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From Lake County Gazette
Sen. Wilcox wants Secretary of State to answer for 574 illegal voter registrations
Illinois state Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) is reserving judgment about what may have gone wrong with the Secretary of State’s Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) program that allowed hundreds of non-citizens to become registered voters, but he definitely wants answers.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney, GOP colleagues call for immediate investigation into Automatic Voter Registration errors
Like many of his Republican colleagues, Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) wants immediate action over the Secretary of State’s Automatic Voting Registration (AVR) system breach that allowed nearly 600 non-citizens to be mistakenly registered to vote.
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From Kane County Reporter
Madigan backs Elgin’s Richard Johnson with $1,499,079 this election cycle
Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chief Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) gave a total of 1,499,079 to Elgin State House candidate Richard Johnson this election cycle, state filings show.
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From Prairie State Wire
Madigan pours $21.1 million into House races
Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) contributed $21.1 million to 30 state House races this election cycle, including $3,445,351 to 22 fellow Democrats in the week leading up to Tuesday’s general election.
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From Will County Gazette
State Records: Congressional candidate Underwood, living in DC, voted illegally in Illinois' 2016 primary
She was living and working in Washington, D.C., but congressional candidate Lauren Underwood voted in the 2016 Illinois Democrat primary using her parents' Naperville address, according to a review of Will County Clerk's and Illinois State Board of Elections' records.
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Madigan gives $135,177 more to Johnson
With less than a week left before voters go to the polls, Elgin state House candidate Richard Johnson received another $135,177 from Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chief Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) between Oct. 18 and Oct. 26, state filings show.
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Report: Madigan backs Johnson with $226,394
Elgin state House candidate Richard Johnson received another $226,394 from Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chief Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) between Sept. 29 and Oct. 17, state filings show.
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From DuPage Policy Journal
Illinois Planned Parenthood spends $600K to oust taxpayer-funded abortion opponents from state legislature
The political arm of Illinois’ largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, has already spent nearly $600,000 this year across 24 competitive state House and Senate races, according to filings with the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).
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Report: Madigan backs Elgin's Richard Johnson with nearly $124,000
Elgin State House candidate Richard Johnson received another $123,829 from Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chief Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) between Sept. 6 and Sept. 30, state filings show.
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Report: Madigan backs Elgin’s Johnson with $105,937
Elgin State House candidate Richard Johnson received another $105,937 from Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chief Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) between Aug. 15 and Sept. 6, state filings show.
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From Prairie State Wire
Election board deadlocks on what to do about Mautino
Despite an ongoing federal investigation, the Illinois State Board of Elections is having a difficult time deciding whether or not the state’s auditor general is guilty of corruption.
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From Prairie State Wire
Rauner attempts conservative 'purge' of Illinois GOP leadership
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is publicly preaching party unity on the campaign trail. But behind the scenes, Rauner is quietly leading an effort to purge conservatives from the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, which governs the party and has elections this month.
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From Prairie State Wire
Voter rolls: Where do Republicans rely on women most in Illinois?
Republicans depend most on women to show up at the polls in Edwards, Scott and Adams counties in Illinois, according to Illinois State Board of Elections data.
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Elections board will be 'toast' without new computers by 2018 elections, official says
Illinois’ ongoing budget problem has left the State Board of Elections in a financial hole so deep that agency officials claim they can’t afford the new computers they need to handle the number of candidates filing petitions to run in next year’s elections.
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Illinois data analysis finds voters registered up tp 4 times
A recent analysis by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which owns this publication, found almost 50,000 duplicate voter registration records, representing Illinois residents who are registered multiple times.
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Mautino scandal virtually ignored in state media, political realms
Despite the controversy surrounding embattled Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino and whatever misdeeds he may have committed, the scandal apparently is not a big deal if news media buzz and political heat are any indication, a citizen journalist recently said on his blog.
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Mautino scandal virtually ignored in state media, blogger reports
Despite the controversy surrounding embattled Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino, whatever misdeeds he may have committed, the scandal apparently is not a big deal, if news media buzz and political heat are any indication, a vocal citizen journalist recently said on his blog.
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Activist group calls for Mautino to resign after he takes the Fifth in probe
SPRINGFIELD -- The Edgar County Watchdogs is calling for Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino to resign after he pled the Fifth to avoid incriminating himself in an investigation by the Illinois State Board of Elections last week.
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Serwatka drops out of race for House District 66
Republican candidate Paul Serwatka announced today that he is withdrawing from the race for the 66th District seat in the Illinois State House.