EHAB ALLABABIDI / CHICAGO MAYORAL CAMPAIGN Campaign briefing Updated October 29, 2026 BUILDER. CHALLENGER. CHICAGOAN. Ehab Allababidi is a Chicago-based founder and engineer running a write-in campaign for mayor of Chicago. He founded DarkDeck and represents himself in state and federal litigation. HOW TO VOTE FOR EHAB Election Day: Tuesday, February 23, 2027. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Paper ballot: under Mayor, print EHAB ALLABABIDI on the write-in line and fill in the oval next to it. Touchscreen: choose the write-in option under Mayor, type EHAB ALLABABIDI, confirm, and insert the printed ballot into the scanner. Sign the write-in pledge: https://ehab.estate/sign KEY DATES Nov. 25, 2026: Mail ballot applications open. Apply with the Chicago Board of Elections. Mail ballots have a write-in line for Mayor, too. Jan. 14, 2027: Early voting can begin. The Board publishes early voting locations and hours in January. Jan. 26, 2027: Regular registration closes. Register or update your address by this date, or use grace-period registration in person. Jan. 27 – Feb. 23: Grace-period registration and voting. Register and vote in person at designated locations. Bring two forms of ID, one showing your current address. Feb. 18, 2027: Last day to request a mail ballot online or by mail. After this date, vote early or on Election Day. Feb. 22, 2027: Last day of early voting. Early voting runs up to the day before the election. Feb. 23, 2027: Election Day · polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.. Write in EHAB ALLABABIDI for Mayor and fill in the oval. Apr. 6, 2027: Runoff, if no candidate wins a majority. The two highest finishers from February 23 meet again. Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, 2027 Election Information Pamphlet and Calendar. https://cboeprod.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/prod/2026-08/2027%20Election%20Calendar-REV%2001-ADOPTED%2007-28-2026%20typo%20corrected.pdf THE CHICAGO PLAN Five priorities. Concrete first steps. Public measures of progress. 01 / Open the books. Your city. Your money. Your right to know. Every contract searchable, every records request tracked, and every major project tied to a name, a deadline, and a public scorecard. - Publish a searchable index of city contracts and spending. - Track public-records requests and response times in public. - Give major projects a named owner, a timeline, and a progress report. Measure: Contract visibility · Records response times · Project delivery 02 / Make the city work. A permit, a pothole, a new storefront: each should feel like a service, not a scavenger hunt. Find the slowest processes, fix them in public, and prove the fix with numbers residents can check. - Map the slowest resident-facing processes and publish the baseline. - Make request status and the next responsible department easy to see. - Test simpler applications and publish before-and-after completion times. Measure: Resolution times · Permit turnaround · Resident feedback 03 / Protect our digital rights. Chicago should use technology the way a good engineer does: carefully, transparently, and with a human in charge. Before the city buys or expands an AI system, residents should know what it does, what data it touches, and how to challenge it. - Publish an inventory of city AI systems and the purposes they serve. - Require human review and a way to challenge consequential automated decisions. - Review data retention, vendor access, and security before expanding a system. Measure: Systems disclosed · Human review · Data access controls 04 / Back the people building. Chicago's ingenuity is its advantage. Small businesses, independent builders, and local talent deserve a clear path into city work and a City Hall that clears the way instead of standing in it. - Make procurement opportunities easier for small local suppliers to find. - Publish clear steps and requirements for starting a business. - Bring builders and neighborhood organizations into practical service pilots. Measure: Supplier participation · Application completion · Pilot outcomes 05 / Show up for every block. A working city starts with daily life: safe streets, reliable services, and a government that listens to every ward, not only the loudest ones. Put the block-level experience next to the citywide numbers, then act on both. - Hold open neighborhood listening sessions and publish the issues raised. - Track service performance geographically so gaps are visible. - Publish follow-through on resident priorities, with a named department responsible. Measure: Issues acknowledged · Service gaps · Published follow-through SELECTED PUBLIC RECORD Challenging a judgment. Getting the record corrected. N.D. ILL. · 1:26-CV-06738 · DKT. 24–25 A Rule 59(e) motion led the court to correct parts of its dismissal and enter an amended judgment. Motion granted in part; amended complaint dismissed. Historical order dated September 2, 2026. Court order · Docket 24: https://ehab.estate/records/rule59-order.pdf Amended judgment · Docket 25: https://ehab.estate/records/amended-judgment.pdf Building DarkDeck. Putting context first. DARKDECK · FOUNDER · CHICAGO Specialized AI workspaces built around evidence, review, and the person making the decision. Founder attribution and public evaluation environment checked October 29, 2026. DarkDeck · Company: https://www.darkdeck.ai/about/ Explore DarkDeck: https://www.darkdeck.ai/ Taking the fight for data privacy to federal court. N.D. ILL. · 1:25-CV-15786 A federal action against the City of Park Ridge involving the Driver's Privacy Protection Act. Historical procedural snapshot through October 4, 2026. See linked records for details. Court's Rule 8 order · Docket 51: https://lakecounty.estate/docs/2026-09/2026-09-03_ND_Ill_1-25-cv-15786_Dkt51_Rule8_Order.pdf Park Ridge · Published record: https://lakecounty.estate/september-2026#park-ridge-in-two-courtrooms Making a complicated record readable. LAKECOUNTY.ESTATE · RECORD & TIMELINE Court documents, timelines, and source material organized in a public archive. Author-published archive; source dates appear on individual records. Browse the public archive: https://lakecounty.estate/ Case timeline: https://lakecounty.estate/case-timeline Self-representation at the highest court. U.S. SUPREME COURT · NO. 26-5055 A certiorari petition and supplemental brief, with the disposition linked to the official docket. Petition denied October 5, 2026. Official docket checked October 29, 2026. Official Supreme Court docket: https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/26-5055.html Supplemental brief: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26/26-5055/422477/20260831114446581_26-5055%20SuppBrf.pdf Understand the system. Build it yourself. DIGITAL ESTATE ARCHITECT · SYSTEMS WORK Private infrastructure, local AI, networking, and the architecture behind digital ownership. Portfolio background and original source assets reviewed October 29, 2026. Digital Estate Architect: https://www.architect.estate/ Technology accountability, on the docket. N.D. CAL. · 5:26-CV-10487 A federal complaint naming Microsoft and Tencent entities, filed in Northern California. Filed September 15, 2026; public docket snapshot dated September 16, 2026. Public federal docket: https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/5:2026cv10487/479085 CONTACT defcon5ready@gmail.com Website: https://ehab.estate Candidate portraits: architect.estate source assets. Chicago photography: Gael D / Unsplash.