EXHIBIT A // COMMUNITY & NEIGHBORHOOD ARCHIVE

Friends of Adam Cornelius

Neighbors, classmates, fellow organizers, porch-sitters, and people who have actually picked up the phone—but only two lawyers. Most of the lawyers can keep walking. Our test is much harder than yours and you seem to often forget that.

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Endorsements

Formal statements, framed portraits, and on-the-record notes of support.

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Community Member / Colleague

Statutory Notice & Clarification // 10 ILCS 5/

1. What Counts as a “Friend” Under Illinois Statute: Nowhere in the Illinois Election Code (10 ILCS 5/)—including Article 9 (Campaign Contributions and Expenditures, 10 ILCS 5/9-1 et seq.)—does the General Assembly define “friend.” Friendship is governed by human decency, not Springfield. Being a friend of Adam Cornelius does not necessarily mean an endorsement. Sometimes friends fight—and sometimes those fights get loud—but they always make up. Because that’s what friends, and humans for that matter, do, no matter how big the fights get.

2. What Counts as an “Endorsement” Under Illinois Statute: The Illinois Election Code likewise draws no legal category called a “personal endorsement,” instead regulating only reportable contributions (10 ILCS 5/9-1.4) and paid electioneering communications (10 ILCS 5/9-1.14). Under 10 ILCS 5/9-1.4(A)(4), uncompensated personal services volunteered by an individual—including putting your name on a wall or saying something nice—are expressly excluded from the definition of a campaign contribution, and unless a statement is made in concert with a committee or distributed as a paid broadcast/targeted electioneering communication within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election (10 ILCS 5/9-1.14; see also unauthorized communications under 10 ILCS 5/9-8), it is simply protected personal speech.