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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Things have been considerably limited in the Division this past month. Of course, one of the biggest issues would be that of our current lawsuit against the Cook County government (since the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners are allegedly going to abide to whatever the decision is).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The initial lawsuit is the precursor of a potential ballot access lawsuit for this cycle regarding ballot access for all Congressional and General Assembly races in districts exclusively within the county.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The only political subdivision that LP Chicago/Cook County Libertarian Central Committee will be unable to run candidates for is the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, which has a small amount of territory protruding into DuPage County. Earning recognized party status in DuPage will resolve that issue if a countywide candidate was to run this year to secure countywide ballot access.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Petitioning in our seven established counties are still ongoing, and they must have their petitions turned in by the end of the day of March 14, the final day of filing for the June 28 primary. In the case of Cook County, I would hope for a quick decision in the courts so that the candidates for county commission can be on the ballot for the primary.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I could not express enough the importance of using your powers as established counties to utilize the post-primary nominations in vacancy (NiV) system. Those candidates will still have to collect the signatures required for an established party as a part of the NiV to represent the party in the November general election.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Only one candidate inquiry came from National in the past month: David Pruitt, who is seeking a run for mayor of Chicago in 2023. Currently, I do not know if we receive candidate inquiries via our website like we did under our pre-CiviCRM website format.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m still trying to recover all the campaign training materials to pass on to the statewide campaigns, but I have not had the time or opportunity to access them. I hope to have that information out by the next BOD meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'>Jake Leonard</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'><br><b><span style='color:#657B8E'>Chapter Chairman</span></b><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#667B8E'>| </span><b><span style='color:#61BB46'>Tri-Counties Libertarian Party<br></span><span style='color:#657B8E'>BOD Member and Political Director</span></b><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#667B8E'>| </span><b><span style='color:#61BB46'>Libertarian Party of Illinois<br></span><span style='color:#657B8E'>Ballot Access Committee Member</span></b><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#667B8E'>| </span><b><span style='color:#61BB46'>Libertarian National Committee</span></b><span style='color:black'><br>800 Capps Ave., Nokomis, IL 62075<br></span><b><span style='color:#657B8E'>Website:</span></b><span style='color:black'> </span></span><a href="http://www.tricountylibertarians.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'>www.tricountylibertarians.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#FF5B00'>work – Heartland Newsfeed:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'> </span><a href="tel:217.569.4230" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'>217.569.4230</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> x700 | </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#FF5B00'>work – Pana News Group/SILMG:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'> </span><a href="tel:217.718.6938"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'>217.718.6938</span></a><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'><br></span></u><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#FF5B00'>mobile:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> </span><a href="tel:217.565.9273" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'>217.565.9273</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#667B8E'> | </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#FF5B00'>mobile:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> </span><a href="tel:217.565.9709" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'>217.565.9709</span></a><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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