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Illinois’ election board fields questions about knocking Trump off March primary ballot

A top state election official says it would be up to Illinois’ judiciary, not the State Board of Elections, to ultimately decide whether Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 insurrection disqualifies him as a candidate for president.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. still can’t explain what happened with $165,000 in campaign money

What the Chicago City Council member’s now-amended campaign-finance reports show is that, in some instances, “You’re telling us you deposited the money back into the campaign fund, and we see no such thing,” an Illinois elections official says.

Chicago Sun-Times

As Election Day nears, officials across Illinois boost security amid fear of violence

BELVIDERE, Ill. — Hidden amid the maze of filing cabinets and desks inside the otherwise unremarkable offices of the Boone County Clerk and Recorder are five buttons employees can press if they think they are in danger.

Chicago Tribune

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Billionaire Gov. Pritzker uses trust to skirt contribution limits in Illinois Supreme Court races

CHICAGO — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is using his personal trust fund to circumvent contribution limits in two races that will determine whether his party maintains its 4-3 majority on the Illinois Supreme Court.

Chicago Tribune

GOP US Senate candidate’s name left off some ballots in rural Illinois county in now-corrected error

CHICAGO — Election officials in a small Illinois county southwest of Peoria printed the wrong name of the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate on several hundred ballots, forcing the officials Wednesday to keep the ballots separate from all others being cast in the Nov. 8 general election.

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