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Illinois Press/Media List
by Paul DiMasi 06 Sep '24

06 Sep '24

All, This was mentioned on the last call, and I figured it would be useful all around. Some of this was from a list Justin had his hands on. I added to it mostly just using Wikipedia for finding media outlets and then going to each outlet's website for general contact information. I have only ever used it for something related to Dan Robin's campaign last October. Perhaps it would be of better use in the right hands. Paul DiMasi 847-917-0143

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Issue With Logging in to LPIllinois.org (CiviCRM)
by Kevin Mahoney 12 Dec '23

12 Dec '23

Kelly, I hope you can help me or steer me to whoever can solve this CiviCRM problem. I've been unable to log in to the LP Illinois CiviCRM for a couple of weeks now. Here's what is happening: I go to the lpillinois.org site and enter my login and password. I then get my 2FA authentication number in my personal email. Then, no matter if I enter the authentication number in my login page, or click on the "Continue" link in the 2FA email, that is where everything stops. If I hit "continue", it stops at https://lpillinois.org/wp-admin/ If I enter the authorization number on the original login, it stops at https://lpillinois.org/wp-login.php?action=itsec-2fa&itsec-hb-token=act A few times, a CAPTCHA page has come up, I was able to proceed to the login, but it still hangs up as above. I've tried different browsers with the same result (I get a 500 error with Edge, or it takes me to the public site, not CRM). Also, once I've tried to log in, unless I clear all my history and cache, if I try again, it goes directly to the logout (https://lpillinois.org/wp-login.php?itsec-hb-token=act&loggedout=true&wp_la…) I don't know, maybe my bookmark is corrupted or something. Can you send me the link to our CRM page, maybe that would help. Thanks. -- Kevin Mahoney Membership Director Libertarian Party of Illinois

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Executive Director Report - August 2022
by Justin Tucker 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

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. Thanks to all our donors, both new and recurring. We just paid for a petition drive and we need to rebuild the treasury. Become a donor today! If you are not a Precinct Committeeperson, please consider becoming one. If you are in an established county, start planning the next PC elections. Meanwhile, the information on https://lpillinois.org/precinct-committeemen/ should be updated. The GOP has filled vacancies in Cook County. There will be some three-way races, but we were able to work together and successfully challenge some of the vacancies, and now there will be key two-way races in Cook County. The CCLCC was sent notice by the Cook County Clerk's Office of the "Established Political Party Lottery" to be held tomorrow. I wrote an appeal and sent it to the Ex Com. Seeing no further suggestions, I am going to schedule that one for tomorrow morning. In the month of July, we brought in a total of $582.51. So far in August, we've brought in $2274.21. Again, we just paid for a petition drive and need to replenish our coffers. Please reach into your couch cushions, put aside a few coffees, and or whatever you can spare, large or small, to help rebuild. My all-time haul as ED is $11,380.62 9 of the top 20 months for contribution aggregate have been since April 2021. I am seeking another term as Chair of the Cook County Libertarian Central Committee. I seek to institute a plan for 2024 Ward Committeeperson races, update our bylaws to better comply with IL law, and to fill vacancies in Cook County townships. Please vote for me if you plan to attend the CCLCC convention next Wednesday in Oak Park. Visit here for more details regarding the CCLCC convention: https://lpchicago.org/event/2022-cook-county-libertarian-central-committee-… I followed up with again JB Pritzker's staffer regarding a meeting with Libertarian constituents. Still no reply. I encourage folks to secure their Libertarian memorabilia in our archive at UIC to protect them from damage. Reach out to me about donations. I plan on boxing up some things and making a donation soon. Thank you for letting me serve you as Executive Director. Best, Justin Tucker Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Illinois

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SCC Meeting 4/23 7 PM
by Ken Mattes 06 May '23

06 May '23

I'm calling for any agenda items for the SCC meeting 4/23 at 7 PM. The one item of old business is the change to the proposed amendment to article VI section C. Attached are the minutes from the past two meetings which need approval. -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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Reminder on unique Lists used for the Illinois LP
by Bob Blair-Smith II 21 Apr '23

