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The People vs. The Parties: Partisan Lawyers Try to Prevent Illinois Voters from Ending Gerrymandering
After making its case in a Cook County courtroom, a group fighting to reform the partisan drawing of congressional districts still faces one more crucial deadline ahead of achieving its goal of appear ...
05 Jul, 2016
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Independents To Decide Illinois 10th Congressional District
For the third consecutive election, the Illinois 10th congressional district will see the same candidates battle each other in a race where independent voters could make the difference.The district ha ...
22 Jun, 2016
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Party Lawyers, Consultants Stand in Way of Independent Maps in Illinois
The movement for reforming the drawing of legislative districts in Illinois marches toward its goal but continues to face political obstacles.The Independent Map Amendment, the group behind the effort ...
02 Jun, 2016
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Afraid of Disunity, Party Leaders Use Fear to Discourage Support for Alternative Candidates
Now that the major parties have all but decided who their nominees will be – with the official nominations coming this July – leaders in both parties are eager to unify their respective base ...
24 May, 2016
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Automatic Voter Registration Bill Sails Through Illinois State Senate
Late last week, the Illinois State Senate passed a measure that helps get more residents registered to vote. The bill still has to clear the Illinois House before it moves to the governor's desk.Senat ...
23 May, 2016
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States with the Best, Worst Turnouts in the 2016 Primaries
As of May 10th, 2016, more than 75% of states have held either presidential primaries or caucuses. FairVote has compiled the number of votes casts in state primaries for each candidate to this po ...
17 May, 2016
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Independent Redistricting Campaign Submits over 570K Signatures to Qualify for Illinois Ballot
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 6, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State officials on Friday accepted a truckload of Independent Map Amendment petitions with nearly twice the minimum number of signatures neede ...
06 May, 2016
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Illinois Lawmaker Tells Colleagues to Stop Driving State Cars until Budget Crisis Ends
In the tenth month of a budget impasse, one Illinois lawmaker is making news about how the state should respond to its inability to pass a budget.Speaking to the Champaign News-Gazette, Illinois State ...
04 Apr, 2016
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Independent Candidate Bill Fraser Faces Steep Road to Ballot Access in Illinois
The campaign of independent candidate Bill Fraser, running in Illinois' 8th Congressional District, announced Wednesday that he has started his petition period to appear on the general election ballot ...
30 Mar, 2016
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Coming Soon: Media May Project Election Winners Days before Voting
Ever since the Chicago Daily Tribune's iconic blunder of projecting Thomas Dewey as the victor in the 1948 election, polling has evolved into a more precise science, one so accurate that scoffers and ...
30 Mar, 2016
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