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As a result of a decision from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Illinois election officials can continue to count mail-in ballots for up to two weeks after an election so long as they are postmarked or dated by Election Day.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold oral argument on Thursday in a Republican lawsuit challenging Illinois’ mail-in ballot receipt deadline.
The right-wing group Judicial Watch today filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Illinois election officials are failing to properly remove ineligible individuals from the state’s voter rolls.
A circuit court judge in Cook County, Illinois ruled that former President Donald Trump should be removed from the state’s primary election ballot for his role in the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Illinois State Board of Elections voted unanimously to keep former President Donald Trump on the state’s Republican primary ballot despite previous findings that he engaged in insurrection under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
With a new year comes change, and voters in states across the country are dealing with laws both expanding and attacking voting and elections after a multitude of previously enacted bills went into effect on Jan. 1.
On Wednesday, July 26, a federal judge in Illinois tossed out a lawsuit brought by three Republicans alleging that the state’s mail-in ballot receipt deadline violates federal law and burdens the right to vote under the First and 14th Amendments.
On Friday, May 26, the Illinois Legislature passed Senate Bill 2123, an omnibus election reform bill that would make a variety of changes to current Illinois election law.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a statement of interest in a federal lawsuit brought by Republicans challenging Illinois’ mail-in ballot receipt deadline.
Perennial Chicago mayoral candidate Dr. Willie Wilson and individual voters filed a lawsuit challenging the Chicago Board of Elections Commissioners (CBEC) and its officials’ planned removal of 779 voting precincts and 121 polling locations ahead of the November general election.
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