[Lnc-votes] [Lnc-business] Status of GW2016 contributions to Ballot Access

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Hi, I received an inquiry on this, and I thought it was discussed here but i cannot find it.

What is the current status of the total promised funds and volunteers that GW2016 made toward ballot access?

Thanks.

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In Liberty,

Caryn Ann Harlos

Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Har...@LP.org

Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado

Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus

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My mistake, typing on my phone.  I mean JW2016.  

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Brett Bittner <brett....@lp.org> wrote:

GW2016?

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All -

 

I had hoped to get this information this past weekend; however, we were very much tied up with final petition preparations.  Including an all-nighter last night getting all of the petitions rounded up.  I know we left some orphans out in the wild, but that's just what had to be. (In KY, duplicated petition signatures only count for the person who turns in first; we beat the Greens by 30 minutes.)

 

I am told that the $150K promised toward ballot access has been exceeded.  I have not bee given any numbers.  I am told that currently the information is stored in several different "buckets," and thus it will take a bit of time to get a full analysis.

 

I think it is logical to assume that how this money was spent may not be how the LNC might have otherwise spent it.  But the campaign did chip in directly in a number of states, and sent people into states to help as well.  

 

I would suggest that, immediately following Friday's final turn-in for Rhode Island, these calls for information be renewed. 

 

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Ken C. Moellman, Jr.
LNC Region 3 Alternate Representative
LPKY Judicial Committee

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I received this inquiry from a Region 1 member.  He raises an important point, particularly considering the situation in Arizona:

Caryn,

Regarding the exchange which takes place here:

https://groups.google.com/d/…/lncvot…/V4TIFSYAUTE/discussion

A reminder that Weld promised not just funds for ballot access (which benefits the candidates themselves at least as much as the party and in some cases more) but also support for "downballot candidates for senate and for us house, for statewide and state legislative races, both in campaigning and with funds for ballot access". Don't forget, 50 state ballot access for the Presidential race doesn't necessarily mean ballot access for all races in that state. In Arizona for example the Presidential race is guaranteed access while candidates in races of the other types described by Mr Weld are effectively shut out.

One wonders if the campaign, in its forthcoming analysis regarding this promise as indicated by Mr Moellman will make this distinction between ballot access for themselves, and for downballot Libertarians, and whether JW2016 could be persuaded to assist with the pending resolution regarding Arizona. Would they give 1/2 of the $5000, so $2500 for legal fees for example, and/or would they direct their legal team to prepare an amicus brief and/or use their influence with ACLU and others?

For your convenience, here is a short (41 seconds) video clip of Bill Weld's promise to the delegates in Orlando:

https://www.c-span.org/video/…

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Mike Shipley

Phoenix, AZ

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In Liberty,

Caryn Ann Harlos

Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Har...@LP.org

Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado

Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus