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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: GOP-tilted websites showed where Illinois judges live despite a law that protects their privacy
Description: Millions of Illinois voters had their home addresses exposed this year by an election conspiracy peddler who operates Right-leaning websites that purport to be impartial local news outlets.
Those websites published allegedly restricted voter roll information and are now subject to a state lawsuit.
A new WBEZ investigation has found the websites revealed where scores of state and federal judges live – even though judges’ addresses are legally protected.
WBEZ’s Dave McKinney has more.
This story was co-reported by WBEZ data journalist Matt Kiefer. HOST: DIXON