LPO Petition Drive
Libertarians
We are in the process of getting our Gubernatorial candidate on the ballot in Ohio. Ohio's tough ballot access laws require that we collect all of our signatures one day before the May primary election (that will be May 1). That means that we need to get some volunteers together to get started on this now. The sooner we can get our candidate on the ballot, the sooner we can begin to promote our candidate.
In 2004 we were able to get Michael Badnarik on the ballot in a matter of 2 months, however, that was during the summer months. With the warmer weather and all of the outdoor festivals, we were able to collect 10,000 signatures in a short amount of time. Winter time is always a more difficult time to collect signatures, but it can be done if we have the manpower.
Over the next few months, the LPO Southwest Region will be planning a large number of petitioning events. We will be going to gun shows, political rallies, community meetings, and even standing on street corners in an attempt to get a Libertarian to run for Governor of Ohio, for the first time in 24 years! We need help.
If you are willing to help out, please let us know. we are required to get 5,000 signatures from Ohio registered voters. That means that we will need to collect 10,000 raw signatures, to make sure we have enough. If 50 people collect 200 signatures, we will have more than enough signatures to get our candidate on the ballot. Obviously not everybody will be able to donate enough time to get 200 signatures, but if you are willing to get just one signature a day, then that means you have collected 61 signatures in November and December. And if you are able to give just 2 hours at a gun show to collect signatures, that means you got 100 signatures for the campaign. If 100 people do just that, then we will have enough signatures to get our candidate on the ballot, with 11 months remaining devoted to campaigning!
If you can help out, please respond to "joshweitzman at yahoo". We are not asking you to donate a lot of time (but feel free to if you are able to!), but if everybody here can donate a little bit of time, then we will be able to make this a painless petition drive.
In Liberty
Josh Weitzman
Libertarian Party of Ohio, Southwest Region Chair
We are in the process of getting our Gubernatorial candidate on the ballot in Ohio. Ohio's tough ballot access laws require that we collect all of our signatures one day before the May primary election (that will be May 1). That means that we need to get some volunteers together to get started on this now. The sooner we can get our candidate on the ballot, the sooner we can begin to promote our candidate.
In 2004 we were able to get Michael Badnarik on the ballot in a matter of 2 months, however, that was during the summer months. With the warmer weather and all of the outdoor festivals, we were able to collect 10,000 signatures in a short amount of time. Winter time is always a more difficult time to collect signatures, but it can be done if we have the manpower.
Over the next few months, the LPO Southwest Region will be planning a large number of petitioning events. We will be going to gun shows, political rallies, community meetings, and even standing on street corners in an attempt to get a Libertarian to run for Governor of Ohio, for the first time in 24 years! We need help.
If you are willing to help out, please let us know. we are required to get 5,000 signatures from Ohio registered voters. That means that we will need to collect 10,000 raw signatures, to make sure we have enough. If 50 people collect 200 signatures, we will have more than enough signatures to get our candidate on the ballot. Obviously not everybody will be able to donate enough time to get 200 signatures, but if you are willing to get just one signature a day, then that means you have collected 61 signatures in November and December. And if you are able to give just 2 hours at a gun show to collect signatures, that means you got 100 signatures for the campaign. If 100 people do just that, then we will have enough signatures to get our candidate on the ballot, with 11 months remaining devoted to campaigning!
If you can help out, please respond to "joshweitzman at yahoo". We are not asking you to donate a lot of time (but feel free to if you are able to!), but if everybody here can donate a little bit of time, then we will be able to make this a painless petition drive.
In Liberty
Josh Weitzman
Libertarian Party of Ohio, Southwest Region Chair
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