Written by Nancy Hayes
Republicans’ new idea for winning the upcoming 2024 election is a nationwide campaign they’re calling “Bank Your Vote,” a Republican National Committee (RNC) strategy that is trickling back to the GOP in the states, including in Illinois.
The gist of it is, that local GOP officials are encouraging Republicans to vote early in 2024. The campaign is meant to maximize pre-Election Day voting through in-person voting, absentee voting, and ballot harvesting where legal.… Continue Reading
Tags: Ballot harvesting, Bank Your Vote, Bank Your Vote or Go For Broke?, county clerk, Dr. Douglas Frank, Election integrity, Elections, Electronic Registration Information Center, Freedom of Information Act, Heritage Foundation, III, James A. Baker, JB Prtizker, Jean Kaczmarek, Jimmy Carter, Judicial Watch, Public Interest Legal Foundation, Republican National Committee, Seth Keshel, Voter Fraud, voter rolls, Voting
Federal Elections, Federal Issues, Illinois Politics, Political, Voter Integrity, Voter Integrity, Voter Integrity | Alyssa Sonnenburg | 
August 25, 2023 5:00 AM | 
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Written by Kristi Shaffer
The 2018 election for Macon County Sheriff was an example of nearly everything that can possibly go wrong in an election. Unsurprisingly, the problems that occurred in 
Macon County illustrate the issues facing the entire state of Illinois. Elections and election results are often uncertain in Illinois for several reasons, and many of the related problems surfaced in the sheriff’s court case.
As a result of the legal proceedings in the Macon County Sheriff election, the ballots were recounted.… Continue Reading
Tags: Al Gore, Anna M. Benjamin, Ballot harvesting, fair elections, George Barna, George W. Bush, hanging chad, Jim Root, Macon County Sheriff, mail-in ballots, overvoting, Tony Brown, undervoting, Voter ID
Illinois Politics, Voter Integrity | David E. Smith | January 6, 2022 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Macon County Sheriff Election: Irregularities in Elections (Part 2)
Written by Laura Hollis
The political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be as unpredictable as the virus itself, and as potentially monumental as the financial losses it has caused. Although the November election is still almost five months away, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading the charge for states to have mandatory mail-in ballots, purportedly in the interests of public safety.
Some people — including the ever-vocal President Donald Trump — view mandatory mail-in voting as a prescription for widespread voter fraud.… Continue Reading
Tags: Ballot harvesting, Barack Obama, Coronavirus, COVID–19, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, J. Christian Adams, Jessica Huseman, Nancy Pelosi, photo ID, ProPublica, Public Interest Legal Foundation, Twitter, vote by mail, Voter Fraud
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | May 28, 2020 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Lack of Vote-Integrity Measures Disenfranchises Voters
