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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 District 16 Resignation
by Bennett Morris 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

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LP Illinois Policy Survey - Results
by Paul DiMasi 25 May '23

25 May '23

Good Afternoon, Attached are the results of the policy survey. Quick explanation of each attachment: PDF document titled "Policy Survey Summary": Basic overview of results, but does not include written responses. MS Excel document titled "Policy Survey Summary": Same as the PDF document, but in Excel format MS Word document titled "Policy Survey plus individual responses": This is probably what you would want to review first for the best overall snapshot as it includes the written responses to open-ended questions. MS Excel document titled "Policy Survey Details": This is the raw data that can be sorted, filtered, etc... for analytical purposes. Any questions - please let me know. Thanks, Paul DiMasi

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LP Illinois Membership Survey - Results
by Paul DiMasi 25 May '23

25 May '23

Good Morning, Attached are the results of the membership survey. Quick explanation of each attachment: PDF document titled "2023 Survey Summary": Basic overview of results, but does not include written responses. MS Excel document titled "LP Illinois Membership Survey Summary": Same as the PDF document, but in Excel format MS Word document titled "2023 Membership Survey plus individual responses": This is probably what you would want to review first for the best overall snapshot as it includes the written responses to open-ended questions. MS Excel document titled "LP Illinois Membership Survey Details": This is the raw data that can be sorted, filtered, etc... for analytical purposes. I also have a PDF file containing every individual response, but it's 522 pages long. If anyone wants this, let me know and we'll figure out a way to get this file to you. Any questions - please let me know. Thanks, Paul DiMasi

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Re: [LPIL - Board of Directors] Fwd: Needing help. Reached out via Fb
by Ken Mattes 22 May '23

22 May '23

I verified that Mr. Virgin is a member and that Mr. Florey sent this message several times due to a technical glitch. If more members of the BoD are interested we can take action on a resolution or other actions by email or at the 6/20 BoD meeting. On 2023-05-22 21:59, Nathan Florey via Lpil-bod wrote: > Hello everyone, > I didn't want to doing anything without input from the state > party. Attached is an email I received (along with attachments) asking > for help. He has already reached out to We Are the Power, waiting for > a reply, and was curious if we could help us well. I was thinking > Along the lines of making noise in the media and social media. What > do you think? > > Nathan Florey > > -------- Original Message -------- > > SUBJECT: > Needing help. Reached out via Fb > > DATE: > 2023-05-16 22:00 > > FROM: > jvirgin7713 <jvirgin7713(a)gmail.com> > > TO: > communicationsdeputy(a)lpillinois.org > > Good Evening, > > My name is Justin Virgin and I am a current member of the Libertarian > Party of Illinois. > > Today the 1st Amendment came directly under attack via an Emergency > Order of Protection against myself for posting memes of public > officials and their dishonest followers. I am a firm believer in > Government accountability. And here we have an abuse of the system. A > system that was designed to help protect people who truly need it. > > These allegations against me are false. They are an indirect > retaliation for my involvement in the Joliet Municipal Elections that > saw a corrupt Bob Okekirk get smoked in a 2-1 landslide loss. Mary > Beth Gannon is one of the former Mayors operatives. I have never seen > her in person and have never taken her picture in any store. The photo > was sent to me in 2022. As you will see in her GRANTED order. She > claims the picture was take on 3/28/2023. Which is refuted by the > attached ss. Fb took down the post on January 17th 2022. > > April 11th never happened either. I can refute her claim with my own > bank statements showing I was in Tennessee on April 11th. I also > visited a dispensary ok April 11th in Southern Illinois. This video > will be available soon. > > I need all the help I can get here. The press will undoubtedly be > running it in am and you know they're not calling me for a comment. > > I am in contact with We Are The People. I do plan on having a > conference call with them on Friday. > > Our constitution was attacked today. We need to defend the 1st as if > it was the 2nd. It's just as important. > > Send help! > > Thank You, > > Justin Virgin -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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April P.D. Report and additional notes
by Jake Leonard 21 May '23

