Dupage Policy Journal

We are The People Illinois has issued the following press release:

On Monday, Oct. 4, the County of DuPage kicked off the long awaited re-count for the contested County Auditor’s election. The DuPage County auditorium was the setting for this event and there was many interested parties who showed up.

The County Auditor's contest between Bob Grogan (the incumbent) and William White (the challenger) was a close one to begin with. There was only a 75-vote difference out of nearly half a million votes cast between Bob Grogan and William White who was declared the winner.

On a mandatory three precinct re-count there was enough ballot irregularities to declare Bob Grogan the winner and force a county wide re-count looking for irregularities that would change the vote tally either way. There have been legal challenges that had to be ironed out over the costs and the process. Those challenges have been resolved and now it is time to check the ballots.

Monday brought a large group of election judges back to inspect the ballots. Along with the judges there was an outpouring of volunteers to be observers of the judges for both candidates. The spirits seemed high for everyone to get this re-count under way.  Prior to the kickoff there was a well instructed set of directions given by the DuPage County officials on what to inspect, how to sort the irregular ballots, and how the county was going to supply the ballots to be counted by the election judges.  

The first morning of inspections of the ballots from the vote in person at the precincts went well. The teams of judges seemed to set a quick pace and were able to get the re-count under way. This re-count is expected to take a couple of weeks. Both candidates will be looking to seek more volunteers. If you have the time and are willing please contact  the DuPage County Election Division at: DuPage County IL – Election Division - Contact Us  or you can sign up to be an observer at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084eaaa82ca5f85-grogan .