(The Center Square) – Illinois Republicans are questioning the integrity of mail-in ballot envelopes from the Chicago Board of Elections.
The Illinois GOP joined Cook County State’s Attorney candidate Bob Fioretti, Cook County Clerk candidate Michelle Pennington, Fourth District U.S. congressional candidate Lupe Castillo and registered voter Jaime Martello in a complaint filed Friday in Cook County Circuit Court.
Fioretti said mail-in voters in Chicago are asked to declare their political party on envelopes used to mail the ballots, in violation of the Election Code. According the the complaint, “No part of the Code provides for the inclusion of any space for party designation of the political party of the voter.”
Fioretti said the lawsuit would seek to discover how he said election laws were broken and voters’ rights were violated in Chicago and in suburban Cook County.
“We seek an immediate order for both Boards of Elections to comply with the timetables of distribution of ballots, and an extension through Nov. 5, for issuance of votes by mail and extension [through] Nov. 21 for submission by voters by vote-by-mail ballots,” Fioretti stated.