Hypocrisy in Springfield

By:  Diane Benjamin Yesterday there was an Executive Committee meeting scheduled concerning the problems raised with Automatic Voter Registrations (AVR).  It was cancelled and rescheduled for February 5th. Well, sort of rescheduled.  This is the meeting February 5th: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=0682&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HR&LegID=123394&SessionID=108&SpecSess=&Session=&GA=101 Instead of discussing “glitches” that registered people to vote who aren’t entitled to that privilege, those […]

What happens when non-citizens are called for Jury Duty?

By:  Diane Benjamin The first question is why are non-citizens contacted?  The law says only citizens can serve on a jury.  The lists of potential jurors should only contain only citizens.  It doesn’t because I know McLean County does get forms returned to them marked non-citizen.  I spoke to a person in the Jury Commission […]