A source from Oakbrook has told Cities that a friend confided in her about some folks a condominium being asked to “earn” $150 in exchange for casting a Democrat ballot.
“An 82-year old is in a building in Glen Ellyn and the Pritzker people went in there and gave each person $150 for a ballot that read ‘Pritzker’ and the whole building voted for him in mail in ballots. And I think that should be against the law,” said the Oakbrook resident.
Ballot harvesting is legal in Illinois, but “buying the vote” is against the law.
The law says: Any person who knowingly gives, lends or promises to give or lend any money or other valuable consideration to any other person to influence such other person to vote or to register to vote or to influence such other person to vote for or against any candidate or public question to be voted upon at any election shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
John McAnally an Investigations Sergeant for City of Naperville conducted an investigation who told Cities to contact Deputy Chief Criminal Investigator David Zdan who was pretty short on the phone when we called to ask if there was in fact an investigation.
Zdan said there is no evidence to the allegation. Pressed further, we asked what type of investigation was conducted… if officers of DuPage County police force went to interview residents of the 470 Fawell Blvd address.
“Yes, that was subject to the investigation. There is no evidence to the allegation whatsoever,” said Zdan.
Did the investigation extend further than asking residents if they were approached by “Pritzker campaign people”… such as asking the Illinois GOP or Pritzker’s campaign if they knew about it?
“I am convinced that investigator McAnally took it in the appropriate direction,” said Zdan. “He looked at every lead until it was determined that there was no merit to this allegation.”
Zdan then told us to follow up with the Public Information officer within DuPage county’s States Attorney’s office Paul Darrah. Cities is awaiting a call back.
This story is developing
