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January BoD Meeting Minutes
by Donny Henry 06 Oct '22

06 Oct '22

BoD- I forgot to send January’s meeting minutes earlier. See attached. In Liberty, -Donny

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Resignation as Political Director
by Jake Leonard 30 May '22

30 May '22

All, Considering my previous remarks and the continued downward decline related to the alt-right, authoritarian, anti-liberty regime, I express my regrets to express the following: I will no longer support a party that has outright chosen to eliminate a woman's right to choose. The Mises Caucus has essentially decided that abortion is murder and that they should now be treated as criminals, all as we near a potential overturn of Roe v. Wade. This is a long-standing platform plank that has existed since 1971. I will no longer support a party that no longer acknowledges that "We condemn bigotry as irrational and repugnant." Democrats and Republicans are all bigots and liars, and every single agent that has joined the Mises "Caucus" is also a bigot. I will no longer support a party that thinks amending the platform at all is a good idea. The 2018/2020 Libertarian Party platform is just fine as is. I will no longer support a party that thinks discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community is acceptable. About a dozen friends of mine, both in the community and activists in that community were assaulted this weekend, all instigated by Mises Caucus members. At the same time, members of the Mises Caucus have verbally wished for the death of Chair Whitney Bilyeu on the YouTube livestream while she was medically indisposed due to illness. Many of those remarks - in over 250 screenshots - were anonymously submitted to me to the FBI. And then an unprovoked attack on a previous Chair. That is disgusting behavior, and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I will no longer support a party that has abandoned its founding principles that it has held for over half a century. With that said, I tender my resignation as Political Director of the Libertarian Party of Illinois effective immediately. I also hereby drop out of the State Central Committee race in the 15th Congressional District. Simultaneously, both Tri-Counties Libertarian Party and Capital Area Libertarian Party have formally dissolved, with any previous funds - roughly $1,971 -- donated to those less fortunate in the area. Both pages will also be unpublished in rather quick fashion. I would say it was an honor to serve in this party for the past six years out of nine years membership, but I just don't know what to think anymore. The money this party still owes me for the background check services for 2021 and 2022, just donate the $300 and some odd change to a homeless shelter. Jake Leonard Chapter Chairman | Tri-Counties Libertarian Party BOD Member and Political Director | Libertarian Party of Illinois Ballot Access Committee Member | Libertarian National Committee 800 Capps Ave., Nokomis, IL 62075 Website: <http://www.tricountylibertarians.org/> www.tricountylibertarians.org work - Heartland Newsfeed: <tel:217.569.4230> 217.569.4230 x700 | work - Pana News Group/SILMG: <tel:217.718.6938> 217.718.6938 mobile: <tel:217.565.9273> 217.565.9273 | mobile: <tel:217.565.9709> 217.565.9709 -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Resignation from National Ballot Access Committee
by Jake Leonard 29 May '22

29 May '22

All, I submitted an email to members of the LNC Ballot Access Committee shortly after midnight, citing that I will be resigning from the committee effective 1 a.m. CDT on Thursday, June 2. An hour before that, my membership with National will expire, as I have no intention to renew due to my lack of faith of this new alt-right, authoritarian, anti-liberty National administration. My biggest regret on the committee is not being able to go to bat for Illinois more when the BAC decided to not give Illinois any ballot access funds for this 2022 petitioning season. I did, however, fight hard against giving any money to New York, in which they failed to meet any benchmarks set over a five-week period of their drive. (Because if anyone needed it, we did.) I still maintain the belief that now they should not get any money at all, and after the new administration takes over, they likely won't see a single red cent. I had a rotten feeling that we were going to get screwed over in 2022, and it will likely be the case in 2024. When it comes to ballot access funds, we're now on our own. We will NEVER see another dime from National, not in 2024 and not ever until this new regime is ousted. It also undermines the six years of painstaking, thankless work that I busted my ass for this party since 2016. I sacrificed A LOT for this party since I became LPIL Political Director in November 2019. Blood, sweat, and tens of thousands of tears since the end of the 2020 election cycle, just trying to help our potential candidates for 2022. It's a thankless role with not enough thanks from people in this party. Some just think I'm just a keyboard warrior or a desk jockey. People don't realize that when I was working in the media last year, I was making and taking calls relating to candidate inquiries while on the clock. I didn't care about the consequences from work - spoiler alert: there were none because the corporate owners at the Daily Herald are too spineless and do not have a conscience - because I wanted to run more candidates than what we had in 2020. That goal was not met or surpassed for 2022, which I regret. If anything relating to ballot access fundraising in the future, we should be targeting any and all high roller donors to the LNC and poaching their donations, because we're the only party that matters. Not a single red cent should go to National if we're not going to see anything in return. My term was to expire in January 2023 anyway, but I cannot and will not in good conscience work on that committee under the McArdle administration. I've spoken my piece. If you want more out of me, call me. Jake Leonard Chapter Chairman | Tri-Counties Libertarian Party BOD Member and Political Director | Libertarian Party of Illinois Ballot Access Committee Member | Libertarian National Committee 800 Capps Ave., Nokomis, IL 62075 Website: <http://www.tricountylibertarians.org/> www.tricountylibertarians.org work - Heartland Newsfeed: <tel:217.569.4230> 217.569.4230 x700 | work - Pana News Group/SILMG: <tel:217.718.6938> 217.718.6938 mobile: <tel:217.565.9273> 217.565.9273 | mobile: <tel:217.565.9709> 217.565.9709 -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Resignation
by scc5＠lpillinois.org 28 May '22

