38th Secretary of State Alexander Giannoulias of Illinois

 

1/03/2025

Secretary Alexander Giannoulias

c/o Office of Illinois Secretary of State 

115 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 300

Chicago, IL  60603

Dear Secretary Giannoulias,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history, social justice, and ethics reform. In these subjects, I like learning the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, expand on social justice to improve communities, have ethics reform to reduce corruption, implement voter protection to help protect voters from losing their rights, and many others. Secretary Giannoulias, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work when you served as 72nd Treasurer of Illinois and as 38th Secretary of State of Illinois to be very inspiring to me. 

When you served as 72nd Treasurer of Illinois from 2007-2011, I liked on how you worked on ethics reform like signing an executive order to prohibit staff members of the State Treasurer including the State Treasurer from receiving contributions from banks including financial institutions to reduce corruption, create a Green Rewards program to provide Illinois residents with a $1,000 rebate who purchase a new hybrid or other fuel-efficient vehicle, working on expanding investigation units on companies or financial institutions that commit fraud or abuse on taxpayers including consumers, and improve the Bright Start saving programs to help college students who come from middle class or from poor families get a scholarship. In your current role as 38th Secretary of State of Illinois, I like on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights by  by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights and establishing a commission to investigate any forms of discrimination against minorities including people who are different who are getting services from the “Illinois Secretary of State, On voting reform, I liked on how expanded on online voter registration to help assist citizens of Illinois vote while reduce waiting in long lines at the office or mail delays, expand on improvements of accommodations of absentee ballot access for people including people with disabilities who can’t make it to the polls to vote, and support technology like iPads including a tablet to help people with disabilities be able to vote on ballots. To improve ethics reform, I liked on how you pushed for a ban of gifts to staff members of Secretary of State form lobbyist to reduce corruption in public office, pushing  for require of disclosures in elections  from candidates to help the public know who is donating to the campaigns,  putting financial dealings of politicians online to help the pubic know what their politicians are doing with taxpayers’ money or how they use their campaign contributions, and heavily advocating for more campaign finance reform to help reduce dark money form corporations in elections to reduce corruption in elections.  Also another thing that I like about your work as Illinois Secretary of State is how you worked with Attorney General of Illinois on investigating public officials who are corrupt or accept illegal bribes , pushing for educational programs to help educate youth including citizens about the importance of voting along with how election works, and  partnering with Illinois businesses to help support businesses that adopt or push for family friendly policies for employees in order to improve worker’s rights.   

Secretary Giannoulias,  I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Also with my disability I struggle on dealing with some forms of discrimination in public places, social settings, and when trying to got my voter registration approved. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Your role as 72nd Treasurer of Illinois and as current 38th Secretary of State of Illinois helps give me motivation to continue to learn history, social justice, and ethics reform. My future goal is to work in these areas to empathize the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, expand on social justice to improve communities, have ethics reform to reduce corruption, implement voter protection to help protect voters from losing their rights, and many others.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference for society. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights, expand on social justice, improve voter’s rights, implement ethics reform, and many others. You truly inspire me to work hard on my disability, learn about your work, and continue to learn different subjects. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. Please continue to make a great difference for society.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick