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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Steve,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Thank you for all your hard work these past few years. I’m looking forward to working with you in the future as McLean County Chair.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Russ<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Lpil-bod <lpil-bod-bounces@lists.lpillinois.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Suess via Lpil-bod<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 28, 2022 7:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> Lpil Bod <LPIL-BOD@lists.lpillinois.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [LPIL - Board of Directors] Update and Farewell<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This will be my last email from <a href="mailto:chair@lpillinois.org">chair@lpillinois.org</a>. I wanted to address two things.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>First, many of you have probably heard that our Secretary of State candidate Jesse White withdrew from the race before the signature inspections began yesterday. While we can't say much about how this decision was made, here's what I am able to tell you. We made this decision for three primary reasons...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1) It became apparent there was a high likelihood that we would lose the objection. This was the gut feeling from our attorney and others close to the process. I want to be absolutely clear - We had enough valid signatures as required by law. Unfortunately, the objection process is politicized, and we were going up against the largest, most well-funded political machine in the state. I won't talk about specifics regarding <i>why </i>we thought we would lose. Those details may come out when we know what we can and cannot say. With a high likelihood that we would lose and facing the possibility of spending thousands of dollars to continue, we decided to pull the plug.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2) It's the opinion of our legal counsel that Jesse achieving 5% would not get us statewide ballot access. Illinois election law is vague and contradictory (purposefully). Again, I'll spare you the dirty details and legal arguments (although I'd love to have that conversation with you if you'd like to have it), but our lawyer believes only our Governor candidate can achieve statewide ballot access. While this is not the only interpretation of the law, it is consistent with the language in law. With the possibility of spending thousands of dollars defending signatures for a candidate who possibly wouldn't even get us ballot access, we decided it was not a worthwhile endeavor.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>3) Jesse's withdrawal allows us to appoint a new candidate if we would like to. That will be the responsibility of the new board to consider.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There may be more details we can release later, but that's what I can tell you right now. Chase, Matt, Russ, Brett, and the rest of the new Board will be in touch with details as they become available.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Finally, I'd like to thank everyone for their help and support in my term as Chair. It was not always easy, but each of you helped lessen the burden and made it more enjoyable. You can still reach me via email at <a href="mailto:stevesuess@gmail.com">stevesuess@gmail.com</a>. I'm happy to help where I can. I'm not going anywhere - I was just elected the Chair of the McLean County Libertarian Party last night at our county convention.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>See you soon,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Steve<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=130 height=130 style='width:1.3541in;height:1.3541in' 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