Fellow Republicans, 

 

This week’s headline news highlighted the unanimous United States Supreme Court decision to reinstate former President Donald Trump to ballots across the country and President Biden's failures were on display at the State of the Union.

 

The Supreme Court ruling highlights what we’ve stated repeatedly, that previous decisions to remove President Trump from the ballot were made by activist judges and unelected bureaucrats pursuing their own partisan agenda. This decision is a victory for voters, who will now have an opportunity to choose who represents them in the White House.

 

In addition, President Biden delivered (hopefully) his final State of the Union where he claimed Bidenomics is working, the economy is booming, the border is secure, and America is dominant on the world stage – but voters know better. Biden has only delivered crises, failures, and broken promises. Fewer than four in 10 registered voters say Biden deserves to be reelected according to Gallup. Just like Bidenflation, Biden’s third-year disapproval rating is at a 40-year high.

 

President Biden’s address sent a clear message that four years of his presidency is all we can afford. What has the Biden-Pritzker agenda done for Illinois families? A migrant crisis straining the resources of this city and state, emboldened criminals across the country to commit brazen crimes knowing they will likely be let right back onto the streets IF they are caught, and food prices that remain staggeringly high for families. We as Republicans must come together to restore fiscal sanity and safe neighborhoods to our state and country. It is incumbent upon us to elect Republicans up and down the ticket to take back the statehouse, win majorities in Congress, and right the ship for our children and grandchildren. In just 8 months, we can retire Joe Biden and build a better future for our Illinois families!

Early voting is well underway, do you want to sign up to vote by mail to "Bank Your Vote"? You have until March 14 to apply, but you'll have to turn your ballot around and drop it off or get it in the mail by March 19. Sign up to Vote By Mail here. Please encourage family, friends and colleagues to both vote now in the Primary in person or by mail and take the pledge to Bank Your Vote in the general election this fall. 
 
 
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We examined the voting records of all of the commissioned Republican election judges in the City of Chicago and in suburban Cook County. It is apparent that far too many Republican election judges actually have a history of voting in Democratic primaries. We simply must do a better job of filling our Republican election judge positions with actual Republicans. If we do not fill these positions, the Democrats will. I encourage any Republican who lives in Cook County to take the extra step in participating in the electoral process by becoming an election judge. We need you! Please contact CJ, our Election Integrity Director for more information. 
 

 

In case you have recently moved or just wish to check your registration status go to https://ova.elections.il.gov/RegistrationLookup.aspx to make sure that your voter registration is up to date ahead of the crucial 2024 election cycle.

To find out how you can help save Illinois, go to the Illinois Election Integrity Program website at ieip.org. Volunteer for as little or as much as you are able! Volunteers can help by joining the Illinois Election Integrity Program. Please reach out to CJ, our Election Integrity Director for further assistance.
 
 

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Dolton, IL Mayor Tiffany Henyard made headlines this week after blocking a probe into excessive spending on the taxpayer dime, including first class flights to Las Vegas, lavish personal spending, and even cash doled out for a personal police detail despite the village’s relatively small population.  Meanwhile, Dolton’s debts remain unpaid with untold numbers of vendors still owed thousands dating back to at least 2002. Multiple vendors are owed at least 6 figures in unpaid payments.

 

And when local officials attempted to get to the bottom of where the money is going, how did the mayor respond? She vetoed the proposal to open an inquiry. 

 

ILGOP Chairman Don Tracy released the following statement:

 

“Another day, another Illinois Democrat is facing a corruption inquiry. That makes over a dozen during my tenure as Illinois Republican Party Chairman alone, and conveniently for him, Attorney General Kwame Raoul is never involved. Since taking over as Attorney General in 2019, Raoul has avoided every opportunity to take substantive action to address public corruption in what can be described as nothing short of a dereliction of duty. Raoul must show he is willing to take on public corruption or voters should start calling for an Attorney General who will.”

The Parents Matter Coalition (PMC) was started by a group of Illinois parents concerned with protecting their children. As the state of Illinois continues to encroach upon parents’ right to be involved in their children’s lives – particularly within the context of major life-altering decisions such as abortion or gender modifying therapies and treatments – PMC came together to push back against the government’s interference in parent-child relationships. Together, the coalition introduced a ballot initiative (referred to as the ‘Right to Parent’ initiative) that poses a very simple question: should parental consent be required for any minor child to receive life-altering treatments? If the 500,000 signature minimum is met by April of 2024, this question will appear on the ballot of every voter in the state on Election Day. The Parents Rights Initiative is a signature petition drive to support a Ballot Advisory Question (BAQ) to collect 500,000 signatures to secure a place on the November 2024 General Election Ballot. We will do this when we engage 50,000 volunteer circulators from around the state representing a multitude of organizations all committed to a parent’s right to parent their minor children. Please help us gather the 500,000 signatures needed to get this on the Fall ballot by printing the petition form from the website and asking your family, friends and colleagues to sign the petition.
 

Thank you for all you do and for supporting the Illinois Republican Party.


Sincerely,


Don Tracy


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