Libertarian Party of Ohio

Run for Office – Make a Difference

Over the past two months, you may have seen our previous emails requesting more candidates to run for public office. Maybe you have considered running but don’t know how to get started. The Libertarian Party of Ohio is proud to announce that we now are in a better position to help get more candidates onto the ballot!

 Thanks to the efforts of a generous group of donors, we will be able to provide ballot access assistance to candidates for the Ohio General Assembly and statewide offices who need it. We will work to arrange the gathering of your petition signatures and submit the petitions along with the filing fee at one time.

 In return, we need YOU to volunteer to help by running for office. In addition to signing the petition forms (and helping to gather a few signatures on your own), we ask that you answer all media inquiries about your campaign and attend some public events for your race. For those of you who have never run, the media inquiries are great ways for you to help spread the Libertarian stance on the important issues facing your community, and are used by the local media to help the voters make an informed choice in November.

 We have already recruited 40 candidates for 2010. Please help us really make a large impact this year by joining myself and dozens of other Libertarians in taking a meaningful stance against big government Democrats and Republicans. Ohioans will not be able to afford the failures of a Kasich administration in Columbus any more than they have been able to afford the failures of the Strickland administration. Your campaign for office will help to underscore the need for Ohio’s representatives to be more accountable to their constituents. By not running for every office, we give the legislature a pass to continue passing legislation that hurts small businesses, controls your personal life, and taxes you into poverty to boot!

 To help you get your message to your voters, we are also working on a series of training courses to help you prepare for your public appearances, whether at a local candidates night or on your local television or radio station. We stand ready to work with you on your campaign and help you win. Now is the time for you to stand up and make a difference. Join us as we make less government – more freedom a reality in Ohio!

 Remember, we only get this generous assistance with a large number of candidates. Please help us fix Ohio by running for office.

 If you are interested in running for office, please visit www.LPO.org/run-for-office.html and click on “Apply Now” or contact our Candidates Committee Chair Bryant Callaghan at Bryant.Callaghan@LPO.org or 1-513-607-5570.

 To help us fund our own candidates directly, please consider a generous contribution to the Libertarian Party of Ohio at www.LPO.org/make-contribution.html or start a monthly pledge to support our ongoing efforts at www.LPO.org/make-pledge.html. Thank you in advance for your generous support!

In Liberty,

The Libertarian Party of Ohio

Wayne Allyn Root Impressed By Progress, Ballot Access

Below is an email sent to the Libertarian Party of Ohio by the 2008 VP nominee.

Dear Ohio LP Members, Officers & Volunteers,

This is Wayne Allyn Root, your 2008 Vice Presidential nominee. I just wanted to tell the Ohio LP and it's members how impressed I am at your progress! I've been watching from afar for months now and it never ceases to amaze me how hard your state LP members work to elevate our status to "America's Third Party."