<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<p>Political Division report will be relatively short. So short that
I can summarize it quickly via email, due to a slow month. (I will
add this in the combined November/December report.)<br>
</p>
<p>We're in the final stretch of petitioning season for next
spring's primary. Thanks to ED Justin Tucker and Jake Collins for
taking some time in helping collect signatures for John Daveira.
John collected some signatures himself, so I don't know the total
figure of signatures between John, Justin, and Jake. It is at
least several times above the minimum. We'll see what the
Republicans decide to do with it once the petition is filed. If
they do nothing with it, then I will reach out to Jake Collins and
see if they want to attempt some nominations in vacancy for one
more countywide race -- in which I recommend to him a previous
candidate, Nicole Scott, who ran in 2020 and retained the party's
status in the circuit clerk race in that year.</p>
<p>From any early indications, we seem to be doing well in the drive
in Cook County, so the next thing would be to finish strong in the
general next November. As far as the things we couldn't help due
to time constraints, e.g. the General Assembly districts
exclusively within the county, we can always start this fight for
2026 at any time.</p>
<p>I'm temporarily suspending my campaign to run for circuit clerk
in Montgomery County, simply because I do not have the financial
resources to fight the cowardly Republicans in court (and the one
attorney that sometimes handles election cases pro bono, . I think
I needed roughly a dozen or so signatures (no more than 60
maximum) to be in the primary (that Republicans are denying), but
that would be difficult for me to do by myself with as little time
that remains until filing. I will likely resume it shortly before
the primary, but with the unfortunate caveat of having to collect
543 signatures (minimum) for the general. <b>I'm willing to
change my mind if I can get some assistance for a weekend.
Anything to annoy the Republican dictatorship here.</b><br>
</p>
<div class="moz-signature"><font size="3">
<b>Jake Leonard</b></font><br>
<font size="2">
<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>
<br>
<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>
</font><br>
<br>
<br>
</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/16/2023 7:46 AM, Ken Mattes via
Lpil-bod wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:7ba5c71219d41dc1abfa46048672a457@lpillinois.org">Please
senda any agenda items.
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br /><table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"><tr><td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;"/></a></td><td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free.<a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"> </a></div></body>
</html>