1 STATE OF ILLINOIS )

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2 COUNTY OF McHENRY )
3 IN THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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SHARON ANN MERONI (aka )
5 CHALICE JACKSON) PATRIOT'S )
HEART MEDIA NETWORK, Inc. , )
6 et. al , )
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7 Plaintiffs, )
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8 vs. )NO. 09 MR 399
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9 MC HENRY COUNTY GRAND JURY, )
et. al . )
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Defendants. )
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12 Report of Proceedings had in the above
13 entitled cause before The Honorable Sharon L.
14 Prather, Judge of said Court, on the 7th day of
15 December, 2009, in the McHenry County Government
16 Center, Woodstock, Illinois.
17 APPEARANCES:
18 Ms. Sharon Ann Meroni
19 appeared pro se on behalf of the
Plaintiffs,
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MR. LOUIS A. BIANCHI, STATE'S ATTORNEY
21 By: Mr. Jeffrey Bora,
Assistant State's Attorney
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on behalf of The People of the
23 State of Illinois.
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1 THE COURT: Patriot's Heart Media. State your

2 name for the record.

3 MS. MERONI: My name is Sharon Ann Meroni.

4 THE COURT: You're here because you have filed

5 a petition?

6 MS. MERONI: Yes, Your Honor. I filed a

7 petition to appear before the sitting grand jury.

8 THE COURT: For what reason, ma'am?

9 MS. MERONI: To present evidence of massive

10 voter fraud in McHenry County.

11 THE COURT: Occurring when and how?

12 MS. MERONI: Occurring on -- the first place

13 was in the general -- was in the primary election

14 in February of 2008 and the second event was

15 November 4th, 2008, but I believe that the issue

16 involved also encompasses all elections in the

17 State of Illinois that involve individuals

18 asserting that they're to be in office.

19 THE COURT: Is the State seeking to file any

20 response to this petition?

21 MR. BORA: Your Honor, Jeff Bora on behalf of

22 The People. We would be asking the Court for time

23 if the Court would like to hear from the State on

24 this matter to respond to the petition. Although

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1 we are not a named party at this time we do believe

2 that we probably have standing in this issue to

3 give the Court a response as the State's Attorney's

4 office is charged with preventing the county in its

5 expenditure of funds and this may fall into that

6 category.

7 However, just based upon our initial

8 review of the motion we could not find a basis in

9 law for the motion nor could we find any

10 specifically stated facts that would allow this

11 Court to redress any issues that the Petitioners

12 may seek. So if the Court would like to hear from

13 the State we would be seeking time to respond.

14 THE COURT: How much time would you need?

15 MR. BORA: Thirty days, Your Honor.

16 THE COURT: The Court will grant thirty days to

17 the State to file a response to your motion. I ' 11

18 continue the matter for further hearing.

19 MS. MERONI: May I ask -- may I respond to him,

20 please? I understand under The Jury Protection Act

21 that actually we have five days up to seven days to

22 respond. That refers specifically to Defendants

23 but at least it does provide the fact that we do

24 have the right to ask to go before a jury or to

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1 speak to a jury. So is there any reason to prevent

2 me -- this is a sitting grand jury and it's in

3 motion right now --

4 THE COURT: There is a grand jury si tti ng in

5 this county each and every week all year long.

6 MS. MERONI: I know. Isn't that wonderful?

7 And I would like to just have since this is an

8 emergency and I think thirty days is a long time.

9 THE COURT: Ma' am, somethi ng that happened in

10 February of '08 is not an emergency. The Court

11 will grant the State thirty days to file a response

12 to your motion. I'll continue the matter for

13 further hearing to January 13th at 9 o'clock.

14 MS. MERONI: Is there -- I would like to ask

15 that my name, my personal name, be taken from the

16 record and I be granted secrecy as we go through

17 this process because this is a highly you know

18 public--

19 THE COURT: Your request is denied, ma'am.

20 January 13th.
21 MS. MERONI: January 13th?

22 THE COURT: Correct.

23 MR. BORA: Your Honor, one more issue that the

24 State would like to bring up. At this point it is

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1 Sharon Ann Meroni and Patriot's Heart Media. The

2 State would require as to whether or not Miss

3 Meroni was an attorney because based upon my

4 knowledge she would not be allowed to represent a

5 corporation if in fact she was not a licensed

6 attorney in the State of Illinois.

7 THE COURT: Will you address that, ma'am.

8 MS. MERONI: I put that on the petition just as

9 a spokesperson and not as a legal authority and I'm

10 just basically representing my company that I own.

11 THE COURT: Patriot's Heart Media is your

12 company?

13 MS. MERONI: I own it solely.

14 THE COURT: We'll see you on January 13th.

15 MS. MERONI: Thank you, Your Honor.

16 (Which were all of the

17 proceedings had in the

18 aforecaptioned cause)

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1 STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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2 COUNTY OF MCHENRY )
3 IN THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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6 I, Eri ka Katheri ne Ryl, an Offi ci al Court

7 Reporter for the Circuit Court of McHenry County,

8 State of Illinois, do hereby certify that I

9 reported in shorthand the proceedings had in the

10 above entitled cause and that the foregoing is a

11 true and correct transcri pt of all the proceedi ngs

12 heard.
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17 Official Court Reporter

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