Turkey pro quo? Chicago alderman denies requiring ballot petition signatures for free ready-to-eat turkeys

Amazingly, if this is true, a quid pro quo for free stuff in exchange for ballot qualification signatures is not illegal in ILL-inois.

From CBS Chicago:

A West Side resident said an alderman’s turkey giveaway came with a price.

The resident said the turkey was only provided in exchange for signatures to help two candidates get back on the ballot next year.

CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov on Monday dug into whether anyone broke the law.

Ald. Emma Mitts (37th) handed out hundreds of ready-to-cook Thanksgiving birds for free at her annual turkey giveaway at McNair School of Excellence, 4820 W. Walton St., on Saturday.

CBS Chicago says the petitions were for the candidacies of Mitts, who is running for reelection as Democratic ward committeeman, and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, the leftist lunatic who dropped all of the charges against hate crime hoaxter Jussie Smollett.