[LPIL - Board of Directors] September/October 2023 Political Division report

[Jake Leonard]

All,

The attached is my combined Political Division report for the reporting 
months of September and October.

I do think we need to figure out soon what our priorities will be for 
2024. National's cash on hand continues to decline, the debts continue 
to increase, and there's really no guarantee as to whether we would get 
ballot access funding for our lone statewide race next year.

We already have a looming legal battle in McHenry County with LPIL as 
the defendant, and other legal battles in which we would be the 
plaintiff, things relating to our fiscal condition will be tight enough 
as it is. If we still decide to pursue the POTUS race, then we need as 
much financial support as possible to help cover a significant shortfall 
should National choose not to support our drive. Anything that would 
meet our budget line for ballot access would be gratefully appreciated, 
as we've fallen short of those goals in the past few years.

At the same time, our candidates at the local level should not be 
ignored or neglected. We've made that mistake over the years by 
prioritizing statewide candidates over local candidates. We need a 
delicate balance to support both. Unfortunately, with only one statewide 
race, helping our local candidates -- primary and general -- is 
currently a much higher priority in 2024 that the POTUS race.

We need to let the Republicans and Democrats playing games with some of 
our hard-earned primaries that we're not effing around. We're the bear 
that they've been poking for 50+ years, and it's time for them to 
discover the outcome of "F around and find out." They should have 
learned their lessons from the numerous lawsuits we've won against the 
government, but they still haven't to this day. They still continue to 
intrude and rule where we can and cannot hold our primaries.

I'm getting sick and tired of the duopoly's (as in the socialist 
Democratic Party and the Democrat-lite party known as the Illinois GOP) 
crap and you should too.

-- 
*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
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