21 Apr '23

Good afternoon Illinois State Central Committee and Libertarian Party of Illinois Board members, Just a quick reminder that the State party email lists for SCC and BoD are now, and have been kept current, and should be used whenever possible for the explicit members in ongoing communications intended for those distinct memberships. So that you are able to direct specific communications to the members of those committees, here are the unique list email addresses to use for each membership group: State Board of Directors (BoD): lpil-bod(a)lists.lpillinois.org State Central Committee (SCC): lpil-SCC(a)lists.lpillinois.org Thank you as always to IT Operations Director Kelly Liebmann who has been most helpful and responsive to the various changes resulting from recent meetings. (especially in the past month or so). Of course, we will strive to respond as quickly as possible if there are omissions or issues with email list or account credentials/use including if you are trying to use with a mobile app such as Apple Mail, gmail or Yahoo Mail apps. We do have solutions and expertise in the IT Division to help you; just let Kelly (IToperations(a)lpillinois.org) or myself (it(a)lpillinois.org) know and we will gladly assist for any issues pertaining to our www.lpillinois.org [1]website, or using email with an app or your email account access! -- Live Free, Bob Blair-Smith II Libertarian Party of Illinois IT Division Director it(a)lpillinois.org (630) 401-5788 Links: ------ [1] https://www.lpillinois.org

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April BoD meeting minutes
by Ken Mattes 20 Apr '23

20 Apr '23

April BoD meeting minutes attached. -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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April Convention Committee minutes
by Ken Mattes 19 Apr '23

19 Apr '23

Minutes attached. -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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Treasurer's Report
by treasurer＠lpillinois.org 18 Apr '23

18 Apr '23

The candidate training in March had 10 attendees and was well received by attendees. I have also started an initiative to provide a new member orientation meeting once a month. This meeting is 30 minutes long and is focused on candidate responsibilities between state and county parties, ballot access needs and a call to action for new members to volunteer their time, talents and money to our party. I have been extending an invitation to roughly 20 members in Sangamon County each month in an attempt to find more volunteers in the county where I live. If you believe this orientation would be beneficial for your county party, I'm happy to share the presentation with you. Just email a request to treasurer(a)lpillinois.org <mailto:treasurer@lpillinois.org> . Russ Clark Treasurer Libertarian Party of Illinois -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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For Discussion in Tue, Apr 18 LPIL Board Meeting--Proposed Ballot Access Legislation
by bad＠lpillinois.org 18 Apr '23

