<div dir='auto'>Mr Fishman's email asks the states for information, and relates that the decision on whether or not to host the primary is their decision. I agree with this, it is not an LNC decision whether or not state primaries should be held when that decision is left to the states. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">He provided information on the pros and cons, and reitterated that the decision is up to the states, and made no suggestion that LPHQ was pushing anyone in a particular direction. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have no problem with this, and feel like trying to find an issue with it is simply getting caught up in the drama of the primary related with hunts of the past week. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As far as the tax funding of the primaries- its gonna happen anyways, the only difference is whether or not the LP takes a slice of the free media pie that comes with it.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Justin O'Donnell<br>LNC Region 8 Representative</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 26, 2019 9:56 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Thank you Mr. Fishman. I object to any hint that HQ views this favorably as
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you know as I did talk to you privately first and let you know I felt this
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needed to go through the LNC
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On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 7:55 PM Daniel Fishman <dan.fishman@lphq.org> wrote:
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> I sent this email to the state chairs list.
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> I received the following message from Richard Winger:
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> *I think we can have (a Presidential Primary) if we want in: Arizona,
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> California, Delaware, DC, Idaho, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana,
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> Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South
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> Dakota, Utah, and West Virginia.*
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> Of course a primary is not binding, we still nominate at the convention,
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> and delegates are never bound.
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> On the other hand, a primary gets Libertarian Candidates and the
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> Libertarian Party significant coverage in the media in your state, and
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> almost certainly for your down ticket candidates too.
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> I leave it up to you to decide what is best for your state. Please let
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> me know what you think.
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> Also, can you please verify if you can or cannot have a primary in your
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> state and let me know.
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> Dan
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> Dan Fishman, Executive Director, Libertarian Party
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> On Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 9:41 PM Joshua Smith via Lnc-business <
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> lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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>> I hope this is clarified immediately.
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>> On Sep 26, 2019 6:36 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
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>> lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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>> I would rather let Mr Fishman give his input. Not trying to start a
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>> drama
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>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 7:34 PM John Phillips <john.phillips@lp.org>
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>> wrote:
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>> > Can you send me an example?
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>> > John Phillips
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>> > Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
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>> > Cell 217-412-5973
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>> > On Sep 26, 2019 8:25 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos@gmail.com>
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>> > wrote:
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>> > To the state chairs, HQ is asking what states can choose primaries and
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>> > salting the soup in favor of choosing.
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>> > To say I’m opposed to such a course is an understatement and something
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>> so
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>> > potentially against our principles (to some) should be an LNC decision.
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>> > -Caryn Ann
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>> > On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 7:23 PM John Phillips <john.phillips@lp.org>
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>> > wrote:
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>> > I think I missed something, what is this?
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>> > John Phillips
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>> > Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
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>> > Cell 217-412-5973
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>> > On Sep 26, 2019 8:10 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
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>> > lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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>> > I brought this up to Mr. Fishman privately and now to the LNC since it
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>> is
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>> > a
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>> > course we are going down. I have severe objections to us encouraging
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>> > affiliates to choose a primary, and do not think this was a course that
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>> > should have been done without explicit LNC approval.
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>> > * In Liberty,*
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>> > * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
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>> > (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal
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>> > communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone
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>> > found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social
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>> faux
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>> > pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know.
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>> *
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>> > --
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>> >
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>> > * In Liberty,*
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>> > * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
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>> > (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal
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>> > communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone
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>> > found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social
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>> faux
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>> > pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know.
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>> *
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>> >
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>> >
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>> > --
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>>
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>> * In Liberty,*
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>> * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
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>> (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal
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>> communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone
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>> found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
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>> pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *
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>>
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>>
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>> --
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* In Liberty,*
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* Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
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(part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal
<br>
communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone
<br>
found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
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pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *
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