Elections: More Goodies

The Rules Change Again

So now the “rules” have been changed again. Again, it loosens the security of the election. It does not increase security. This article from January 10, 2023 was reported in the Cook County Record:
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/638722548-il-dems-change-law-to-allow-vote-by-mail-ballots-to-be-counted-in-a-way-judge-had-said-would-be-obvious-way-to-commit-fraud

Illinois lawmakers have changed the state’s election laws to explicitly allow county clerks and other election authorities to verify mail-in ballots using a process a judge had ruled was illegal, as it “would be an obvious way to commit ballot fraud.” (There are too many shenanigans that happen as each election approaches. We have been seeing this for some time. Lots of it happened before the 2020 election.)

Elections: Here’s the What Not

Universal Mail in Voting

Mail in voting is highly promoted in Illinois. Automatic mail in balloting is now available where your name goes on a permanent mail in ballot list. As of this post, you can automatically receive an application to vote by mail for every election. Our illustrious officials, though, are busily working to loosen more election standards/non-standards: they want to skip sending an application to vote that you sign where the signature is compared to the one on records at the Clerk’s office. Instead, they want to just send you the ballot directly, just skip the application part.

Elections…Shenanigans and What Not

Beating the Cheaters

In last year’s election (2022), GOP voters were encouraged to vote on Election Day to keep the cheaters from knowing how many ballots were needed to be added so they could claim the win. Republicans traditionally vote on Election Day. We saw how that worked out in AZ when many voting machines were out of commission on Election Day and voters waited for hours to vote. Many left. Fluke? Maybe, but I doubt it. This year, for the primary election, the GOP recommended “banking your ballot” so that no one can claim it before you get to the polls where the machines might not work when you get there. We were trying to outsmart the cheaters.