By: Diane Benjamin
The law permits mailing ballots to nursing homes. The County Clerk’s office does not because of the risk of fraud, especially in dementia units. They send a judge from both parties to each nursing home to supervise voting. This is also called: Common Sense.
The Bloomington Election Commission isn’t doing that. They are just mailing ballots to nursing homes with no accountability for who fills it out. The law thinks it’s fine, of course it is in Illinois. I verified this by phone.
Is it the right thing to do?
The Bloomington Election Commission should have been abolished when the Bloomington residents had that chance. The results are elections in Bloomington will be tainted. They better hope there are no really close results.
This is one more reason to reelect Kathy Michael. She demands not even a hint of fraud in elections her office conducts. Since voters don’t elect anyone at BEC, new leadership can’t be demanded. County residents are stuck paying for their bills though.
Voter fraud in Illinois…..surely not.
Well, I guess the staff at each nursing home will be very busy voting for democrats
When will the Democrats starting talking about Champaign County Clerk? What a mess! Elect Crockett and we will be in the same boat.
They never will. People aren’t supposed to know
10 ILCS 5/19-12.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2)
Sec. 19-12.2. Voting by physically incapacitated electors who have made proper application to the election authority not later than 5 days before the regular primary and general election of 1980 and before each election thereafter shall be conducted either through the vote by mail procedures as detailed in this Article or on the premises of (i) federally operated veterans’ homes, hospitals, and facilities located in Illinois or (ii) facilities licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act for the sole benefit of residents of such homes, hospitals, and facilities.
It’s legal, just open to fraud
So instead of blasting the BEC for simply following the laws on the books, I’m thinking you should talk with your legislator to get this changed
Elected county clerk wants election integrity. Those who made it legal obviously don’t and therefore won’t fix it.
To suggest that the BEC doesn’t want the same as the elected county clerk is pretty bold. Have you spoken with them or the director? Without doing that, your accusations are unfounded.
I did. The old director didn’t do this