Oregon Secretary of State Responds to Tyler Smith’s Letter Insisting Reeves Group is the Correct LPO

By Jill Pyeatt on March 31, 2014 10:04 PM

The Secretary of State of the state of Oregon has responded to the letters sent by Tyler Smith on February 19, 2014 and the letter sent by the attorney for the Libertarian Party of Oregon on March 19, 2014. Here is the text of the letter:

Here is a link to the letters and some background on the dispute .

Also, here is the pdf file for this latest letter:

Letter from SOS to Tyler Smith (P0382206xA8AA7)

Jill Pyeatt

Jill Pyeatt is a small-business owner and jewelry designer from Southern California. She currently serves on the Judicial Committee of the Libertarian Party of CA. She can be found on Facebook and Twitter.

36 Comments

paulie April 17, 2014
foolishly defeated Top Two
Contradiction in terms. Defeating top two by definition can never be foolish, while passing it always is.
Then both groups could be on the ballot;
And neither would be on the ballot in an actual election that can actually elect anyone.
and we wouldn’t be subject to the embarassing scene of “libertarians” fighting each other over who gets to suck the statist teat of subsidized elections.
Because no Libertarians would get to be in the government elections, having been safely eliminated in the qualifying round before any significant percentage of the population pays any attention; and knowing this, most likely not have filed to run even in that.
Electoral Watch April 17, 2014
Too bad Oregon foolishly defeated Top Two.
Then both groups could be on the ballot; and we wouldn’t be subject to the embarassing scene of “libertarians” fighting each other over who gets to suck the statist teat of subsidized elections.
paulie April 16, 2014
It’s not a PAC though. That makes a difference, right?
George Phillies April 16, 2014
Don’t you guys already have an organization of somewhat similar name?
paulie April 16, 2014
What is the significance of that? Does it comply with what courts and SOS have already said or violate?
Wes Wagner April 16, 2014
Reeves (Burke) et.al. registered a miscellaneous PAC named “Libertarian Party of Oregon” on 4/11/2014
paulie April 1, 2014
“Video of Reeves’ LP Oregon Group Convention goes viral; highlight of Tonight show” would have made a good headline for today.
Do it up. I have a different Oregon one I want to do if I don’t get too tired, which I already pretty much am since I got up at 5 am and need to do same tomorrow.
Nicholas Sarwark April 1, 2014
All this shows is that the Oregon Secretary of State joins a long list of people and groups who got this issue wrong. Why couldn’t the Secretary of State have followed in the illustrious footsteps of a prior LNC, a convention credentials committee, and the secretary of the LSLA?
Since I’m in that long list, I guess I’ll just commiserate with the Secretary of State over a pint of Samuel Adams’ new beer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tby91aTGF4
Jill Pyeatt Post author | April 1, 2014
Joe, you mean like Jimmy Kimmel’s “Lie-Witness News”?
Joe April 1, 2014
“Video of Reeves’ LP Oregon Group Convention goes viral; highlight of Tonight show” would have made a good headline for today.
paulie April 1, 2014
It’s for real. You should get in on the ground floor; there will be growing appreciation with time.
Wes Wagner April 1, 2014
Nah… no Gary Johnson coins… I don’t deal in counterfeit libertarians.
paulie April 1, 2014
Darn, that wouldn’t work then. And I was so hoping for some Yaps. Got any GaryJohnsonCoins?
Wes Wagner April 1, 2014
They said they were going to charge you for storage in USD
paulie April 1, 2014
Ask my bank.
Wes Wagner April 1, 2014
Can I make it in the large stone currency of the island of Yap ?
paulie April 1, 2014
Possibly. I’ll just need a confidential deposit to my bank account …
🙂
Wes Wagner April 1, 2014
Could I charter you to make a similar letter that looks like a legal filing by the Oregon Republican Party’s general counsel?
paulie April 1, 2014
Paulie, that letter is a classic. Superb writing.
Thank you, although I only wrote the parts that are not in all caps. The rest is straight copy and paste from a parody of a Nigerian scam letter seeking “investors” in the US invasion of Iraq (and possibly a copy and paste of an actual one before that). As I recall it took me less than a minute to write 🙂
Jill Pyeatt Post author | April 1, 2014
Dave, I’d be happy to post a write-up of your convention or any of the other writers would. No April Fool’s Day joke–
Joe April 1, 2014
>>Silly boy, Il Duce is Chairman forever. <<
I was referring to the election of a new chair at YOUR convention. Funny how that never even crossed your mind(s), or "agenda" or "business." —
Dave Terry April 1, 2014
Joe: “I don’t understand; don’t they have a new chair now after their convention?”
Silly boy, Il Duce is Chairman forever. AND he has the blessings of Pope Paulie!
Wes Wagner April 1, 2014
The $250 fine for failing to file would opening ceremonies on the part of the SoS … you don’t get to just pay a $250 “tax” to refuse to disclose all your campaign finance transactions in perpetuity.
George Whitfield April 1, 2014
Paulie, that letter is a classic. Superb writing.
paulie April 1, 2014
There may be a ruling from the Galactic Tribunal later today!
Michael H. Wilson April 1, 2014
This is typical of Burke. He gets people involved in one of his schemes and then steps back out of the way. When the problems arise he has avoided all responsibility and possible fines. This habit of his goes back as far as the mid 1990s.
paulie April 1, 2014
Speaking of Mr. Hacker here is an oldie but goodie. Some of you will remember of which I speak but some of you will not..
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED :
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
