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<p>All,</p>
<p>The attached is my combined Political Division report for the
reporting months of September and October.</p>
<p>I do think we need to figure out soon what our priorities will be
for 2024. National's cash on hand continues to decline, the debts
continue to increase, and there's really no guarantee as to
whether we would get ballot access funding for our lone statewide
race next year.</p>
<p>We already have a looming legal battle in McHenry County with
LPIL as the defendant, and other legal battles in which we would
be the plaintiff, things relating to our fiscal condition will be
tight enough as it is. If we still decide to pursue the POTUS
race, then we need as much financial support as possible to help
cover a significant shortfall should National choose not to
support our drive. Anything that would meet our budget line for
ballot access would be gratefully appreciated, as we've fallen
short of those goals in the past few years.</p>
<p>At the same time, our candidates at the local level should not be
ignored or neglected. We've made that mistake over the years by
prioritizing statewide candidates over local candidates. We need a
delicate balance to support both. Unfortunately, with only one
statewide race, helping our local candidates -- primary and
general -- is currently a much higher priority in 2024 that the
POTUS race.</p>
<p>We need to let the Republicans and Democrats playing games with
some of our hard-earned primaries that we're not effing around.
We're the bear that they've been poking for 50+ years, and it's
time for them to discover the outcome of "F around and find out."
They should have learned their lessons from the numerous lawsuits
we've won against the government, but they still haven't to this
day. They still continue to intrude and rule where we can and
cannot hold our primaries.</p>
<p>I'm getting sick and tired of the duopoly's (as in the socialist
Democratic Party and the Democrat-lite party known as the Illinois
GOP) crap and you should too.<br>
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<b>Jake Leonard</b></font><br>
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<b><font color="black">Interim Chairman and Executive Director</font>
| <font color="#12AD2B">ChrisMont Libertarian Central
Committee</font></b> (<i>Christian County, Montgomery County</i>)<br>
<i><b>Congress</b>: 15</i> | <i><b>Montgomery County</b>:
Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois House 107/108/110</i> | <i><b>Christian
County</b>: Illinois Senate 48/54, Illinois House
95/96/107/108</i><br>
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<b><font color="black">Political Director</font> | <font
color="#12AD2B">Libertarian Party of Illinois</font></b><br>
800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415<br>
<b>Mobile</b>: <a href="tel:2175659709">(217) 565-9709</a> | <a
href="tel:2175659273">(217) 565-9273</a> || <b>Work</b>: <a
href="tel:2175694230,700">(217) 569-4230 ext. 700</a> | <a
href="tel:2177185281">(217) 718-5281</a> || <b>Fax</b>: <a
href="tel:2177178079">(217) 717-8079</a>
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