Larry Walsh Jr., Illinois House Rep. D-IL Dist 86 (who most recently was given a legislative grade of C and Senator Pat McGuire given a legislative grade of D-), votes YES to strip away elections power from citizens of Lake County without their vote, knowledge or input!
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From Illinois Review:
"SPRINGFIELD - Lake County voters could be facing a dramatic change in their county's election oversight imposed on them by the Democrat majority in the Illinois House and Senate.
During the last week of the spring session and without notice, the state's Democrats voted to require Lake County to set up a judge-appointed election commission, stripping Lake County's clerk Willard Helander of her election oversight powers. The bill, HB 2418, makes no provisions for Lake County voters to express their opinion on the change that could cost local taxpayers in excess of $600,000.
The move was a surprise for Lake County Clerk Helander and Barrington State Senator Dan Duffy.
"It is a power play, pure and simple ... They pushed this through on the fast track," Duffy told Illinois Review Wednesday.
Helander agreed with Duffy and suggested Lake County voters would not sit still.
"This seems to be ripe for a class action that voters in Lake are singled out and shut out with extensive new costs and no vote on wanting a new layer of government," Helander told Illinois Review."
Not only does HB 2418 force an election commission on Lake County, it includes other election law changes, including expanding access to voter registration from in-person signups to allowing registration via Internet."
Hmmm.... Abuse of power, failure to consider the voice of citizens, voting last minute to rush through policy, taking away power from citizens without their vote... Sounds like Larry Walsh Jr. to me!
District 86 you deserve better than Larry Walsh Jr.
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