21 May '23

All, Apologies for the delay in getting the April report in. There wasn't much happening in the three weeks since the April meeting, which is why there isn't a May report. All divisional developments from the month of May will be in the June report. With the likely potential that we will opt not to petition for the only statewide race in Illinois for 2024 (POTUS/VP), we may need to prepare to focus on petitioning drives for other races from county-level to General Assembly. Jim Humay, Regional Deputy Director for the Chicago/Cook & DuPage Counties region has been reaching out to those who previously expressed interest in running for General Assembly in 2022, but never responded to email or phone communications leading up to said election cycle. We're hoping that some of them will opt to run in 2024, regardless of whether the Cook County Clerk and the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners want to play their dirty political games like they did two years ago when it came to our established party status in the county. We have two more inquiries within his region since the April meeting: * *Phillip Perez* o First contact: April 27, 2023 o Resident of Posen - 9th Congressional District/SCC Representative: Jason Decker o Current trustee, Posen Park District o Seeking to run in Senate District 15. SD15 runs into parts of Will and Kankakee counties, so signature requirements would based on new party/independent rules. Established in Cook and Kankakee counties, not currently established in Will County. District often runs uncontested Democrat, currently held by Sen. Napoleon Harris. /All or parts of //Beecher, Blue Island, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Burnham, Calumet City, Chicago, Chicago Heights, Country Club Hills, Crestwood, Crete, Dixmoor, Dolton, East Hazel Crest, Flossmoor, Ford Heighs, Glenwood, Goodenow, Harvey, Hazel Crest, Homewood, Kankakee, Lansing, Lynwood, Manteno, Markham, Midlothian, Momence, Oak Forest, Olympia Fields, Park Forest, Peotone, Phoenix, Posen, Riverdale, Robbins, Sauk Village, South Chicago Heights, South Holland, Steger, Thornton, Tinley Park, and University Park./ o Nearest chapter (currently): Libertarian Party of Chicago (at least until South Cook Libertarians reestablishes) o Will be attending a LPC meet-and-greet in Blue Island on May 20 * *Aris Garcia* o First contact: May 11, 2023 o Resident of Streamwood - 8th Congressional District/SCC Representative: Julie Fox o Seeking to run in Senate District 22. SD22 runs into parts of Cook and Kane counties, so signature requirements would based on new party/independent rules. Current sitting state Sen. Cristina Castro has run uncontested the past couple/few cycles. Established in Cook County, not currently established in Kane County. /All or parts of Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Carpentersville, East Dundee, Elgin, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, South Barrington, South Elgin, and Streamwood./ o Has previous experience working as a project manager for Sen. Castro a couple of election cycles ago, worked the position to get insight and experience o Immigrant from Germany who is a naturalized citizen, small business owner, late 20s o The 2022 Libertarian ticket (statewide + countywide) did perform quite well in the Cook County portion of this district. o Nearest chapters: Northwest Cook Libertarians, Libertarian Party of Chicago, Fox Valley Libertarians Only one other candidate inquiry came in since the April meeting, and I'm handling that currently: * *Curtis Ryan* o First contact: May 11, 2023 o Formerly of Decatur, now residing in Taylorville - 15th Congressional District/SCC Representative: John Phillips Jr. o Was briefly in the running for 2022 gubernatorial race before dropping out o Initial campaign interest: Senate District 54. SD54 runs into parts or all of Christian, Cumberland, Effingham, Macon, Macoupin, Menard, Montgomery, Moultrie, Sangamon, and Shelby counties. Montgomery County is only established county within district. Went uncontested Republican in 2022, represented by Sen. Steve McClure. /All or parts of Assumption, Athens, Auburn, Carlinville, Chatham, Decatur, Effingham, Gillespie, Girard, Hillsboro, Litchfield, Macon, Moweaqua, Neoga, Pana, Raymond, Riverton, Shelbyville, Sherman, Sullivan, Taylorville, Virden, Williamsville, etc./ o Open to: Christian County Circuit Clerk OR Christian County Coroner. Would be a target campaign in Christian County due to being a collar county around currently established Montgomery County. /Could be manageable if we can maintain between 627 and 1,003 signatures based on the 5% to 8% range, but this is still an early projection until the official numbers come out from County Clerk Jodie Badman next year./ o Chapter in rebuilding: ChrisMont Libertarian Central Committee (estimated re-establishment: April 2024) -- *Jake Leonard* *Interim Chairman and Executive Director | ChrisMont Libertarian Central Committee* (/Christian County, Montgomery County/) /*Congress*: 15/ | /*Montgomery County*: Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois House 107/108/110/ | /*Christian County*: Illinois Senate 48/54, Illinois House 95/96/107/108/ *Political Director | Libertarian Party of Illinois* 800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415 *Mobile*: (217) 565-9709 <tel:2175659709> | (217) 565-9273 <tel:2175659273> || *Work*: (217) 569-4230 ext. 700 <tel:2175694230,700> | (217) 718-5281 <tel:2177185281> || *Fax*: (217) 717-8079 <tel:2177178079> -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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More detailed report on Candidate Recruitment
by Jake Leonard 18 May '23

18 May '23

I had a little bit of extra time to draft up a more detailed analysis on where we stand with candidates from 2024 to 2026. As you will notice, there is currently more focus on 2024 as there is only one potential candidate for 2025 and I haven't seen any early interest for our nomination for statewide offices in 2026. I had to do some significant digging. Not just from previous divisional reports, but also from my email archives -- both from Outlook (2016-2022) and Thunderbird (2023 to date). Jim, if you need any of the Chicago/Cook/DuPage names that you don't already have, I'll get a more detailed list for you. For those local affiliates currently without a regional deputy director, if you would like to reach out to candidates in your area, please let me know and I'll send their information to you -- especially in case if you might have deleted any previous communications from their prior interest in running. -- *Jake Leonard* *Interim Chairman and Executive Director | ChrisMont Libertarian Central Committee* (/Christian County, Montgomery County/) /*Congress*: 15/ | /*Montgomery County*: Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois House 107/108/110/ | /*Christian County*: Illinois Senate 48/54, Illinois House 95/96/107/108/ *Political Director | Libertarian Party of Illinois* 800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415 *Mobile*: (217) 565-9709 <tel:2175659709> | (217) 565-9273 <tel:2175659273> || *Work*: (217) 569-4230 ext. 700 <tel:2175694230,700> | (217) 718-5281 <tel:2177185281> || *Fax*: (217) 717-8079 <tel:2177178079> -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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May BoD Meeting 5/9 7:30 PM
by Ken Mattes 11 May '23

11 May '23

I'm calling for agenda items for the Board of Directors meeting on 5/9 at 7:30 PM. -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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