Nikita: Seriously?

By:  Diane Benjamin This picture was taken from Nikita’s Facebook page. Nikita must not know Illinois Law requires County Clerks to clean the voter rolls! Claiming that “cleaning” dramatically impacts low-income and people of color implies these people aren’t intelligent enough to vote.  Not voting in six years means NOT voting in at up to […]

More problems: Statement of Economic Interest

By:  Diane Benjamin I filed a FOIA request for all Statements of Economic Interests filed by candidates in 2017 with the County Clerk’s office. This is the file I received:  candidates SEI 2017 filings I compared the people who filed the SEI with the candidate list on the County Clerk’s website:  http://www.mcleancountyil.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10946 Only one candidate is missing:  Rebecca […]

Kimberly Bray did file – Update

Update: Candidates have to file a Statement of Economic to run for office.  If they are elected they are required to re-file.  Bray may not have re-filed and that’s why the County doesn’t have it.   By:  Diane Benjamin A confirmation that Kimberly Bray’s Statement of Economic Interest was filed was found by Bruce Meeks.  […]

Dissolve the Bloomington Election Commission

By:  Diane Benjamin The State of Illinois has way too many units of government now.  Corruption is rampant because there aren’t enough watchdogs to watch every one of them.  (Hopefully news soon about another huge case)  Media decided it wasn’t their job either. The LAST thing McLean County needs is a separate Election office created […]

Vote Test:

From:   Kathy Michael McLean County Clerk Phone:  309.888.5183 See the law here: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/001000050K24B-9.htm . . . . .