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UNION LEADERSHIP WILL JOIN US

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TOMORROW NIGHT.

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>> IN A TYPICAL YEAR ILLINOIS

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WOULD BE DEEP IN THE THROES OF

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CAMPAIGN SEASON.

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THE PRIMARY WOULD BE TAKING

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PLACE NEXT WEEK.

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INSTEAD ELECTION SEASON IS JUST

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GETTING UNDERWAY THE FIRST DAY

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CANDIDATES WERE ABLE TO FILE TO

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RUN INTO A JUNE PRIMARY.

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AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH

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MORE.

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>> YEAH, PARIS IT WAS COLD AND

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SNOWY IN ILLINOIS' CAPITAL CITY

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BUT NO MATTER.

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FOLKS SCORES REALLY SPENT HOURS

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OUTSIDE AND ALIGNED IN A

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NON-DISCRIPT STRIP MALL WHERE

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THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF

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ELECTIONS IS BASED.

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SIMILAR HOW FOLKS USED TO CAMP

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OUT AND BUY CONCERT TICKETS.

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THESE WERE NOT JUST RANDOM

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ANYBODIES.

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SOME WERE PROMINENT POLITICIANS

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OTHERS ARE ASPIRING TO BE.

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>> THAT'S DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.

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IT IS A SPECIAL DAY.

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AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND

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THIS IS HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE.

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>> I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AN

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IMPORTANT PHASE IN THE PROCESS

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OF GETTING YOUR NAME ON THE

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BALLOT AND IT STARTS WITH THE

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PETITIONS.

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I'M HONORED TO HAVE PEOPLE HELP

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ME CIRCULATE MY PETITION.

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>> WE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE FROM

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VOTERS AT THE DOORS AND YOU WILL

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SEE THAT WEE WE FILE OUR

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PETITIONS.

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WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT CAMPAIGN

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SEASON 2022.

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>> THAT IS A CUSTOM TO GET MEDIA

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ATTENTION AND A CHANCE FOR A LEG

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UP.

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ANYONE IN LINE TO FILE PETITIONS

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BY THE TIME ELECTION AUTHORITIES

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OPEN THEIR DOORS THIS MORNING

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HAD A CHANCE TO BE LISTED FIRST

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FOR THEIR RACE ON THE BALLOT.

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A POSITION THAT COULD MAKE A

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DIFFERENCE IF THERE IS A CLOSE

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CONTEST N ORDER TO MAKE IT ON

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THE BALLOT ILLINOIS CANDIDATES

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HAVE TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FROM

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REGISTERED VOTERS.

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THE AMOUNT VARIES, BUT FOR

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STATE-WIDE CANDIDATES THOUSANDS

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OF SIGNATURES ARE REQUIRED.

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SOME CANDIDATES FILING FOR LOCAL

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OFFICE HERE IN COOK COUNTY

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SOUNDED LESS THAN ENTHUSED.

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>> THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT

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ELECTION I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED

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IN.

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FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS CHICAGO.

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THIS IS WINTER, THERE IS A

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PANDEMIC.

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THEY SQUEEZED US USUALLY WE HAVE

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90 DAYS WE HAD 60 DAYS TO GET

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PETITIONS.

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PEOPLE DID NOT ANSWER THEIR

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DOORS.

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LOVE RING CAMERAS THEY DON'T

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WORK FOR US.

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>> THIS IS THE MOST CHALLENGING

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PETITION DRIVE WE'VE HAD IN

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LARGE PART BECAUSE OF WEATHER

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AND THE SHORTENED TIME PERIOD.

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AND THE PANDEMIC I MEAN

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EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF MADE

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IT MORE CHALLENGING.

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>> COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT

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TONI PRECKWINKLE HAS DONE THIS

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ROUTINE BEFORE AND IS RUNNING

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FOR A FOURTH TERM OF OFFICE SHE

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HAS HELD SINCE 2010.

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AND PRECKWINKLE IS CHAIR OF THE

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COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY SO

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SHE HAS RESPONSIBILITIES TO

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INSURE THAT PETITIONS FOR OTHER

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CANDIDATES SLATED BY THE PARTY

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ARE IN ORDER.

