Mike Vick is an Illinois journalist, political organizer and media producer. He hosts the publication and podcast Unorthodoxing and has organized workers with SEIU Healthcare. He is the American Solidarity Party's write-in candidate for governor in the 2026 election.
Case
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Role at the time: American Solidarity Party write-in candidate for governor of Illinois, on his campaign's priorities page
Statement summary
Mike Vick's campaign for Illinois governor says on its priorities page that it opposes an automated surveillance state, that Flock cameras and similar devices pose serious privacy and data use concerns, and that it rejects the notion that they are needed to protect citizens. The campaign told Dispute Index that Vick has opposed Flock cameras since learning of them.
“We oppose the outsourcing of human-centered justice to a mass, automated surveillance state. Flock cameras and other such devices pose serious and legitimate privacy and data use concerns, and we reject the notion that they are needed to protect citizens. We must instead be protected from encroachment on our civil liberties.”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. The campaign opposes the automated surveillance state and rejects the notion that Flock cameras are needed to protect citizens at all, which rejects the systems outright, so we labeled it Condemned with the Ban or remove step.
Statement dates: October 1, 2026
Statement dates: October 1, 2026
Statement dates: October 1, 2026
Statement dates: October 1, 2026
