I sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request to Macon County Clerk Josh Tanner for the lists of candidates who will be on ballots in Macon County Illinois for the March 19th, 2024 Primaries.
I will use this information to make elections and candidate pages, like I did for the 2023 Municipal Election.
I previously emailed with Josh Tanner in late November & early December 2023, and received the list of local candidates. Regarding non-local candidates, he wrote "I won't have that list until the State Board of Elections certifies it to me on January 11th," and he advised to contact him after that date.
I then emailed Tanner on Friday, January 12th, 2024, but did not receive a reply. I then re-sent my email as a FOIA Request on January 16th, 2024 and received a prompt response with the below documents.
Request Details
- Purpose: To see who will be on the ballot for Macon County's 2024 Primaries
- To: Macon County Clerk, Josh Tanner jtanner@maconcounty.illinois.gov
Timeline
- Sent: 2024-01-16
- Response: 2024-01-16
Notes
- I have included both the PDF copy of the local candidates, which I received January 16th, as well as a spreadsheet copy of the local candidates, which I received on December 5th, 2023, in email discussions following a November 21st FOIA Request.
- I have changed the file names
- I have redacted home addresses of candidates from the local list
Documents
- FOIA Request Email - Email Thread of request/response
- Macon County Candidates CSV/Spreadsheet - Spreadsheet of candidates for Macon County Offices, received on December 5th, 2023, as part of a previous FOIA.
- State Candidates - State of Illinois Candidates for Macon County Ballots for the March 19th, 2024 Primaries
- Federal Candidates - United States Congressional and Presidential Candidates for Macon County Ballots for the March 19th, 2024 Primaries
- Macon County Candidates PDF - PDF Copy of candidates for Macon County Offices, received as part of this January 16th FOIA Request
- December 2023 Emails - Email thread between Reed Sutman and Josh Tanner from late November / early December, 2024
- January 12th Email - Email I, Reed Sutman, sent to Josh Tanner on January 12, 2024 seeking certified candidates lists. Josh tanner did not respond to my email. This email was not indicated as a FOIA Request.