December 2024 - Lpil-bod - Moellman Enterprises Email

Executive Director Report - October 2024
by Justin Tucker 12 Aug '25

12 Aug '25

Thank you to all our donors, both new and recurring. If you are not a recurring monthly donor to LP Illinois, please visit www.lpillinois.org and click DONATE. A monthly donation of $5, $10, $25, or any amount helps out a lot. If you cannot donate monthly, please consider a one-time donation. Also please consider Lifetime Memberships, which will get you into future conventions. We paid for a convention earlier this year and are having an Election Night Watch Party, so please help us replenish the treasury. Please reach into your couch cushions, put aside a few coffees, and give whatever you can spare, large or small, to help rebuild. Become a donor today by clicking here: https://lpillinois.org/contribute/donate/. If you are not a Precinct Committeeperson, please consider becoming one. Visit https://lpillinois.org/precinct-committeemen/ to learn more. All-time is $31,753.27 give or take. I have recently audited my donations. There are a few things I'd like to discuss with the Treasurer offline regarding some of the donations. My donors brought in $502.70 in August thanks to several large donations and $167.25 in September. Cook County ballots in at least one precinct do not give the option to vote for Michael Murphy, the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court candidate. We are waiting to hear back from the Clerk County Clerk's attorney to find out more. If you have a Cook County mail-in ballot that does not give an option to vote for our candidates, call the Cook County Clerk's office. Chris Laurent appeared on Hard Lens Media's morning YouTube show yesterday to discuss the misprinted ballots. E-mails to the general list went out regarding the slate and announcing the Chicagoland Election Night Watch Party, happening on Nov. 5. Food and drinks were provided. I sent out a press release announcing our slate of candidates. Craig Dellamore read it and asked to interview Kopinski but Kopinski was admitted to the hospital. I served jury duty, so I missed the Cato Institute program last week. Jury duty was an eye-opening experience and I recommend everyone do it if they can. I attended the fundraiser for Chris Laurent last Saturday with Tsatsoulis and Humay. Please consider donations to Libertarian candidates. Candidates who are fundraising can see me to send an e-mail out to our list as I did in previous election cycles. The task force created last meeting drafted flyers and the Oliver / ter Maat campaign expressed no objections. The task force has hundreds of flyers ready to distribute. The Facebook campaign is the next step. I will be running a write-in candidacy for State Rep in the 39th House District. Write in Justin Tucker if that is your district. My opponent is Will Guzzardi who voted for HB4488. I start classes toward a Paralegal Certificate from DePaul University on Oct. 29. I want to use my certificate for liberty. Thanks to all our candidates, volunteers, donors, and voters who made a difference this election cycle. Thank you. Write in Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat for President and Vice President. Vote Libertarian. Best, Justin Tucker Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Illinois

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Re: [LPIL - Board of Directors] Request for legal assistance
by Ken Mattes 31 Dec '24

31 Dec '24

If above $1,000 we would need the SCC to approve. On 2024-12-30 15:52, treasurer(a)lpillinois.org wrote: > It's probably in the neighborhood of 4k. That's the typical filing fee > for > federal court. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Tucker <executivedirector(a)lpillinois.org> > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2024 9:16 AM > To: treasurer(a)lpillinois.org > Cc: Ken Mattes <secretary(a)lpillinois.org>; Matthew Piron > <ViceChair(a)lpillinois.org> > Subject: Re: Request for legal assistance > > I am fine with it. How much? > > On 2024-12-27 16:44, treasurer(a)lpillinois.org wrote: >> To all: >> >> I wanted to get the approval of the executive >> committee before I contact Andrew Finko on my recount. >> >> For my county board election, a partial recount was requested by my >> Democratic opponent. I was not notified of the recount by the County >> Clerk and was not able to be present during the discovery recount of 2 >> precincts. A discovery recount is where the clerk's office hand >> recounts the race including all the blank, voids, and scatters and >> reviews all mailed in ballots for validity. Their take on Illinois >> election law was to only notify the winner, my Republican opponent. I >> believe this is a 14th Amendment violation as I was denied the >> opportunity to view the ballot recount. The date was not published >> publicly, to my knowledge, until after it had occurred. My view is >> that we could sue and win but I have no clear remedy. I already have >> ballot access, such as it were, due to my 6% result. >> >> I have now been sued by my Democratic opponent to force the County >> Clerk to declare her the election winner. The issue here is that my >> vote tallies have not been included in her statement of facts for the >> lawsuit and with only an 8 vote difference between the two opponents, >> it would be to the Democratic opponent's advantage to "waterfall" >> votes from my tally to hers. I could now use the 14th Amendment >> violation to cause a complete discovery recount of the entire contest. >> >> Would the committee be in support of paying for Andrew's initial fees? >> I believe it is very likely that I will win and Andrew's fees will be >> paid for by the Sangamon County Clerk. I will keep the committee and >> party appraised of the activity and if Andrew is willing to take the >> case. >> >> Russ Clark > > -- > Best, > Justin Tucker > Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Illinois -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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LPIL BoD Meeting 12/18 7:30 PM
by Ken Mattes 24 Dec '24

24 Dec '24

Please send any agenda items. -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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