Judicial Watch Knocked Out of Illinois Voter Information Lawsuit

A lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections and its director has been pared down by a federal judge who dismissed one of the charges and ruled two plaintiffs lack standing to sue.

The injuries alleged by Judicial Watch and one of its members, an Illinois poll watcher, “are about personal anxieties and loss of confidence” resulting from generalized harms, which aren’t sufficient for Article III standing, said Judge Sara L. Ellis of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Ellis dismissed the group and the poll watcher from their lawsuit alleging that Illinois election officials ...