Illinois GOP Accuses Democrats of Election Interference by Banning Candidate Slating by Tom Ozimek – US Politics News

Illinois Republicans have accused Democrats of election interference by adding an 11th-hour amendment to a bill that was quickly passed by the Democrat-controlled Legislature and signed into law by the state’s Democrat governor, changing ballot laws that allegedly disfavor the GOP.
Last week, Democrats in the Illinois House added a last-minute amendment to Senate Bill 2412 that changes state election laws, including prohibiting political parties from appointing candidates to fill out general election ballots where the party did not field a primary candidate, known as slating.
The move outraged Republicans, a minority in the Illinois Legislature, who voted “present” and walked off the House floor without debating the measure, which quickly passed both chambers and was signed into law on May 3 by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker….