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Dabrowski filed the complaint in Champaign County circuit court
on Tuesday after ballots identified him as “Tad” Dabrowski
instead of “Ted” Dabrowski.
“The clerk has admitted the error however [he] has initially
refused to reprint the ballots, so we’re suing to have those
ballots reprinted. It’s an absolute mess,” Dabrowski told The
Center Square.
The Champaign County clerk, Aaron Ammons, is the husband of
state Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana.
Dabrowski suggested there would be a different response if Gov.
J.B. Pritzker’s name appeared on the ballot incorrectly.
“If it were J.C. Pritzker, I’m sure it would be changed,”
Dabrowski said.
Ammons and his deputy clerk, Angie Patton, did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
Dabrowski’s complaint seeking an injunction and other relief
listed Ammons as the defendant and Dabrowski’s GOP rivals,
Darren Bailey, Rick Heidner and James Mendrick as interested
parties.
According to Dabrowski’s complaint, about 4,000 to 5,000
Republican ballots with errors were mailed out to requesting
voters and about 200 in-person early voters cast ballots with
the error.
“They should be sequestered, early voting should be stopped and
they should reprint ballots. That’s what we’ve requested. We’ll
see what the courts say. We’re asking for an immediate response
on that, of course,” Dabrowski said.
Dabrowski said Joe Severino is on the GOP ballot in at least
five counties, including Lake County, even though Severino’s
candidacy was rejected by the Illinois State Board of Elections.
Dabrowski said Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state legislature
should be held accountable.
“We have bastardized the voting process, right? We keep
lengthening the period. We’re turning this into election season.
Election season opens up to more mistakes, more fraud,”
Dabrowski said.
Dabrowski said Illinois needs to get back to voting on Election
Day and voting on paper.
Dabrowski referred to a lawsuit filed by Illinois U.S. Rep. Mike
Bost, R-Murphysboro.
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for Bost to
challenge Illinois’ law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted
up to two weeks after Election Day, a dispute that lower courts
had previously refused to hear.
Democratic and Republican primary elections are scheduled March
17 in Illinois.
Catrina Barker contributed to this story.
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