28 May '22

Libertarian Party of Illinois Board of Directors, Please accept my resignation as Legislative Director and State Central Committee Representative effective immediately. In Liberty, Bennett Morris

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May 17th Draft Minutes For Review
by secretary＠lpillinois.org 22 May '22

22 May '22

Good evening! All, please review the attached draft minutes from the BOD meeting on 5/17 and forward any comments/corrections to me. Thanks! Brett Ryan 217-341-0055

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Executive Director Report - April 2022
by executivedirector＠lpillinois.org 18 May '22

18 May '22

Fellow Libertarians - If you are not a recurring monthly donor to the LP Illinois, please visit www.lpillinois.org/donate to set. If you cannot donate monthly, please consider a one-time donation. Also please consider Lifetime Memberships. If you are not a Precinct Committeeperson, please consider becoming one. The petition drive for our statewide candidates is in full swing and I've been on the streets. Please consider pledging signatures for the drive if you have not done so already. I've pledged 1000 volunteer signatures. See Bill Redpath to make your pledges. In Cook County, the slate was not challenged and all 5 countywide candidates will face off against Democrats in the general election, assuming Republicans do not run for a vacancy. Sheriff candidate Brad Sandefur successfully challenged the petitions of a neo-Nazi perennial candidate and there will not be any contested primaries. I sent an email appeal on March 22th detailing Cook County's court victory and Libertarian candidates in the primary elections where the party is established. No significant donations from this campaign, but lots of good information regarding Libertarian candidates. My all-time grand total is $7028.45. I set a personal goal of $10,000 for the year and hope to break that. 8 of the top 20 months for contribution aggregate have been since April 2021. March 2022 saw $1912.75, with much thanks to a Lifetime Membership. Regarding my donations and possible others not registering, I am working with Deb. Will report back when we dig deeper into the issue. I connected with former Congressman Joe Walsh, who is flirting with the party it appears by writing a piece for the LP News and participating at the LPTX convention. He pledged a donation and offered his platform to us. I encourage those who won auction items to secure those items in our archive at UIC to protect them from damage. Reach out to me about donations, as I just received instructions from our former archivist. Best, Justin Tucker Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Illinois

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March and April Treasurer's report
by treasurer＠lpillinois.org 17 May '22

