Madison County, IL. (ECWd) - Press Release: Doug Hulme Requests Illinois Attorney General to Review March 25th and 28th Election Board Hearings Chaired by Chris Slusser. EDWARDSVILLE - A request for review was filed with the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor for multiple violations of the Illinois...
Bellmont, IL. (ECWd) - ". . . the Public Access Bureau concludes that the Village of Bellmont (Village) Board of Trustees (Board) violated OMA in connection with its April 13, 2021, meeting." Jonathan King, a Bellmont resident, filed a Request for Review with the Attorney General's Public...
Illinois (ECWd) - Gubernatorial Candidate, Jesse Sullivan's campaign responded to our questions pertaining to the use of public property for campaign purposes as first exposed in this article. We sent the following to Candidate Sullivan yesterday: Mr. Sullivan, The following link reflects a campaign add which utilizes public...
Madison County, IL. (ECWd) - The Madison County Electoral Board held its objection hearings last week but did not publish the meeting agenda at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing. This rendered every decision made during the hearing as invalid. The Board then announced it would...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The campaign for Jesse Sullivan for Governor recently published a campaign advertisement, which we believe constitutes improper electioneering - not only by Sullivan but also by all of the Sheriffs who appeared in uniform with their publicly owned vehicles behind them, while endorsing...
White County, IL. (ECWd) - The objection to current White County Supervisor of Assessments Terry Abell's candidate filing was, in the end, sustained by the White County election board on Monday afternoon. After a 90-minute hearing of evidence and much deliberation, the board, consisting of County...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Petition Election Board heard the continued cases against Lynn Williams and Mitchell Esslinger who were both represented by Coles County Attorney Todd Reardon. The first hearing can be viewed at this link which is the article covering that hearing. Lynn...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - We recently became aware of allegations of Custodial Sexual Misconduct, Bringing Contraband into a Penal Institution, and Official Misconduct against now-former Edgar County Corrections Officer, Mark C. Holloway. This involved one suspect, two victims, five witnesses, and four employees were also questioned....
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - This is Part X of the exposure of misrepresentations and misinformation provided by Shelby County State's Attorney Nichole Kronke during her oral testimony in support of legislation affecting every county in the state. We urge everyone to read Part I at this...
Lake County, IL. (ECWd) - After losing his bid for reelection as Avon Township Supervisor in April 2021, by a huge 73% to 28% margin, the embattled former township supervisor and current Lake County board member, Terry Wilke, decided he should take a stab at running...
