Dear colleagues:
I hope all is well with you, and that you are enjoying a very happy
New Year's Day. I am writing to provide some additional information
about the 2008 petition drive.
I am pleased to mention that as in 2004, we have prepared a webpage
to provide information concerning the petition drive. The webpage is
located at www.lpva.com/HTML/2008petitionDrive.html. (Please join me in
thanking Chuck Eby for his assistance in preparing this webpage.) It
contains several items of interest to those who want to help the
petition drive. In particular, one may download a copy of the petition
(in the form of a PDF of size 180 kb) by clicking on the appropriate
link. One may access the petition directly at
www.lpva.com/Archives/Documents/Forms/2008LPVaPresidentialPetition.pdf.
Please note that when you print the petition form, it must be
printed on legal-size (8.5" x 14") white paper. Page 1 of the petition
form must be printed on one side of the paper; page 2 must be printed on
the other side.
To avoid confusion concerning the petition, please note that the
candidates listed for president (David F. Nolan) and vice president
(David P. Bergland) on the petition are not the 2008 LP presidential and
vice presidential candidates, respectively. Since we must list
candidates on the petition, since the LP presidential ticket will not be
determined until the LP convention in Denver in later May, and since we
can't afford to wait until later May to start our petition drive, we
must use "line-holder" (or "stand-in") candidates on our petition.
After our presidential ticket is chosen in Denver, Mr. Nolan and Mr.
Bergland will file documents with the State Board of Elections at the
appropriate time indicating that they will not serve as the 2008 LP
presidential and vice presidential candidates, respectively. Note that
we shall not have to change our petition form in midstream.
Incidentally, as you are probably aware, Mr. Nolan was a founder of the
Libertarian Party (he currently lives in Arizona); Mr. Bergland was the
LP presidential candidate in 1984 (he currently lives in the state of
Washington).
I have prepared some relatively detailed instructions and tips
concerning the petitioning process. One may download these instructions
(in the form of a Word document of size 61kb) by clicking on the
appropriate link on the petition drive webpage. One may access the
instructions directly at
www.lpva.com/Archives/Documents/Election/2008PetitionDrivePetitioningInstructions.doc.
Thanks for your work for liberty. Please do not hesitate to contact
me if I can be of assistance to you concerning the petition drive.
Take care,
Jim
James W. Lark, III
Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
University of Virginia
Chairman, Local Affiliate Parties Committee, Libertarian Party of
Virginia
2008 Petition Drive coordinator, Libertarian Party of Virginia
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