Action Alerts: Three important election issues to know of & take action (posted 08-05-2024)
If you see or hear additional info on these issues, please share with us (email: info@ilpac.org) so we can all be fully informed and engaged.
- Sensitive Illinois voter data exposed by contractor’s unsecured databases (exposure discovered mid-July 2024)
- An independent security researcher discovered this exposure in July
- Affects some IL Counties having contracts with Platinum Technology Resource and/or Illinois-based managed services provider Magenium
- 4.6 million records exposed (NOTE: “exposed”– the databases were not “hacked” and at this time it’s uncertain if any of the data was accessed by anyone).
- See WIRED article (August 2, 2024) (https://www.wired.com/story/illinois-voter-databases-exposed/)
- WIRED article reported that Platinum began informing the impacted counties of the exposure on Friday, August 2nd
- IL voter data from multiple counties, possibly 13. The only county mentioned by name in the article was DeKalb (We are in the process of determining which counties – please email us if you know that your county is affected)
- The data included: DL #’s, partial SS #’s, death certificates, scans of documents including voter registration applications (THIS MEANS VOTER SIGNATURES), screenshots of online applications, voter rolls for active voters, absentee voters with email addresses – some of them military email addresses.
- This exposure can lead to unscrupulous actors applying for, receiving & casting VBM ballots in the names of unsuspecting voters.
- Potential scenario: when the REAL voter shows up to vote at their polling place on Election Day, they’re told that a VBM ballot has already been cast in their name, forcing the REAL voter to vote a Provisional Ballot, which may or may not be counted. (BTW, this happened extensively across the U.S. in the 2020 Election. Carol Davis saw this first-hand as an Election Judge in 2020 – more Provisional ballots had to be cast in that election than she had ever processed in 18 prior elections)
- Carol Davis (ICU Chair) and CJ Parker (IL GOP EI Director) have been working with those involved to determine exactly which counties may be impacted.
- We will post updates here and share them in our e-newsletters.
- TO MITIGATE THE DAMAGE: Every voter, but especially in those counties impacted, should use ICU/IEIP “Claim your name, secure your vote” (https://www.ieip.org/claim-your-name-secure-your-vote/) strategy as detailed at the link and on our “Top Ten Action Items for Honest Elections” handout. We’ve promoted this strategy for many years as the best way to make sure your vote is secured and counted.
- RURAL COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS BEWARE! US Alliance for Election Excellence/ CTCL (Center for Tech and Civic Life) has announced new “grants” to rural election offices
- Sounds great – free money! In reality it’s a poison pill which comes with many strings attached
- US Alliance is targeting rural counties – think about several downstate counties which have been turned from blue to red during the past few election cycles – could this be a strategy to turn them blue again?!
- Contracts with US Alliance allow Leftwing activists to infiltrate and influence your local election office
- Two IL counties, Kane and Macoupin, were caught up in this trap in 2022 Election cycle
- Thanks to THEA, Kane County was able to fight back. Macoupin was unable to keep US Alliance out. US Alliance now has a contract with Macoupin to “train” their election workers, which could be a problem. What are they teaching?!
• Only citizens vote national week of action September 10-15
- Join the Only Citizens Vote Coalition (www.onlycitizensvotecoalition.com)
- Download resources at the website to help inform the public
- YES, non-citizens are being added to IL voter rolls
- The majority of them have no clue they are being registered by NGO’s
- Illegals are unlikely to show up at polling locations to cast ballots – once their names are on the rolls, bad actors will cast VBM ballots in their names
- IEIP worked with Rep Brad Halbrook to create one of his “The Inside Track” videos – a quick explainer video on non-citizens being registered to vote: https://youtu.be/fN5_Y-2PXmk?si=yx_CEiv0QSsfCW4g
- The views & response to this video have been very good, so keep sharing to educate voters.