Dianne Miller updates readers on what happened in court today with regard to her husband Robert Miller’s quest to overcome being kicked off the Crystal Lake City Council Ballot by elected Crystal Lake officials. The petition challenge was brought by … Continue reading
More commentary on McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan’s conduct of the fall election: Re: “McClellan discovered early Thursday afternoon that the county election website had not updated with early voting numbers.” Another flat out lie by the “bully”. The Clerk … Continue reading
A public official with no personal stake in the outcome has called for an audit of the vote counting by McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan. State Rep. Allen Skillicorn, who was unopposed in Tuesday’s election, issued the following press release: … Continue reading
Here’s a comment that showed up under a February article about McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan’s appearance before a County Board committee: The county clerk has messed up the ballots, among other things, in the primary election going on right … Continue reading
From a resolution authorizing payment for Primary and General Election ballots: “the Director of Purchasing to enter into a contract with Governmental Business Systems for the printing of 1,255,000 ballots for the 2016 primary and general elections at an estimated … Continue reading
Last Thursday night after the McHenry mayoral campaign forum, I met Ken Tentler. He introduced himself and told me he was running for Village Trustee in Lake in the Hills. To say I was surprised that a LITH candidate would be … Continue reading
There are some people who care about government enough to try to win election through a write-in. Gone are the days of being able to write yourself or Mickey Mouse in and have such a vote counted. First the General … Continue reading
Barrington Hills resident Sharon Meroni has made ballot integrity a major goal in her life. Colleague Steve Boulton attended her presentation to the Chicago Board of Elections and wrote the following article, reprinted here with permission of the author Defend … Continue reading
Here’s the scoop from Defend the Vote‘s Sharon Merconi: “The past couple of days were very busy! “As workers in the political field know all too well, the period just after filing for the ballot is a crazy time in … Continue reading
Back when Tom Roeser was the Public Affairs Director with Quaker Oats, he helped form Operation LEAP. The acronym stood for “Legal Elections in All Precincts.” Operation LEAP died, but there is a linear descendent called “Defend the Vote” run … Continue reading
Of course, if it were a contested Crystal Lake City Council election, the Council members up for re-election might not want to remind people to cast ballots, if they voted for the monument Tax Increment Financing District expenditures. And, it … Continue reading
A press release from Defend the Vote: AUDIT REPORT PEER REVIEWED AND PUBLISHED BY THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL SECURITY DOWNLOAD THE EXPLOSIVE REPORT How difficult is it for the dead to vote in Illinois? Defend the Vote tested this question … Continue reading
A press release from the Huntley Tea Party: Public Forum on Fraud in the Election Process For years now we have heard stories of problems with our Election Process. There was the “hanging chads” in Florida, the Acorn issues when … Continue reading
Without ballot integrity, democracy disappears. If you can’t be sure your vote is being counted correctly and only votes of others voting legally are being counted as well, what trust would you have in the governmental system? The Crystal Lake … Continue reading
Considering the recount in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, folks locally might be interested in the following Flag Day meeting. A press release from the Crystal Lake Tea Party: Who: The Crystal Lake Tea Party What: The CL Tea Party … Continue reading
With absentee ballots, you never know if they will be returned. But with early voting being electronic in McHenry County, once a person casts his or her ballot, it’s a done deal. McHenry County Clerk Kathie Schultz reports that as … Continue reading
The McHenry County State’s Attorney has captured the cost incurred when the Illinois State Board of Elections failed to place Circuit Court Judge Maureen McIntyre on the ballot. Lou Bianchi’s press release follows: “Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, … Continue reading
