Amid false claims, Illinois elections officials push integrity, transparency -- and maybe body armor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : In a Sept. 27 visit to Michigan, Trump told the crowd, "If I lose -- I'll tell you what, it's possible.
39% : In addition to expressing disdain for early voting and voting by mail, Trump also has contended, without evidence, that Democrats were registering noncitizens to vote, including in a fundraising email to supporters last week that said "TENS OF THOUSANDS" of such registrations had already occurred.
35% : A Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury recommended that she be charged in the sweeping indictment against Trump and 18 of his allies and co-conspirators, but she was not included.
30% : That's even though more than 60 court cases across the country challenging election results were rejected by judges, including some appointed by Trump to the federal bench.
23% : "Trump has long claimed, without evidence, that early voting and voting by mail has been corrupted.
19% : Trump also made the allegation in the Sept. 10 presidential debate and Trump supporter Elon Musk has fueled the conspiracy theory by saying Democrats are "importing voters" so they can create a "one-party state," CNN reported.
19% : "But Erickson noted the political divisions and rhetoric has escalated into violence, pointing to the assassination attempt on Trump in July and an apparent Trump assassination plot last month.
16% : Trump, the Republican nominee for president, has continued to falsely insist his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden was stolen from him due to fraud.
6% : Mitchell was on an infamous phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Trump asked him to find 11,780 votes.

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