A message from our National Volunteer Coordinator, Austin Petersen:

This past week I sent out an email to request volunteers for the Ballot Access project and received a very good response. I want to thank everyone for contacting me let you know that someone will be contacting you soon to follow up.

For those of you who might be sitting on the fence and wondering if it's worth your time, I had a thought this morning as I was reading the news. The national debt stands now at around 9.3 trillion dollars, and next year's budget has been submitted to be 3 trillion dollars. The Iraq war is estimated to cost 2 trillion or more by itself -- all of it paid for in "emergency spending." That's around $30,000 for every man, woman and child in America.

This election cycle is crucial, and petitioners are badly needed in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Illinois and Connecticut. If you are still on the fence about volunteering, consider that the Libertarians are the ones who are tasked with ending these wars and out of control spending, as we are the ones who understand the consequences of history.

If we don't do it, who will?

Join me today http://www.lp.org/action/volunteer.shtml.

Sincerely,

Austin Petersen