Boone County Clerk and Recorder, Julie Bliss, now faces a 26-Count felony indictment handed down from a Boone County Grand Jury yesterday, October 12, 2023.
We previously published numerous articles referencing Owen Costanza, the former President of the Village of Poplar Grove, Illinois. Since he lost the last election, he sued several people for defamation and other things.
A Boone County Judge upheld the Poplar Grove Electoral Board’s decisions to dismiss petition objections and leave candidates on the ballot for trustee of the Village of Poplar Grove.
Today, Boone County Circuit Court Judge Balogh Quashed all eight subpoenas issued by the Poplar Grove Electoral Board, stating the Poplar Grove Electoral Board went beyond its authority under Section 10-10 of the election code to issue these subpoenas.
The Poplar Grove Electoral Board appears to be completely out of control and also appears to be assisting a candidate in extracting or discovering information having absolutely nothing to do with the powers and functions of an electoral board.
After our email and article to the village explaining to them that the village of Poplar Grove Electoral Board’s special meetings scheduled to be held on Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday would violate the Open Meetings Act, the meetings were rescheduled.