Petitions

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FAQ Statement History Glossary Platform Promotion Petitions LOD LTE/Articles LP Links Liberty links Books Movies	The San Diego Libertarian Party (SDLP) gets the most candidates on the ballot with the least cost and stress for the candidates by mailing Petitions In Lieu of Filing Fee to registered libertarians. Depending on the office/district, each signature on the petitions is worth $1.50 or more. Bulk mail is the same price for zero to three ounces, so membership requests and other information can be included with the petitions and cover letter at no additional cost. Postage can be saved by combining petitions in envelopes to overlapping districts. The SDLP have a procedure for organizing the mailing data for optimum return on investment, and identifying which petitions for which candidates go in which envelope. As a five-time candidate for office, I used similar techniques to minimize driving distances in the quest for additional petition signatures. That is one reason for all the address fields of Locatum. After all the material is ready, the SDLP has an envelope stuffing party. The last one stuffed 10,500 petitions in 3,500 envelopes along with outreach material in less than a day.

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GET MORE CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT

Petitions

The San Diego Libertarian Party (SDLP) gets the most candidates on the ballot with the least cost and stress for the candidates by mailing Petitions In Lieu of Filing Fee to registered libertarians. Depending on the office/district, each signature on the petitions is worth $1.50 or more.

Bulk mail is the same price for zero to three ounces, so membership requests and other information can be included with the petitions and cover letter at no additional cost. Postage can be saved by combining petitions in envelopes to overlapping districts.

The SDLP have a procedure for organizing the mailing data for optimum return on investment, and identifying which petitions for which candidates go in which envelope. As a five-time candidate for office, I used similar techniques to minimize driving distances in the quest for additional petition signatures. That is one reason for all the address fields of Locatum.

After all the material is ready, the SDLP has an envelope stuffing party. The last one stuffed 10,500 petitions in 3,500 envelopes along with outreach material in less than a day.