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<p>Good day!<br /><br />I agree, the current LNC regime seems to not care about assisting with any state affiliate that they do not maintain a monopoly on -- this includes ballot access (hence the National chair stating that 50-state ballot access is "no longer a concern" for them), candidate promotion, events, etc. Essentially anything that is not an explicit promotion of anything regarding the PAC controlling the current regime.<br /><br />We ought to schedule something for the next BOD meeting to discuss adding a candidate interest form, including contact information, amongst other things.</p>
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<p id="reply-intro">On 2024-01-23 09:47, Jake Leonard via Lpil-bod wrote:</p>
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<p>I don't have a Political Division report for this month. Not much has happened, outside of reaching out and/or following up on candidate inquiries. I think there were 2-3, but they haven't responded at all. Sadly, every single potential candidate sent to me through National for 2024 has been a complete dud up to now. We seriously need to consider bringing back a candidate inquiry form on our website. We cannot rely on National for our candidate inquiries, as this was something that we should have never given up. We received far more candidate inquiries through the old system than we do now in the CiviCRM era.</p>
<p>I'll try to be around long enough to secure quorum to approve the minutes from the previous meeting but will have to leave soon afterward. I'm doing some data entry tonight for Decision Desk HQ for the New Hampshire caucuses, and that shift starts at 7 p.m. our time. (This will be a common occurrence for me for the remainder of the primary season - March 5, 12, and 19, April 30, May 7 and 21, August 13, and September 10 and 17, and then the general election on November 5. Gotta take the paying gigs where I can.)</p>
<div class="v1moz-signature">-- <br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> <strong>Jake Leonard</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> <strong><span style="color: black;">Interim Chairman and Executive Director</span> | <span style="color: #12ad2b;">ChrisMont Libertarian Central Committee</span></strong> (<em>Christian County, Montgomery County</em>)<br /><em><strong>Congress</strong>: 15</em> | <em><strong>Montgomery County</strong>: Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois House 107/108/110</em> | <em><strong>Christian County</strong>: Illinois Senate 48/54, Illinois House 95/96/107/108</em><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black;">Political Director</span> | <span style="color: #12ad2b;">Libertarian Party of Illinois</span></strong><br />800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415<br /><strong>Mobile</strong>: <a href="tel:2175659709" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">(217) 565-9709</a> | <a href="tel:2175659273" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">(217) 565-9273</a> || <strong>Work</strong>: <a href="tel:2175694230,700" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">(217) 569-4230 ext. 700</a> | <a href="tel:2177185281" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">(217) 718-5281</a> || <strong>Fax</strong>: <a href="tel:2177178079" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">(217) 717-8079</a> </span><br /><br /><br /></div>
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