New State Law Bans ‘Dark Money’ in Judicial Races
Bill also allows ‘non-binary’ gender ID on voter registration
•November 24, 2021•
By Peter Hancock
Capitol News Illinois
phancock @ capitolnewsillinois.com
A new law in Illinois aims to ban out-of-state contributions and so-called “dark money” in judicial campaigns by requiring all candidates to disclose the sources of their contributions.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed Senate Bill 536 into law, an omnibus elections bill that makes a number of other changes to the way elections are conducted.
Under the bill, no judicial campaign committee is allowed to accept contributions from any out-of-state source or any person or entity that does not disclose the identity of those making the contribution, except for contributions that are below the threshold for itemizing.
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