18 Apr '23

Senator or Representative XXXX: I am writing to ask for changes to Illinois ballot access laws to make it easier for Third Party and Independent candidates for public office to appear on the ballot. I hope that at least some of these changes proposed below can be considered for the omnibus election legislation still being written this session. Illinois has some of the most restrictive ballot access laws in this nation. This can easily be seen by looking at the 2022 General Election results. While it is true that the Libertarian Party was able to place a slate of statewide candidates on the ballot, there were 118 Illinois House and 59 Illinois Senate district elections, none of which had a Third Party or Independent candidate on the ballot. While there was one Third Party and one Independent candidate on the ballot among the 17 US House district elections, I do not know if they made the ballot because they gathered a sufficient number of signatures or because they were not challenged. Illinois has the second most difficult petitioning requirement in the nation for US House elections. Except in years that end with the number “2,” the signature requirement for Independent and Third Party candidates for US House is 5% of the total votes for that office in the previous election. Only Georgia has a tougher requirement, which is 5% of the number of registered voters in that district. In years that end with the number “2,” the requirements are 5,000 valid signatures for US House, 3,000 valid signatures for Illinois Senate, and 1,500 valid signatures for Illinois House. Illinois also has a 5% of the total last vote petition requirement for Third Party and Independent candidates for Illinois House and Illinois Senate. Attached please find an Excel spreadsheet that calculates how many signatures will be needed to get on the ballot for 2024 US House, Illinois House and Illinois Senate elections. On average, it will take about 12,000 valid signatures to be gathered within 90 days in highly gerrymandered congressional districts to place a non-R, non-D US House candidate on the 2024 ballot. To get that many valid signatures means that it will take 18,000+ total signatures to get just one US House candidate on the ballot. It will take an average of about 1,600 valid signatures to get on the ballot for Illinois House, and about 3,000 valid signatures to get on the ballot for Illinois Senate in highly gerrymandered districts. If a non-R, non-D party wanted to run candidates for all US House, Illinois House and Illinois Senate districts in 2024, it would take at least 675,000 total signatures to get those candidates on the ballot. Include a statewide petition to put a presidential ticket on the ballot, and that number will increase to over 700,000 total signatures. The petitioning requirement for 2026 will be even higher due to more people voting in the presidential election year of 2024. Here are the changes that should be made to Illinois election law: #1: Substantially reduce the number of required signatures for candidates to get on the ballot. I will address that with more specificity below. #2: Allow a period for petitioning longer than the current 90 days, which generally runs from late March to late June, along with a later deadline for petitioning. #3: Eliminate the law that states that voters can sign only one petition for a given office for the general election. #4: Eliminate the law that bars petitioners from petitioning for the candidates of more than one political party. The fact of the matter is that most petitioning is done by professional petitioners. This law is in place simply to make it relatively difficult for non-R, non-D candidates to get on the general election ballot, because the best paid petitioners petition for R & D candidates in the primary, after which they are legally barred from petitioning for non-R, non-D candidates to get on the ballot for the General Election. #5: End the petition challenge process and have petition signatures verified by State Board of Elections employees. This is what is done in the vast majority of states. The petition challenge process is a Kafkaesque process by which challengers attempt to terrorize, through large expenses and big hassles, potential candidates off the ballot. It is a political sport to try to kick candidates off the ballot (including Primary election ballots) in Illinois, and that should stop. #6: Create a party petition process. Illinois only has candidate petitions. Illinois is one of eleven (11) states that does not have a party petition process, whereby signatures are gathered to allow a political party to place their candidates on the ballot before those candidates are selected. Neighboring states Missouri and Wisconsin have party petitions with only a 10,000 valid signature requirement that then allows a political party to place candidates on the ballot for any and all offices in that state. #7: Reduce the ballot access retention requirement. Illinois law requires getting 5% of the vote for Governor for a political party to become a fully recognized political party. The median vote retention requirement among all the states is 2%, and that usually applies to any statewide office. #8: Allow changed petition language that does not imply that signers are part of the political party formation process. It is my understanding that Illinois law requires such language. Petition language should be clear that the petition signer is just signing to allow a political party or a candidate to appear on the ballot. #9: Allow multiple turn-ins of petitions to the State Board of Elections, with validity percentage feedback from the State Board of Elections. It is my understanding that current Illinois law allows only one petition turn-in, which often makes parties and candidates gather far more signatures than needed to get on the ballot and generally makes the petitioning process more difficult and uncertain. Attached please find an article on model ballot access legislation from the Harvard Journal on Legislation from 1999. While the article is 24 years old, and some of the information in it is dated (e.g., paid petitioning is much more expensive than $2 per signature these days), the recommendations for ballot access legislation are still appropriate. In summary, the model ballot access legislation calls for: A: A party petition that qualifies a political party to place a candidate on the ballot for all offices in a state by gathering the signatures of 0.1% of the registered voters of that state between January 1 and August 15 of that election year; and B: A candidate petition (for Third Party or Independent candidates) that qualifies them for the ballot by gathering the signatures of 0.1% of the registered voters in their district between January 1 and August 15 of that election year; and C: A political party that qualifies for the ballot by having 0.05% of the registered voters in that state registered with that political party, as per the description in the Harvard model ballot access legislation (although this would not be applicable to Illinois unless party voter registration is enacted in Illinois); and D: A political party qualifies for the ballot if any statewide candidate in either of the two previous statewide elections earns at least 1% of the vote, and, if that does not occur, a political party can place a district candidate on the ballot if its candidate earned at least 1% of the vote in that district’s election in either of the last two General Elections. It is my understanding that there is an omnibus election bill being considered in the Illinois legislature this session. I respectfully request you to sponsor and vote for legislation incorporating A, B & D above, or to work to have it included in the omnibus election legislation. Please let me know if you are willing to work for ballot access relief in Illinois. Thank you very much. Bill Redpath 1303 Westley Lane West Dundee, IL. 60118-3545 (703) 864-2132 (cell) wredpath2(a)yahoo.com Chair, Libertarian Party of Illinois

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chair@lpillinois.org email...
by bad＠lpillinois.org 18 Apr '23

18 Apr '23

...is not coming to me. Can the appropriate person see that such email is sent to me? Thanks, Bill Redpath

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