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Election Day Ballot Petitioning for LPNC

By Bob Richie, Ballot Access Director

As we all know the election season is well underway and we still can't run a Libertarian candidate in this state! That's what I call "stacking the deck". How are the citizens of this state going to be able to enjoy all of the freedoms that we as Libertarians have to offer them if we can't get on the ballot, run for office, win the office and bring liberty back to this State?

Well, the first thing is to get back on the ballot. We have an unequalled opportunity just ahead of us. It's called ELECTION DAY. At no other time is there as many guaranteed registered voters gathered in one place. That place is at the polls. This opportunity is fast approaching and is on November 7, 2006. It is time for dedicated Libertarians across the state to take just a little time and do the work that we must do. I am asking all Libertarians to at least try to collect as many signatures as you can when you go to the polls to cast your own ballot. Signatures collected at the polls are almost guaranteed to be valid.

Every volunteer signature saves the state party about one dollar and that's a conservative estimate. If you are able to collect just 10 signatures that saves our party $10-25 that otherwise would go to pay a petitioner.

Now is the time for you to step forward and do your part to put us back on the ballot. If you are able to spend time at the polls - over your lunch hour, or even two or three hours during peak voter turn out times (morning and evening) - you can be an integral part of the action that puts us back on the ballot.

There has been a tremendous amount time and energy already spent on this ballot petition drive but we are only about half of the way home. Please start making preparations to step up to the plate on Election Day and help put us over the top on this drive. We have had this fight with the state before and won, we must now have this battle again and without near the amount of resources that we have enjoyed in past victories.

I will be glad to help in anyway that I can. If you need petition forms or information on polling places or contact information for others who may want to help in your area, please feel free to contact me via email.

Thank you in advance for the work I know you are about to undertake.

Sincerely, Bob Ritchie

LPNC Ballot Access Director

P.S. Let's show the state that Libertarians aren't just "white noise" behind the lies and rhetoric perpetuated by the monopoly of the "R's" and "D's". Get out and petition on Election Day!