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A federal judge in Chicago said fears of Democratic vote fraud are only "speculative," as he refused a request from Cook County Republicans to slap a hold on Illinois' new election rules, including vote by mail.
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The Cook County Republican Party has filed suit in Chicago federal court, seeking to block the state's vote by mail program, which they say was designed by Gov. JB Pritzker and other Democrats to benefit Pritzker and Illinois Democrats.
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The appeals panel said the committeeman office performs both party and public functions, so voters' choice prevails.
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Amid a night of historic domination at the polls, Democrats also largely swept once more in the races for judges in Cook County’s courts, flexing their muscle not only in contested races, but also in withdrawing support from a Democratic judge and former prosecutor, who, after being targeted by a coalition of social justice advocates, became the first county judge in nearly three decades to lose his bid for retention to the bench.
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A federal judge has ordered the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners and an ousted Chicago Republican Party committeeman to pay the local GOP’s attorney fees and costs for a court fight that followed the Chicago Elections Board’s attempt to force the local Republican Party to seat committemen, even if those committeemen had voted in previous years in Democratic primaries, in violation of the local party’s rules.
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What makes a true political-party member? A lawsuit alleges that it depends on what ballot a voter chooses to use – and if that voter later runs for a party office.
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Local Republican infighting returned to Cook County Circuit Court this week, as a would-be congressional candidate has asked a judge to intervene in how the local GOP slates candidates and picks its chairman.
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A Chicago man, who was among a group of people removed by the Cook County Republican Party from the posts of committeeman purportedly for previously having pulled ballots in Democratic Party primary elections, has sued the party, demanding a judge reinstate him to the position to which he asserts he was lawfully elected in the recent GOP primary election.
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Lyle SwansonUnlike most of the winners in Tuesday’s primary election, almost all of the victors of Cook County’s judicial races can call it quits on campaigning.As several of the nearly two dozen judicial races were uncontested in the primary and only one has opposition from the other political party, Tuesday’s election served as main show for candidates as it picked the presumptive winners of the
