Troy v. State Board of Elections

Richard Troy, plaintiff, presented a verified complaint (see Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 46, par. 9 — 20) before the Illinois State Board of Elections alleging that William Scott and Stanley Enlund (acting as chairman of Citizens for William J. Scott), had violated the provisions of the campaign disclosure act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 46, par. 9 — 1 etseq.). Specifically, he claimed in two counts that, first, $16,000 of campaign committee funds had been diverted to legal fees generated by a Federal tax probe of Scott’s finances; and, secondly, Scott had authorized the formation of a legal…