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FORIMMEDIATERELEASE LibertarianPartyofPinellasCountyRespondstoComplaintsFromConcernedVoters Clearwater,FL:March19,2014TheLibertarianPartyofPinellasCounty(LPPC)respondedtocomplaints fromvoterswhohadexpressedtheirconcernthatLibertariancandidateLucasOverbyhadnotbeenincluded onallballotsinthespecialelectionfortheU.S.HouseofRepresentativesonMarch11th,2014.TheLPPC launchedaninvestigation,utilizingtheirownfunds,withtheSupervisorofElectionstoensurethatallvotersin PinellasCountyhadanequalchancetovoteforthecandidateoftheirchoice. Formanyyears,Ihaveencouragedvoterstounderstandthattheirvoteistheirvoice,KarenaMorrison,chair ofLPPC,explained.Butifthevotersarentprovidedwithalloftheiroptions,thepeoplesvoiceswontbeheard. Wewantedtoensurethattheballotsincludedtheopportunityforthevoterstoselectoneoutofallthequalied candidatesinthiselection." SeveralmembersoftheLPPC,alongsideLibertarianGubernatorialcandidate,AdrianWyllie,reviewedover 5,000ballotsfromallovercongressionaldistrict13onTuesday.KarenaMorrisonwantedtothankthePinellas CountySupervisorofElectionsfortheirprofessionalismandhowhelpfultheywereingatheringtherequested ballotsandexplainingtheballotingprocesstotheLPPCteam.SheandMr.

Wylliewerealsohappytoreport thatnoevidenceofMr.Overbybeingleftofftheballotswasfound. "Afterreviewingabroadsamplingoftheballots,I'mcondentwiththeaccuracyandfairnessofthespecial election,Mr.Wylliesaiduponcompletionofthereview.IcommendthePinellasCountySupervisorof Electionsofcewithajobwelldone." Whenreachedouttoforcomment,MrOverbystated,IamveryhappythattheLPPCwasabletocheckinto theconcernsofseveralvotersandevenhappierthattherewerenoissuesfound.Itisoneofthemissionsof ourpartytoinsurefairandequitableelections,regardlessoftheiroutcome,andthisisanimportantpublic service. TheLibertarianPartyofPinellasCountywillbemeetingattheDatexBusinessCenterinClearwater,Thursday, March20that7:30p.m.Thismeetingisopentothepublicandallarewelcometoattend. ContactInformation: KarenaMorrison,Chair LibertarianPartyofPinellasCounty Phone:7275184659 lppinellas@gmail.com ###

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