More like this, please
Tuesday, Jun 27, 2023 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Daily Southtown…
A Will County judge ordered the losing candidate in the 2022 race for Will County clerk and her attorney who filed an election fraud lawsuit to pay $35,000 in sanctions for what he called a “frivolous lawsuit.”
Republican Gretchen Fritz filed the lawsuit Dec. 28, claiming she believes “mistakes and fraud have been committed in the casting and counting of ballots” in the race because her opponent, Democratic Will County Clerk Lauren Staley Ferry, received more votes than Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker. […]
“It’ll be a deterrent so that these fake election lawsuits don’t get filed,” said Burt Odelson, Staley Ferry’s attorney. […]
In the lawsuit, Fritz claimed that “some unknown and unidentified person or thing” used a mathematical process to fradulently decide a winner in the clerk’s race, he wrote.
“But her supporting factual allegations are as vague as they are outrageous,” Anderson wrote in Monday’s order.
“In short, Ms. Fritz and her counsel violated Rule 137 by filing an election contest petition that was not well grounded in fact, and was not predicated on a reasonable factual inquiry,” Anderson wrote. “The Court finds that sanctions are proper.”
That county has always been a bit different, but it’s getting downright bizarre these days. The adults need to follow this judge’s example and step the heck up.
…Adding… By the way, these folks were supporters of Tom McCullagh, who dropped out of a House GOP primary after being accused of grooming. Every accusation is a confession with these people.
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:09 pm:
Found out.
– MrJM
- Boone's is Back - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:14 pm:
Glad to hear that sanctions were issued. Bravo by that judge.
- Huh? - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:14 pm:
“sanctions for what he called a “frivolous lawsuit”
Now seek professional sanctions against the lawyer who filed the frivolous suit.
- NUWildcat - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:15 pm:
Judge Anderson really ought to be on the federal bench. He’s a great writer and super smart. Rich do you have the actual ruling? He is always witty and blunt.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:15 pm:
Hero judge.
Enough is enough. This should hurt and make others think twice too.
- TheInvisibleMan - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:19 pm:
Another story that is only covered in Chicago, and Springfield, news sources.
For some reason these follow-up stories rarely get covered here locally.
- NUWildcats - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:24 pm:
Judge Anderson should be on the federal bench. He writes well and he is smart. Rich do you have the actual ruling?
- Lincoln Lad - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:27 pm:
$35K should serve as a deterrent… I’m sure she never saw that coming…
- OneMan - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:30 pm:
== used a mathematical process to fradulently decide a winner in the clerk’s race ==
Let me guess the summing of two or more integers.
- TheInvisibleMan - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:35 pm:
“Judge Anderson should be on the federal bench.”
He’s a good judge, but the County Clerk is the one who filed the motion for sanctions.
What we need, is more like her. People who won’t pretend like ‘being nice’ or ‘being cooperative’ with people who have the intent of destroying democracy is an appropriate response.
- Norseman - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:47 pm:
Bravo for the judge. Indeed, “(m)ore like this, please”.
- Confederate Railroad - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 3:54 pm:
We should be more worried about Will County Clerk and her history of writing bad checks.
- The Ford Lawyer - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 4:07 pm:
Some person or thing? Aliens? Mathematical process? Like adding up all of the votes for each candidate separately and then comparing the results?
- TheInvisibleMan - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 4:13 pm:
“We should be more worried about”
Maybe if you spent your time worried about the quality of your own candidates, they might win a county-wide election.
But after all these years, why would you start now?
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 4:46 pm:
===We should be more worried about Will County Clerk and her history of writing bad checks.===
A push against democracy is more important unless you’re a simpleton to partisan thinking.
- Dotnonymous x - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 4:47 pm:
“some unknown and unidentified person or thing”
Normally associated with psychosis…imaginary, paranoid and deluded.
- Stormsw7706 - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 5:01 pm:
What a great ruling. Enough is enough. Kudos to this judge.
- Big Dipper - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 5:48 pm:
The quack expert should be fired by Texas A&M as well.
- Mayflower voyager - Tuesday, Jun 27, 23 @ 8:18 pm:
Judge John Anderson is running for appellate court. He will be awesome at that job.