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Session will be limited to seven topics, some broader than others
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller * House Speaker Madigan just sent out the topics of the special session. New or existing bills can be used. Click the pic for the full document… 
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- Donnie Elgin - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 2:31 pm:
Mail-in ballot here we come.
- Pearly - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 2:34 pm:
It’s time to go full mail-in, permanently. Saves money? Check. Safer? Check. Already fully implemented successfully in several other states for years? Check.
There’s no good arguments against it.
- Bruce (no not him) - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 2:35 pm:
“or other disasters”
That opens up all things Illinois.
- cover - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 2:36 pm:
So property tax relief would be a “no”…
- Candy Dogood - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 2:37 pm:
It would be interesting to see how state wide automatic voting by mail would impact our state house and senate elections.
- Pearly - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 2:38 pm:
–So property tax relief would be a “no”–
Local governments are already going to be teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. How do you propose they maintain schools, parks, and police departments without even less revenue?
- fs - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 2:40 pm:
“Economic recovery” can include a lot of things
- Anonymous - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 2:43 pm:
There’s no good arguments against it.
Ballot harvesting is a problem. Case in Arizona is head to SCOTUS of
- Nick Name - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 2:44 pm:
===So property tax relief would be a “no”…===
You’re planning on voting for the Fair Tax amendment, right?
- RNUG - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 3:17 pm:
== Ballot harvesting is a problem. ==
That is my one concern. Mrs RNUG and I have voted by mail before, and have no problems doing so again.
IMO,there need to be criminal, not civil, repeat criminal penalities against ballot harvesting and / or tampering. Said penalities should include forfiture of any position won if it can be clearly PROVEN the campaign committee or other paid staff were involved. Maybe that is overly harsh, but I want to insure the integrity of any election.
- RNUG - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 3:21 pm:
Another thought re mail in voting … if we are changing to mail in and banning harvesting, we need to also change to an open primary with the top 2 or 3 primary winners advancing to the general election. Note: I said top voter getters, NOT top candidates from each party. THAT will be tough for the established parties to swallow.
- Donnie Elgin - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 3:27 pm:
Anonymous @ 2:43 was me
- Donnie Elgin - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 3:31 pm:
Bi-partisan caution on mail-in ballots..
“A 2005 commission led by President Jimmy Carter and James A. Baker III — George W. Bush’s secretary of state — concluded that these ballots “remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.”
https://ballotpedia.org/Changes_to_absentee/mail-in_voting_procedures_in_response_to_the_coronavirus_(COVID-19)_pandemic,_2020
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 3:33 pm:
=== Bi-partisan caution on mail-in ballots..
“A 2005 commission led by President Jimmy Carter and James A. Baker III — George W. Bush’s secretary of state — concluded that these ballots “remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.”===
Donald Trump votes by mail in… so there’s that, lol
- Chatham Resident - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 3:44 pm:
“Just seven, I repeat, SEVEN topics only.
And anything else I will gladly make sure it gets over to the Rules Committee.”
- Candy Dogood - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 4:36 pm:
I do wonder if there has been any major technological changes in the last 15 years that should be considered when reviewing a report written 15 years ago with the two named commission leaders having been born in the 1920s and 1930s respectively.
- Lynn S. - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 5:48 pm:
RNUG,
3:17 and 3:21.
Restaurant quality, sir. Restaurant quality.
- Anyone Remember - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 8:59 pm:
RNUG - “… we need to also change to an open primary with the top 2 or 3 primary winners advancing to the general election.”
You want California’s “Jungle Primary” (the official name is “nonpartisan blanket primary”).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisan_blanket_primary#California
- Lynn S. - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 10:42 pm:
@ Anyone Remember,
I’m in favor of the jungle primary. It would help the Republican party figure out just how irrelevant they have become in Illinois.
- Mama - Thursday, May 14, 20 @ 12:45 am:
The thing with mail-in ballots is not knowing if your ballot is actually counted. They can throw away the ballots they don’t like and no one would know unless there is a lot of oversight.