FROM: LOTT DUFFER
DEAR SIR / MADAM,
I AM LOTT DUFFER, Cousin of Allen Hacker, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF Particulate Campaigns. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECA– USE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.
I AM WRITING YOU IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE PRIMARILY TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN ACQUIRING campaign FUNDS THAT ARE PRESENTLY TRAPPED on a moon of Jupiter. MY PARTNERS AND I SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING A TRANSACTION BEGUN BY MY Cousin, WHO HAS LONG BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE EXTRACTION OF Cash IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BRAVELY SERVED HIS party AS DIRECTOR OF THE Badnarik for Congress Campaign.
IN THE year 2006, MY Cousin, THEN Campaign Manager for Badnarik, SOUGHT TO Bring Freedom to Planet Earth for Ten Thousand Years. THIS UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE WAS SOON FOLLOWED BY A FALLING OUT WITH HIS former lover Mike Nelson, WHO went on to single handedly sabotage the Badnarik for Congress Campaign and bring on the ten thousand year reign of the Dark Lord Pizuzu.
MY Cousin then SECURED THE campaign ASSETS on his secret Jupiter Moon Base. BUT MY Cousin’S FORMER Lover Mike Nelson was given CONTROL OF THE REPUBLIC OF America by the Dark Lord Pizuzu in return for betraying the People of Earth.
MY FAMILY IS CALLING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN FUNDING THE REMOVAL OF THE Lord Pizuzu and his vassal Mike Nelson, whom he has made immortal. AS COMPENSATION FOR THE COSTS OF REMOVING them FROM POWER and re-aquiring the campaign funds from the Jupiter Moon Base we will need a good faith deposit of 200 BILLION DOLLARS, BOTH IN THE INITIAL ACQUISITION AND IN LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT.
WITHOUT THE FUNDS FROM OUR 2006 Campaign for Congress, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE Planet held captive by alien reptiles. THAT IS WHY MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES ARE URGENTLY SEEKING YOUR GRACIOUS ASSISTANCE. OUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES IN THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION INCLUDE THE SITTING VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RICHARD CHENEY, WHO IS AN ORIGINAL secret PARTNER IN THE Badnarik for Congress Campaign, AND CONDOLEEZA RICE, WHOSE PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION TO THE VENTURE WAS DEMONSTRATED IN THE NAMING OF A Major Texas University and a Chinese Food Staple AFTER HER.
I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO TRANSFER A SUM EQUALING TEN TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (10-25 %) OF YOUR YEARLY INCOME TO OUR ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE. THE Bank of Nigeria WILL FUNCTION AS OUR TRUSTED INTERMEDIARY. I PROPOSE THAT YOU MAKE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE THE FIFTEENTH (15TH) OF THE MONTH OF December.
I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. A BOLD STEP TAKEN SHALL NOT BE REGRETTED, I ASSURE YOU. PLEASE DO BE INFORMED THAT THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CO-OPERATE IN THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE Put your head in the oven and shut the door tight.
I PRAY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PLIGHT. MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. PLEASE REPLY IN STRICT CONFIDENCE TO THE CONTACT NUMBERS BELOW.
SINCERELY WITH WARM REGARDS,
Lott Duffer
Joe April 1, 2014
I meant this will all be settled in the courts before the SOS deadline for putting Gary’s name on the ballot last August, ooops, I mean the August before last August. Three Augusts before this coming August.
🙂
paulie April 1, 2014
I guess the World Court is next.
Why not? It could be a stopping point on the way to the Galactic Tribunal.
Perhaps former LPCA and LP National Judicial Committee Member Allen Hacker could preside?
Bob Tiernan April 1, 2014
Joe: “Of course this will all be settled by the courts long before then. . . .”
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Burke will want to go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court before he accepts anything like a final word, but even in the event of failure at that level, I guess the World Court is next.
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Bob T
Bob Tiernan April 1, 2014
Hey Dave Terry — In the event that your guys play tough and hold out, are you gonna chip in some money to help pay the $250 fine?
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Bob T
Joe March 31, 2014
I don’t understand; don’t they have a new chair now after their convention?
Too bad there don’t seem to be any minutes or other records of that massive meeting available.
At least I don’t see any at:
http://lporegon.net
Which has not been updated.
I wonder if it will still be up after the April 14 deadline?
Of course this will all be settled by the courts long before then. . . .
Joe
Jill Pyeatt Post author | March 31, 2014
The letter showed up as a graphic at my office, but I see they’re not showing up at home. Are people out there seeing them?
Jill Pyeatt Post author | March 31, 2014
I’m thinking that there might be a possibility that this will be it. It will probably cost them quite a bit of money to appeal, and perhaps their funding has dried up. However the Reeves people have surprised that they’ve been at it this long, and maybe they’re afraid (and rightfully s0) that they need to end in a win, or they’ll get sued for attorney fees..
Jake Porter March 31, 2014
It sounds like the Secretary of State’s office is tired of this.
Wes Wagner March 31, 2014
What next?

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