[gpva-ic] [gpva-discuss] Ballot Access Failure

[Tamar Yager]

You did absolutely everything you could have done.   Aside from all the reasons mentioned and especially covid, I heard that the campaign had difficulty even finding paid petitioners in VA.  This is 2ne and 3rd hand, they also said there were 2 other reasons it was difficult – the notary requirement and the distribution of signatures needed (200 in each CD).

 

You did an excellent job.

 

Tamar Yager

 

From: gpva-discuss <gpva-discuss-bounces at vagreenparty.org> On Behalf Of Ryan Wesdock via gpva-discuss
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 5:45 PM
To: GPVA Business <gpva-business at vagreenparty.org>; GPVA Discuss <gpva-discuss at vagreenparty.org>
Subject: Re: [gpva-discuss] Ballot Access Failure

 

All,

 

I have been more than a bit disappointed with our failure to get on the ballot, not least because I believe I could have done more in this position. But the past is past, and the best thing we can do now is move forward with the write-in campaign and improve our situation for next time. 

 

To that end, I intend to give my own sort of autopsy of what needs to be done for next time, but I think Sid hit some of the highlights. In particular, we are in need of recruiting and maintaining additional membership. I have developed some new resources to onboard locals that I think will assist with that process, but ultimately we need two things:

 

1) We need to actually set the dues amount as the LC so we can begin raising sorely needed revenue. I already sent an email to the listservs to get us started on that. Even as we gear up for a write-in campaign, I don't think we can afford to ignore this.

 

2) We need to develop a strategic plan with concrete goals and action items we can actually take. That is the only way we can begin to proactively grow, instead of just reactively benefiting from the Democrats' quadrennial mockery of a primary process. We have had ideas, even good ideas before, but we have yet to turn those into an actual strategy that we can articulate, understand, or act on. I have begun the process of developing a strategic plan and will be excited to have the LC look it over soon.

 

Regarding appeals, my understanding remains that there is no means by which we, or the campaign, can appeal the decision made by the court, or to initiate new legal proceedings. 


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Thank You For Your Time,

Ryan Wesdock

GPVA Co-Chair

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