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Happy Monday, Illinois. We re at the two-week countdown mark for state lawmakers to wrap up the budget and hundreds of other bills. Word of the week: busy.
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Tension is building in Springfield as state lawmakers zero in on how to redraw congressional and state legislative districts. And when we say “lawmakers,” we mean Democrats. Republicans have so far been iced out of the room where it’s all happening though there might be a reveal sometime this week.
I’ve been an election judge in DuPage for several election cycles and they drill into you that you MUST initial all ballots. Must must must. No excuses here. Agree, what a mess.
An election judge(s) should not be able to control who wins an election by not initialing the ballots.
== An election judge(s) should not be able to control who wins an election by not initialing the ballots. ==
And how you chose to bind your petitions should not decide if you appear on a ballot, but here in Illinois is does.
Someday a top to bottom review of election law in Illinois should happen (including lowering petition numbers) but there is no advantage to those in office for it to happen.
A DuPage County judge has ordered a full recount of the November race for DuPage County auditor, ruling there are enough ballots in question to potentially overturn the results.