[Lnc-business] News from Illinois

[Sam Goldstein]

John, 

Would it be worth appealing that decision?

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Sam Goldstein, At Large Member
Libertarian National Committee
317-850-0726 Cell 

On 2020-05-15 13:09, john.phillips--- via Lnc-business wrote:

> Copy paste from the chair of IL 
> 
> Hello everyone, I have some good news and some bad news. 
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> I'll start with the bad news. Wednesday, I was made aware that our ballot access ruling had been appealed in court by the State Board of Elections. Our attorneys did not even expect the appeal to be heard, because the arguments were so weak. They expected it to die on the bench. The appeal was likely a political attack to try and keep our candidates off the ballot. 
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> Unfortunately, the appeal was heard today. We no longer have until August 7th to collect signatures. The new filling date is July 20th, three weeks earlier. 
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> The good news is that the judge only modified the timeline. She did not increase signature thresholds (which the SBOE was trying to ask for. They wanted 25%). Signature thresholds are still the same (10% of the original - ask myself, Donny Henry, or Jake Leonard if you need the specific number), and our President and Senate candidates are automatically on the ballot with zero signatures required. 
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> It's a disappointing decision, but we will power on, and hopefully this is all put to rest. Sad that the case was even heard, but it could've been much worse. 
> John Phillips
> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
> Cell 217-412-5973