Illinois Augustus Stacker, Jr of .Belleville, IL, manipulated up to 27 absentee ballots in a municipal election. He plead guilty and sentenced to 18 months conditional discharge and court costs. Brian McDouglar of Cahokia, IL, was convicted of falsifying or tampering...
Provisional voting Provisional voting was created to allow a voter, whose eligibility is in question, to vote on Election Day and have eligibility resolved later. The Election judge signs the “Provisional Voter Affidavit” and marks one of the reasons the voter is...
The House and Senate have formed a consensus tax bill. The goal is to pass the bill in the House this week, and then in the Senate the following day, before sending it to the President. The target is to have it signed into law by December 20th. One side of the...
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A Cheat-Sheet to Understanding the Tax Reform Debate Taken altogether [the House Republican tax plan] amounts to just over $300 billion in tax reductions for individuals, a $172 billion estate tax cut and about $1 trillion for businesses, a mix Republicans say will...
