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Judicial Watch files lawsuit against Illinois State Board of Elections
Judicial Watch, an educational and awareness organization, has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the Illinois State Board of Elections and Executive Director Bernadette Matthews. The lawsuit claimed that the Board failed to clean their voter rolls and produced election related records in compliance with federal law. -
No ruling on lawsuit vs IL vote-by-mail rules; Judge schedules Dec. 5 hearing over two-week mail-in ballot window
A federal judge said he needed more time and another hearing to determine if a group of Republicans should be allowed to continue suing the state over a law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted 14 days after Election Day -
Judge says IL Dems can't step in to join IL State Elections Board's defense vs challenge to IL vote by mail law
The judge recognized Democrats' election efforts could be strained, should he rule that mail-in ballots can't be counted if they are received after Election Day. But the judge said that's not enough to let them join the court fight -
IL Dems seek to defend vote by mail law; Dem voters will be 'disenfranchised' if votes not counted 2 weeks after Election Day
A group of Republicans have sued the state, saying a state law requiring mail-in votes to be counted up to 14 days after Election Day, conflicts with federal law. -
Lawsuit: Illinois illegally counts mail-in votes for federal office up to 2 weeks after Election Day
Three Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Michael Bost, have sued the state of Illinois, arguing federal law sets the date of Election Day, and Illinois' vote-by-mail illegally extends Election Day by 14 days -
Palatine H.S. teacher was fired for her Facebook posts, not defamation, says school board member, BLM activist
A Cook County judge is again deciding whether to dismiss the lawsuit brought by an ex-Palatine High School teacher who says a Black Lives Matter activist, who has since been elected to the Palatine school board, wrongly accused her of racism, leading to her being fired. -
Ex-Palatine H.S. teacher fired for anti-riot, anti-BLM Facebook posts files First Amendment suit vs District 211, school board members
Plaintiff Jeanne Hedgepeth says Palatine Township High School District 211 and school board members should be made to pay for violating her First Amendment speech rights. She is separately suing a Black Lives Matter activist and current District 211 board member who she says falsely accused her of being a racist. -
Group can continue lawsuit vs IL Elections Board for restricting voter registration data, frustrating audit of IL voter records
Judge says high likelihood the Illinois State Board of Elections violated federal election law by refusing to turn over state voter records to group seeking to audit the voter rolls for irregularities. -
Judicial Watch accuses Evanston of hiding information about reparations program
Conservative group Judicial Watch says Evanston needs to provide more information about how and why it established a "reparations" program that doles out money solely on basis of race, which they said likely violates the Constitution.