{"id":2235313,"date":"2024-05-02T08:53:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-replace-child-welfare-bill-with-changes-to-election-law\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T08:56:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:56:42","slug":"democrats-replace-child-welfare-bill-with-changes-to-election-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-replace-child-welfare-bill-with-changes-to-election-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats swap child welfare bill for election law revisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-replace-child-welfare-bill-with-changes-to-election-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2235313&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Moments before reaching the Illinois \u2063House floor, a \u2064child \u2062welfare bill was \u2062replaced with an\u200b omnibus election bill. The revised bill, SB 2412, introduces non-binding referendums, streamlines candidate nomination\u2063 procedures, and adjusts\u2064 petition deadlines. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dollar-tree-set-to-close-almost-1000-of-its-family-dollar-locations\/\" title=\"Dollar Tree to shut down nearly 1,000 Family Dollar stores\">move sparked controversy<\/a>, with House Republicans\u2062 expressing concerns about voter choices and transparency. The bill aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-smear-gop-candidate-seeking-to-primary-leftist-friendly-arizona-election-official\/\" title=\"Media Criticizes GOP Candidate Challenging Arizona Election Official\">address election-related issues<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-best-and-worst-states-for-business-taxes-in-2023-where-does-yours-rank\/\" title=\"Here Are The Very Best And Worst States For Company Taxes In 2023. Where Does Yours Rank?\">property tax burdens<\/a> in Illinois.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 A child welfare bill was gutted just moments before going to the Illinois House floor and replaced with an omnibus election bill.<\/p>\n<p>House sponsor of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2412&#038;GAID=17&#038;GA=103&#038;DocTypeID=SB&#038;LegID=147311&#038;SessionID=112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Bill 2412<\/a><\/strong>, State Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea,\u00a0said the bill does three things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt places three non-binding referendums on the General Election ballot, eliminates the slating process to place candidates on the ballot in certain circumstances and moves up petition deadlines by 28 days,\u201d said Hoffman. \u201cWith regard to the slating process, currently a party can slate an individual 75 days after the primary, even if that candidate didn\u2019t file for the petitions for the primary election or did not conduct a write-in campaign at the primary election. This [bill] would remove this ability of a legislative or representative committee to nominate candidates for state representative or for state Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The referendums concern election worker protection and candidate accountability, property tax relief and assisted reproductive health.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans walked off the floor in protest after voting present and held a news conference. State Rep. Blaine Wilhour, R-Beecher City, said the Democrats are wanting to take choices away from voters.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, state Reps. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, and Blaine Wilhour, R-Beecher City, discuss an election billBlueRoomStream<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me it\u2019s subverting democracy and since when are the Democrats limiting ballot access?\u201d Wilhour told The Center Square. \u201cMy question is, \u2018who thinks we need a referendum to lower property taxes?\u2019 If you think we need a referendum on that, you\u2019re an idiot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilhour said the state is crushing citizens under oppressive property taxes. Illinoisans pay the second highest property taxes in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>There are a slew of bills out there that would bring down property taxes, but Wilhour said the Democrats won\u2019t come to the table.<\/p>\n<p>The slating process in Illinois currently allows political parties to slate candidates to fill the races where no candidate ran in the primary election. This process extends to local candidates as well, like county board members. The bill doesn\u2019t address slating at county or municipal levels.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, called out the House Democrats on their \u201clack of transparency,\u201d after the child welfare bill was gutted and replaced with an omnibus election bill.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Bill 2412 was originally about placing children in adequate homes, but an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/fulltext.asp?DocName=10300SB2412ham002&#038;GA=103&#038;SessionId=112&#038;DocTypeId=SB&#038;LegID=147311&#038;DocNum=2412&#038;GAID=17&#038;SpecSess=&#038;Session=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amendment<\/a><\/strong> turned it into an election bill that seeks to eliminate the slating process state House and state Senate candidates take advantage of. McCombie and the House Republicans staged a walkout in protest of the change as the bill dropped on the Republicans last minute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re used to seeing this kind of maneuvering on May 31, but we don\u2019t understand the sense of urgency right now,\u201d McCombie said. \u201cUnless the end goal is to stifle the democratic process through the changes on slating candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman said the bill, along with removing the slating process, moves petition deadlines up by 28 days, which was requested by the Illinois County Clerks and Recorders Association. Wilhour said the Democrats are wanting to take away the slating process just for the General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want the Republican or Democrat party to not be able to slate candidates for open seats,\u201d said Wilhour. \u201cIt leads you to believe \u2019what are they afraid of?\u2019 I don\u2019t understand what they\u2019re trying to do with this bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The General Election is Nov. 5, 2024. State Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, said the Democrats are doing anything they can to preserve and protect their supermajority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe losers in all of this are the voters and the people of Illinois who deserve checks and balances and they deserve elections that are actually competitive,\u201d said Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Democrats hold the majority in both the state House and Senate. There are a total of 78 House Democrats and 40 Republicans. House Speaker Emanuel \u201cChris\u201d Welch, D-Hillside, calls the Democrats \u201cThe Great 78.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moments before reaching the Illinois House floor, a child welfare bill was stripped and substituted with a comprehensive election bill. State Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, the House sponsor of Senate Bill 2412, highlighted the bill&#8217;s key actions: adding non-binding referendums to the General Election ballot and removing certain provisions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2235314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP23313680327548.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2235313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP23313680327548.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2235313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2235313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2235313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2235313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}