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Judge: Chicago Elections Board must pay share of local GOP's costs for fight over commiteeman rules

By Jonathan Bilyk | Tuesday, Dec 27, 2016 @ 1:12pm

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.
Judge: 'Not a close case,' Chicago GOP has right to exclude Dem voters from committeeman ranks

By Dan Churney | Monday, Sep 19, 2016 @ 3:17pm

A federal judge has ruled Cook County Republicans have the constitutional right to attempt to weed out potential Democratic party operatives, who local Republicans worry have infiltrated their committeemen ranks.