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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. -
Madigan continues to rake in donations from trial lawyers, despite federal corruption probe
State campaign finance disclosures reveal trial lawyers, their firms and political lobbying groups have donated more than $175,000 to Madigan's two campaign organizations since Sept. 30. -
Republican judge candidate accuses Cook Clerk Yarbrough of cheating to help ally win election
A Park Ridge lawyer says Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough abused the Vote By Mail process to allow one of her former employees to edge him in a race for a Cook County judgeship in November. -
Madigan spent millions to elect, retain Illinois Supreme Court Justice Kilbride
Committees controlled by the speaker of the Illinois House funded more than half of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride’s campaign contributions in 2010. Kilbride is up for retention again this year. -
Auditor General Mautino wants Supreme Court to nix finding he mixed personal spending with campaign spending
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino stands before the Supreme Court, not as a guardian of public money but as a former legislator who spent almost $400,000 in violation of campaign law. -
Trial lawyers keep funding Madigan political war chest, despite bribery scandal; $161K donated in September
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who is also chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, has been implicated in a federal bribery investigation. Trial lawyers, however, continue to donate money to Madigan's campaign organization. -
7th Circuit will hear IL election board's continued arguments against its own 3rd-party COVID ballot access deal
The Illinois State Board of Elections is insisting the appeals court needs to weigh in to set parameters on the power of federal judges to rewrite state election rules amid a pandemic. -
Appeals court says IL Auditor Mautino subject to fines for alleged campaign finance violations
An Illinois appeals court ruled the Illinois Board of Elections should consider fining Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino for alleged campaign finance irregularities, committed while Mautino was a state representative. -
Federal judge rejects lawsuit attempting to 'level playing field' of Illinois elections funding
A federal judge sided with Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois State Board of Elections in a lawsuit that sought to lift a state law that prohibits independent expenditure committees from contributing funds directly to political candidates, to "level the playing field" in an elections system the plaintiffs asserted is tilted. -
Lawsuit: 'Level playing field' in Illinois election campaign spending for independent advocacy groups
Dan Proft and a conservative Illinois political advocacy group are asking a federal judge to strike down certain campaign contribution limits. -
Federal judge strikes down IL law banning med marijuana groups from donating to political campaigns
Libertarian political candidates won a free speech victory in federal court as a Chicago judge declared unconstitutional an Illinois campaign law barring medical marijuana businesses from making campaign contributions. -
Congressional candidate, Liberty Justice Center challenge IL Election Day voter registration program
A Western Illinois Republican Congressional candidate has partnered with a Chicago-based public-interest litigation group to challenge Illinois’ Election Day voter registration program, saying the state’s system is unfairly slanted to favor counties with the biggest populations and, by extension, to boost the likelihood of Democratic candidates succeeding at the polls. -
IL ballot access rule requiring new parties to field full slate of candidates struck down as unconstitutional
A Chicago federal judge has sided with a suit brought by the Illinois Libertarian Party against the Illinois State Board of Elections, ruling state election law offends the U.S. Constitution by requiring a new party to list a full slate of candidates on nominating petitions in order to get on the ballot the first time.