17 May '22

To all, Sorry for posting the March report a month late. I did give a brief verbal report at the emergency meeting and forgot about the formal one last month. For ballot access, we have spent to date $6,250 in agreement with the Redpath campaign to share costs for paid petitioning. $3,125 was spent in April and another $3,125 has been spent this month. I had recorded 2 generous donations earmarked for ballot access specifically totaling $2,026.12. I consider these funds spent as we have spent more than that to date. Additional spending will be allocated from general donations. I also want to ask something from all the board members tonight and really all Libertarian Party members. June 26 is primary day and we Libertarians have a golden opportunity to petition outside of these poling locations. I do not know how many signatures we may get BUT gathering signatures outside of the poling place could yield fantastic results. I would ask that all Libertarian Party members take Primary Day off to stand outside of a polling precinct and gather signatures. Most downstate counties do not have enough people to canvass outside the precinct so we should not have any confrontations provided we are 100 feet away from the polling place. If the precinct is on private property, the property owner may ask us to leave so its best to use precincts that are public property such as schools or fire departments. I would be happy to assist any and all chairs with finding the largest voting locations (ie. Multiple precincts) for their volunteers. Ideally, no more than 4 volunteers at a location but I don't want a group of lone rangers either. I personally will be doing this so I'm not asking any party member to do something I am not willing to do myself. May 19 is the start of Early Voting in Illinois. All early voting locations will be at the clerk's office until at least June 1 if not later. Cook will start having early voting campuses around June 3 (due to ward maps) and suburban counties a bit after that. MOST downstate counties will not have additional early voting locations. If possible, I would also ask that party members be willing to give up a lunch break and petition at the county clerk's office for 1 or 2 days a week during early voting. If you don't know where that is, I can provide that information as well. I personally will be doing this. I'd like to remind you that I am a resource for your canvassing and election efforts. I have each statewide result and general assembly result broken down by precinct. If you want to go door to door for signatures, I can give you a list of voters that avoids bad demographics for us AND help you identify which precincts to canvas. Ideally, we want to canvas in precincts with high past LP votes. This is particularly true where the LP ran candidates in 2020 against incumbent Democratic candidates. Republicans in these precincts see the LP as "willing to do something" where the GOP refuses to do so as the district is too gerrymandered to be competitive. "Doing something" means they are more likely to sign particularly since the GOP primary is a mess and they can't be guaranteed the candidate they prefer. Again Finally, the numbers. April -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Agenda for 5/17 Meeting
by Steve Suess 16 May '22

16 May '22

(You may get this email twice - I got a weird message when I sent the first time) Hello everyone! Please find minutes from our last meeting and an agenda for tomorrow night attached. Please make sure to come if you can make it - we have 3 items of new business to take care of, including business that needs to happen before the LNC Convention in Reno next week. If you look at the minutes from last month, there is an appendix of minutes from our special session meeting on April 5 and reports from the March meeting that did not meet quorum. Thank you all for your hard work during this very busy time! Get those signatures, and we'll talk tomorrow night! Steve -- [image: facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/lpillinois> [image: twitter] <https://twitter.com/lpillinois> [image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-suess-16704928/> Steve Suess Chair, Libertarian Party of Illinois 815 483 4043 chair(a)lpillinois.org www.lpillinois.org PO Box 3611, Bloomington, IL 61702 <https://www.hubspot.com/email-signature-generator?utm_source=create-signatu…> <https://www.lpillinois.org/>

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Call For Agenda Items for 5/17/22 Meeting
by Steve Suess 12 May '22

12 May '22

Hello everyone, This is a call for agenda items for next week's meeting. Please respond with any business items in the thread. Thanks! Get those signatures! -- [image: facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/lpillinois> [image: twitter] <https://twitter.com/lpillinois> [image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-suess-16704928/> Steve Suess Chair, Libertarian Party of Illinois 815 483 4043 chair(a)lpillinois.org www.lpillinois.org PO Box 3611, Bloomington, IL 61702 <https://www.hubspot.com/email-signature-generator?utm_source=create-signatu…> <https://www.lpillinois.org/>

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Resolution Endorsing Illinois Senate Bill 589 and Illinois House Bill 3625
by scc5＠lpillinois.org 11 May '22

11 May '22

Good afternoon Libertarians, I would like to add the resolution below to the agenda. Sorry I don't have a Legislative Director email set up so I'm sending from the SCC rep email. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Bennett Resolution Endorsing Illinois Senate Bill 589 and Illinois House Bill 3625 WHEREAS, SB589 and HB3625 provide that beginning with the budget prepared for fiscal year 2023, the rate of growth of general funds appropriations shall not exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois median household income; WHEREAS, the Senate Bill has multipartisan support and 27 other states have tax or spending limits; WHEREAS, this legislation limits growth in state spending to historical growth in the state’s economy; WHEREAS, the Libertarian Party platform states that "(w)e support any initiative to reduce or abolish any tax, and oppose any increase on any tax for any reason"; WHEREAS, limits on large, unfounded spending increases serve as a protection for taxpayers; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Libertarian Party of Illinois endorses spending cap legislation, including SB589 and HB3625.

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