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In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s felony conviction, Illinois State Representative La Shawn Ford is calling for a review of election laws governing who can run for public office.

It is a movement gaining strength on several fronts: a push to establish a recall election for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Addison Township voters at the April 1 election will tell state lawmakers where they stand on legislative map gerrymandering and state leaders making demands without providing money. Nearly 650,000 Illinoisans’ concerns about major state issues will be represented by these votes.

Wheeling Township voters will have a chance to weigh in on Illinois state lawmakers imposing unfunded mandates. After the April 1 election, nearly 650,000 Illinoisans’ concerns will have been represented by votes on some of the state’s most pressing issues.

In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s felony conviction, Illinois State Representative La Shawn Ford is calling for a review of election laws governing who can run for public office.

An immigrant rights advocate told Sen. Steve McClure that one of his clients received a voter registration form from the Illinois Department of Human Services when they applied for state

Some Illinois Republicans are calling for legislation to allow Illinoisans to recall corrupt public office holders. House Republicans Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, and David Friess, R-Red Bud, have introduced legislation that provides that local officeholders who were elected during a general or consolidated election may be recalled under the Local Government Elected Official Recall Act.

Heading into Election Day, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump were locked in a tight race for the White House, and control of both the U.S. Senate and House was hanging in the balance.

The last time President-elect Donald Trump took office, Illinois had just passed the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), creating an ambitious renewable electricity mandate, solar incentive programs, green job training,

“President Jimmy Carter, campaigning in Granite City to win crucial Illinois votes, bathed himself in an overflow of enthusiasm from metro-east Democrats Monday, preaching the doctrine of past Democratic presidents,” BND reporters Stephen Pounds and Barbara Hipsman wrote.

Letters of interest can be sent to the City of Bloomington Board of Election Commissioners, c/o Judge Rebecca Foley, at 104 W. Front St., Bloomington, IL 61701, by Jan. 31. For more information, contact BEC executive director Luke Stremlau at 309-888-5136.