Updated 7/22/2021 5:49 PM
Questions raised by local Republicans about the integrity of the 2020 election in Kane County are based on a lack of understanding about election laws, the election process and the use of incorrect data, as shown in a bipartisan, comprehensive response Thursday.
A small group of Republicans, based mainly in the Campton Hills area, have spent the past couple months pushing county officials to have an independent, third-party, forensic audit of the 2020 election. The request is based on the group s interpretations of election data posted on the Kane County clerk s website and anecdotal experiences posted on conservative social media.
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Updated 7/19/2021 6:27 PM
Kane County officials are estimating a $6.7 million annual income loss along with roughly $5 million in new annual expenses when Illinois courts switch to a cashless bail system in 2023.
As the justice system scrambles to find new ideas to pay for itself, Republican county board members may now make law enforcement the new priority for spending federal American Rescue Plan dollars.
Members of the county s justice system, including the chief judge and circuit court clerk, presented their estimated financial impact of the Illinois Pre-Trial Fairness Act at a county board committee meeting last week.
The act was passed in February as part of a larger justice reform package.
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Confusion about Dundee, Elgin township mental health boards may result in county proposal
Updated 4/22/2021 3:56 PM
Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham s decision to not include new taxes for mental health services in Dundee and Elgin townships is fueling a renewed push to create a countywide approach to help residents access services for mental health, addiction and developmental disabilities.
On Thursday, Dundee Township residents urged members of the county board committee that oversees the clerk s office to at least explain Cunningham s decision, if not reverse it.
The clerk s office notified Dundee and Elgin townships last month that the wording of their successful March 2020 referendums to establish new mental health taxes was not specific enough, under the law, for voters to be aware that voting yes would result in a property tax increase.