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Races taking shape for spring elections

   With the passing of the filing deadline on Dec. 21, a number of races have taken shape for mayoral, city council, village board and… Login to continue reading Login…

Relieved the election is over

    Were you tired of watching the voting returns? It seems that even a century of voting for a president, they still can’t get it… Login to continue reading Login…

Shelly Wessel

Making votes count

Cass County Clerk Shelly Wessel, whose responsibilities include serving as the county’s election authority, is pictured with one of the automated ballot counting machines that… Login to continue reading Login…

Rep. Kelly Burke, D-Evergreen Park, answers questions about vote-by-mail legislation during the spring legislative session last month. Gov. JB Pritzker signed the vote-by-mail measure Tuesday. (Pool photograph by Ted Schurter of The State Journal-Register in Springfield.)

Pritzker signs vote-by-mail expansion

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois     SPRINGFIELD – Anyone who cast a ballot in the last three years or who registered to vote or… Login to continue reading Login…