by Chris Blankenhorn | Jul 7, 2022 | Elections, News
Chicago Tribune John Keilman July 1, 2020 Originally Published at https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-ranked-choice-voting-ballots-election-berwyn-evanston-20220701-onobe3i7bnbulp3x7hptwygpoy-story.html The ranked choice voting item on Berwyn Township...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Mar 25, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD
The Illinois Green Party’s 2022 slate for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District will be on the ballot in the November 2022 General Election after no challenges to their signatures were submitted. Green candidates for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Mar 15, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD
Green candidates for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Toneal Jackson and Mark Buettner, filed their petitions to get on the ballot for the 2022 General Election on Monday (3/14/22). The MWRD, which occupies most of Cook County, plus a few townships...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Mar 12, 2022 | Environmental, Issues Statements, News
In line with our platform, which calls for an energy future that is “carbon-free and nuclear-free,” the Illinois Green Party opposes HB5589, which would repeal the moratorium on new nuclear reactor construction in Illinois. HB5589 was introduced on January 28 by...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Feb 24, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD, News
Like all candidates in Illinois, we are required to collect signatures in order to get on the ballot. Usually for Greens this means collecting between 5 and 25 times more signatures than their recognized party counter parts. Luckily, our past runs for MWRD (over a...
