...right of campaigns to observe the mail ballot canvassing process in a meaningful way. QUESTIONS PRESENTED “Article II of the Constitution provides that “Each State shall appoint [electors for President...
...part of those newly-adopted [Legislative] rules and legislation, the election authority (Bongartz) was required to appoint a bipartisan panel of three election judges to verify voter signatures and the validity...
...from KRMA and approximately $1,594,585 from ESU. In addition, and independent of his salary and payments, the indictment alleges that Simms fraudulently received approximately $2.2 million – $768,000 from KRMA...
...an appointment of an attorney and law firm to act as Special Assistant State’s Attorney since 2014. The law allowing such power of appointment was not even in existence until...
...We urge the county board to seek the court’s appointment of legal counsel for them as it’s clear the State’s Attorney is more focused on losing this case than winning...
...one. Later, the Electoral Board petitioned the Chief Judge to appoint a “public member” as a replacement (instead of the Deputy Sheriff). The “Acting Chief Judge” appointed Elected Will County...
...to appoint EITHER the Treasurer OR the Sheriff, and the Sheriff would only be appointed IF the Treasurer was ineligible to serve on the Electoral Board. The notion that this...
...must appoint a “public member” to serve on the Electoral Board. This can be found in the last paragraph of Section 10-9 of the Election Code: “Any vacancies on an...
...court orders to quarantine people and close businesses without their consent; and those opposed have a right to counsel which the State must appoint, if necessary. The Governor can neither...
...a State’s Attorney who: “may appoint qualified attorneys to assist as Special Assistant State’s Attorneys when the public interest so requires.” A keyword in that provision is “assist”. That means...