Illinois Passes Bill -- NO MEANS NO for Election Record Destruction

[AtLiberty]

NO MEANS NO!: Illinois Passes Bill to Force One Single County to Follow the Law

Our three year fight to keep DuPage County's Election Commission from shredding OUR election records, simply because they feel like it...

Guest blogged by Jean Kaczmarek, co-chair, Illinois Ballot Integrity Project/DuPage Chapter

On Tuesday, Illinois Ballot Integrity Project (IBIP)/DuPage Chapter celebrated a crucial legislative victory, which will finally force the DuPage County Election Commission to comply with the law before shredding OUR election records.

HB 4051 passed unanimously in the Illinois Senate 57-0, finally ending a three-year power struggle regarding the Election Commission's destruction of OUR public records. Last month, the bill also passed unanimously in the Illinois House 117-0. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign the bill into law shortly.

This short, but significant one-page bill, sponsored by IL Rep. Paul Froehlich (D-56th), amends the Illinois Election Code to specify that the destruction of OUR election-related public records must follow the procedures mandated by the Local Records Act. The bill also amends the Local Records Act to specifically include that local election authorities must comply with the provisions of the Act when disposing OUR public records.

HB4051's provisions have just one county board in mind: the inveterate scofflaws of the DuPage County Election Commission...

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[kpete]

1. K & R

and peace, kp

[Time for change]

2. Congratulations!

Thank you for all your work on this.

[pleah]

3. K&R

[autorank]

4. Finally, somebody has to follow the law.

That's about what you have to do with election commissions, spell it out in big letters.

:kick: and rrrrr

[Wednesdays]

5. K&R

:kick:

[Land Shark]

6. K&R nt

[AtLiberty]

7. Grrrr...

It shouldn't be this hard to make a government entity comply with the law.