I’ve been an election judge in DuPage for several election cycles and they drill into you that you MUST initial all ballots. Must must must. No excuses here. Agree, what a mess. An election judge(s) should not be able to control who wins an election by not initialing the ballots. == An election judge(s) should not be able to control who wins an election by not initialing the ballots. == And how you chose to bind your petitions should not decide if you appear on a ballot, but here in Illinois is does. Someday a top to bottom review of election law in Illinois should happen (including lowering petition numbers) but there is no advantage to those in office for it to happen.