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Our next
meeting will be held at Albany Public Library on Tuesday, June 10 at
6:30 p.m.
Bob Barr was chosen as the Presidential Candidate for the Libertarian
Party at our National Convention last week in Denver Colorado. I was
not able to attend, but from what I've read about it, it was an
interesting event with 6 rounds of balloting. I know that some of local
members did attend ad I hope we can get a report at this meeting.
Bob Barr may not have been our first choice, but he is our candidate
and there is the possibility that he will get more press coverage for
the party and more votes on the Libertarian line. We have a lot of work
ahead of us this summer to get our candidates on the ballot in NY. We
only have six weeks, from July 8th through August 19th to collect
15,000 signatures. I've included the information from the New York
State Board of Elections 2008 Political Calendar at the end of this
email.
The Capital District LP will be hosting the petition compilation
efforts this year. This is a group effort and we'll need to set aside a
few days to review, sort and compile the petitions. My guess is that
the weekend of August 15-17 will probably be the final push. We have a
number of people locally who have been involved in a number of
presidential campaigns, so we won't have to reinvent the wheel on this.
I'm sorry I haven't been able to devote as much time as I should to the
CDLP recently. My work life is still hectic; I've been spending a lot
of time out of town and on the train between Albany and NYC. I think my
load will lighten at the end of the month. I hope to see everyone next
Tuesday.
INDEPENDENT PETITIONS Secs. 6-138 &6-140
July 8 First day for signing nominating petitions. Sec. 6-138(4)
Aug. 12-19 Dates for filing independent nominating petitions.
Sec. 6-158(9)
Aug. 22 Last day to accept or decline nomination. Sec. 6-158 (11)
Aug. 25 Last day to fill a vacancy after a declination. Sec. 6-158(12)
Sept. 12 Last day to decline after acceptance if nominee loses party
primary. Sec. 6-158(11)
SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDEPENDENT NOMINATING PETITIONS
Sec. 6-142
5% of the total number of votes, excluding blank and void, cast for the
office of governor at the last gubernatorial election in the political
unit, except that not more than 3,500 signatures shall be required on a
petition for any office to be filled in any political subdivision
outside the City of New York, and not more than the following for any
office to be voted for by all the voters of:
the entire state ………………………………………………..15,000
(with at least 100 from each of one-half of the congressional districts)
http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/law/2008PoliticalCalendar.pdf
John Mounteer
jmounteer@aol.com
518-861-5009 home
518-229-6716 cell
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