* Background is here if you need it. WBEZ…
The publisher of a chain of Republican-favoring newspapers derided as “pink slime” has agreed to remove specific street addresses and birthdates for “hundreds of thousands” of Illinois voters after being sued by Democratic Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Both Raoul’s office and Lake Forest-based Local Government Information Services agreed to an order from a Lake County judge that the sensitive information be removed from the company’s nearly three dozen online platforms by 5 p.m. Monday.
The order signed by Lake County Circuit Judge Daniel L. Jasica also bars the company from publishing that material while Raoul’s newly filed lawsuit wends its way through court. […]
State election law permits political committees to obtain information about voters but stipulates that it “be used only for bona fide political purposes” and not for “commercial solicitation or other business purposes.” Violation of that provision is a felony.
Proft did not respond to a query from WBEZ. LGIS’s president, Brian Timpone, could not be reached for comment.
- sulla - Friday, May 10, 24 @ 2:28 pm:
“Pink slime” is an awesome nickname for those publications. Kudos to whomever coined that term.
- DougChicago - Friday, May 10, 24 @ 2:32 pm:
Unfortunately, calling those publications “pink slime“ is an insult to pink slime.
- Mad Puppy - Friday, May 10, 24 @ 4:13 pm:
Except they kept the year of birth and the street, city, state and zip code.
- low level - Friday, May 10, 24 @ 4:19 pm:
==is an insult to pink slime.==
Took the words right out of my mouth. Why should we insult slime in that manner??