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PRECKWINKLE DID NOT MENTION

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ANOTHER REASON THAT VOTERS MAY

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NOT BE KEEN TO SIGN PETITIONS.

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BUT THEY MIGHT BE FED UP,

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DISGUSTED WITH POLITICS.

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PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF

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WEDNESDAY'S INDICTMENT OF FORMER

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ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER AND

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FORMER DEMOCRATIC STATE PARTY

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CHAIR MICHAEL MADIGAN.

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>> THE CHARGES ARE AGAINST

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SPEAKER MADIGAN.

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HE IS THE ONE WHO IS TO BE HELD

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ACCOUNTABLE.

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>> DO YOU THINK VOTERS RECOGNIZE

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THAT, THOUGH?

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>> YOU KNOW I'M HOPEFUL THAT IS

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THE CASE IT'S TO BE DETERMINED I

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SUPPOSE.

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>> PRECKWINKLE DID NOT VOICE

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CONCERN ABOUT MADIGAN BEING A

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DRAG ON DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS

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ARE SURE TO SPEND THE NEXT THREE

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MONTHS TRYING THEIR DARNEDEST.

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>> I'M HEARING THAT THEY BELIEVE

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CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL UNDER

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J.B. PRITZKER.

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CORRUPTION IS OUT OF CONTROL.

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AND OUR RESIDENTS OF ILLINOIS

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WANT A DIFFERENCE THEY WANT

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SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO LOOK

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OUT FOR THEIR INTEREST.

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WHAT MAKES THIS EXCITING FOR US

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IS THAT KNOW THAT WE HAVE A

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DISTINCT MISSION.

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PRITZKER AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY

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HAVE FAILED ILLINOIS.

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BEEN SERVING FOR THREE YEARS

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NOW.

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PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THAT.

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THE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT IS ALIVE

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AND WELL WE HAVE 20,000

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SIGNATURES TO TURN IN AND WE'RE

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PROUD OF THAT AND WE THINK THAT

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REFLECTS OUR MOVEMENT.

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>> WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS

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SPEAKER MADIGAN IS THE SYMPTOM

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HE IS NOT THE CAUSE OF

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CORRUPTION IN ILLINOIS.

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WE NEED A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN

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OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM AND IT

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STARTS REALLY WITH VOTERS

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ELECTING CANDIDATES AND

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OFFICIALS THAT ARE TRUSTWORTHY.

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>> REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR

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ILLINOIS' GOVERNOR IS AMONG THE

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CROWDED CONTESTS YOU SHOULD SEE

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ON THE BALLOT.

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BUT THERE ARE RACES FOR

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CONGRESS, FOR SECRETARY OF

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STATE, AND ALSO FOR COOK COUNTY

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SHERIFF.

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ONE CHALLENGER RUNNING FOR

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SHERIFF GOT TEARY TALKING ABOUT

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THE GRAVITY OF SUBMITTING THE

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ELECTION PAPERWORK AND WHAT IS

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AT STAKE IS HER CAMPAIGN IS NOW

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REALLY BEGINNING.

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>> THIS IS A HUMAN JOB.

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THIS IS A POSITION ABOUT PEOPLE.

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IF YOU LOSE, THAT EMPATHY, YOU

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CANNOT CONNECT.

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>> THAT FIRST TIME CANDIDATE

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EMOTIONAL, EXCITED BUT AS WE

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NOTED EARLIER, SOME CANDIDATES

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HAVE REALLY BEEN SAYING IT'S

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BEEN TOUGH TO GET THE REQUIRED

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SIGNATURES AND THAT IS

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ESPECIALLY THE CASE OFTEN FOR

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FIRST-TIMERS WHO LACK MONEY AND

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WHO LACK POLITICAL

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ORGANIZATIONS, HELPERS TO GO

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DOOR-TO-DOOR TO GET THE

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SIGNATURES.

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THOSE CANDIDATES HAVE ANOTHER

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WEEK TO GET THAT JOB JOB.