Allegations of fraud are flying in an aldermanic race closely connected to Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan, in which 13th Ward Alderman Marty Quinn is attempting to get his only challenger knocked off the ballot.
To run for alderman you need 473 petition signatures. Krupa collected 1,703, but said before he even turned them in, Quinn supporters turned in affidavits from 2,796 people who said they wanted to revoke their signatures for Krupa.
Nineteen-year-old David Krupa is a DePaul University freshman. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about why he is running for Alderman and his fight against the Madigan Machine: