As of this morning, http://www.lp.org/okla is at $6,659.52 towards a goal of $10,000 to be raised online. Along with money raised on the phone and matching donations that will make it $60,000, with less than $4,000 remaining to be raised to get the LP Oklahoma ballot access drive started.
LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark comments on the previous update:
The letter is in the mail. Mail house letters take 3-4 weeks to actually hit and in this case myself and many other members of the LNC have been soliciting donations to the Oklahoma ballot access fund well in advance of the letter going out.
My hope is that after the mail fundraising starts to come in, we will meet and exceed the goal for Oklahoma and get started on other states this year as well.
Meanwhile, you can read it here.
There’s a blurb about why the LP is prioritizing this project at http://www.lp.org/okla as well.
However, as of yesterday evening Matt Cholko reported issues with the donatin form on that page not working. I don’t know if that was fixed. The page itself says:
If you’re having trouble contributing on this donation page, or to use PayPal. go to our regular contribution page and write “ballot access Oklahoma” in the comment field:
https://www.lp.org/contribute
Previously at IPR:
Libertarian Party: Help us match $30k pledge for ballot access
Opposition News Article on Cooperative Ballot Access Efforts in Oklahoma and South Dakota
Libertarians and Greens announce joint petition drive in Oklahoma (note: the fundraising is separate, and I don’t know what if anything the Greens have raised for the drive; volunteers are working both petitions, but I don’t know how many signatures they are getting or whether Greens will pay or not).
Oklahoma Governor Signs Ballot Access Bill
Oklahoma kept all alt party and independent candidates off the ballot for the last three presidential elections – the longest such streak in any state since Ohio in the 1950s and 60s, and Ohio’s law ended up being thrown out by the courts as unconstitutional.
Disclosure: I plan to work on the Oklahoma LP petition drive, worked on it the last time we succeeded (2000), and am on the LP national ballot access committee along with Richard Winger, Bill Redpath, Gary Johnson of TX and LNC alternate Ed Marsh of TN.
Email blast from LPHQ today:
We’re just $3,330 away from our $10,000 online goal for Oklahoma ballot access.
If you donate exactly $49.99, we’ll send you a copy of Mary Dr. Mary Ruwart’s newly updated book Healing Our World: The Compassion of Libertarianism. The new 2015 release features extensive updates in 20 Chapters and a new forward by Congressman Ron Paul.
Click here to donate, or visit http://www.lp.org/okla
Ron Paul writes “The libertarian literature needs to clearly explain how libertarianism is rooted in the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP), making both the practical and philosophical case for rejecting aggression. This is why I am so excited by the new edition of Dr. Mary Ruwart’s Healing Our World. ”
Dr. Ruwart thoroughly explains with real world examples how minimum wage and occupational licensing laws prevent the poor from climbing the economic ladder. I read the newly released 2015 edition last weekend. The book has a caring tone, and would make a great gift for a non-libertarian.
We got a great deal on a bulk shipment of these books. Most of your donation will go towards ballot access, but we’re happy to ship this useful book to you as well.
Please donate $49.99 today. Help me reach our $10,000 online goal for ballot access.
Sincerely,
Wes Benedict, Executive Director