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Recent News About Illinois State Board of Elections
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Election board lottery puts Pritzker in top spot on Democratic primary ballot
The Illinois State Board of Elections (IBOE) held its lottery Wednesday to determine ballot position for the March 20 primary for candidates who submitted petitions simultaneously on Nov. 27, the first day of filing. Based on the lottery results, J.B. Pritzker will be the first gubernatorial candidate listed on the Democratic ballot.
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Auditor General Mautino on a roll ignoring the law
Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino has yet to pay a $5,000 fine slapped against his now-defunct state House campaign committee in May by the State Board of Elections.
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Harold says 16,000 signed her petitions for attorney general run
Attorney general candidate Erika Harold said she recently filed her candidacy petitions, on which she gathered significantly more than the minimum number of signatures required to be eligible for the Republican primary ballot.
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Kerry Lester resigning from politics columnist post at Daily Herald
Political writer Kerry Lester has resigned from her columnist position at the Daily Herald and is no longer writing for the newspaper.
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Save for Rauner cash, House GOP campaign fundraising slows to a trickle
On the last weekend of Aug.1999, then-Illinois House Republican Leader Lee Daniels held a golf outing and fundraiser dinner at Medinah Country Club that attracted 1,200, raising $680,000 for his members’ campaigns-- $1.01 million in 2017 dollars.
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Lobbyist Kimme awaits high court decision on Topinka fund spending case
Springfield lobbyist Nancy Kimme could know soon whether she will face the Illinois Supreme Court over questionable spending of campaign dollars left behind by the death of Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka in late 2014.
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Illinois political aide turned lobbyist swings for the fences, and connects
After 25 years, Nancy Kimme finally left her state government office in Feb. 2015. But she didn’t go far.