidates is not a decision that
is up to staff. The entire LNC votes on it. To be considered for a
cash contributions, send the request to your LNC representative,
Ed Marsh. (I've gone ahead and copied him on this email, as well
as alternate Steven Nekhaila and the At-Large LNC members).</div>
<div>Thanks for all you're doing, and best of luck to you. <br>
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<pre class="yiv1805746309moz-signature">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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<div class="yiv1805746309moz-cite-prefix">On 10/13/2016 10:33 AM, Brian Jackson
wrote:<br>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><strong>You don’t need to outrun
the bear; you just have to outrun whoever is near you..</strong></div>
<div>My name is Brian Jackson, and I am a campaign staffer for <a href="http://www.buckleyforsenate.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Allen
Buckley</a> (<a href="http://www.buckleyforsenate.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.buckleyforsenate.com/</a>),
the <a href="http://www.lpgeorgia.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Georgia
Libertarian Party’s</a> U.S. Senate candidate in the state of
Georgia.</div>
<div>In the wake of what can charitably called “one of the most
interesting run-ups to an election in living memory”, our
campaign has several ideas for some targeted advertising in the
run up to a televised debate (<a href="http://www.gpb.org/broadcastschedule#page=schedule&day=20161023&provider=Broadcast" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sun.
Oct 23<sup style="line-height:0;">rd</sup>, 6pm</a> eastern
on Georgia Public Television) with Jim Barksdale(D) and Sen.
Johnny Isakson(R). </div>
<div>We would like your help. We need your help. As a <strong>small,
all-volunteer, largely self-funded campaign</strong>, we lack
many of the resources to get the word out to the people of our
great state that there is a choice. There is someone they can
vote for and not just two people to vote against.</div>
<div><strong>Currently, no one is polling at 50% statewide</strong>
for either federal or statewide elections (Georgia requires over
50% to be elected, otherwise there is a runoff between the two
highest vote counts for statewide elections- <a href="http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/georgia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/georgia/</a>),
and a recent Georgia National Fair Poll shows Buckley outpacing
Gary Johnson (10.9% vs 9.7%), a fact indicative of his support
being homegrown, and not owing his success solely to the
up-ticket race. Even the <a href="http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/10/12/a-donald-trump-implosion-could-put-georgia-back-in-play/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Atlanta
Journal Constitution</a> (AJC) has noted that a runoff
election is likely (<a href="http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/10/12/a-donald-trump-implosion-could-put-georgia-back-in-play/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/10/12/a-donald-trump-implosion-could-put-georgia-back-in-play/</a>
). In addition to being likely, the paper notes that it will
may not favor a republican depending on the outcome of the
election. </div>
<div>That brings us to: <strong>“</strong><strong>You don’t need to
outrun the bear; you just have to outrun whoever is near you.”
</strong></div>
<div>To that end, we don’t need to win this first ballot, we just
need a fighting chance at the second one.</div>
<div>To get to the second ballot, the runoff, we just need to not
come in third on the first ballot. We are confident that
Buckley’s debate performance will woo voters, and we are hopeful
that the more people who hear his message of fiscal
responsibility and freedom will pull the lever for Buckley and
help <strong>#BuckTheSystem</strong>. For that we have an
aggressive, but lean, media strategy planned. </div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong>Voters should not need a
clothespin to vote.</strong></div>
<div>We are hoping to reach out to many would-be republican voters
and show them they can be true to their values, their ideals,
and vote for a fiscal conservative, and not have to “hold their
nose” in the voting booth. At the same time, we hope our
message on social justice and governmental non-inference will
resonate with the “never Hillary” crowd of Democrats and
disaffected Bernie Sanders voters. We also feel that most
libertarians would stick with us through both rounds of
balloting.</div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong>Better ideas. Better
candidate. Minimum cost. Maximum impact.</strong></div>
<div><strong>That is the plan in a nutshell.</strong> Pull a few
voters from each side in the first ballot, enough to edge out
Barksdale(D) who no one expects to win in Georgia regardless;
then get into a one-on-one with Isakson(R) and attempt to wrest
those “never Trump” voters, actual fiscal conservatives, and
others to Buckley’s cause, while encouraging the democrats who
(in this scenario) don’t have a dog in this race, to come out
and vote because let’s face it, a loss for the Republican, is as
good as a win for the democrats at this point (especially if it
means the senate does not stay in Republican hands).</div>
<div>Any resources you can send our way to affect this outcome would
be greatly appreciated, and would certainly help to bolster the
Libertarian brand. We, of course, are also interested to hear
any input you may have on the election.</div>
<div>Thank you.</div>
<div> Brian</div>
<div> #BuckTheSystem</div>
<div>We have a few volunteers with fairly robust experience in
producing videos/commercials for both online consumption and
broadcast, so the cost of producing any spots would be
non-existent or minimal. What we’re primarily looking for is
assistance with ad buys. We would also like, if possible, a few
Tweets about Mr. Buckley on the LP twitter account (may grab the
press’ attention), posts/links to him on the official Facebook
page, robocalling/phone banks, and anything else you may think
of to get the word out about this great candidate.</div>
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