Articles filed under Township Elections

• 17 file write-in candidacies in Kane County Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  Seventeen people have filed to run as write-in candidates in Kane County for the April 9 consolidated elections. Two more people have joined the Batavia 7th Ward race as write-in candidates, and another person has joined the Geneva Township clerk race.
  

   

• Schaumburg Twp. Dems’ appeal set for Feb. 14 Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
  Four Democratic candidates for Schaumburg Township offices have consolidated the appeals of their removal from the April 9 ballot into one case. They will appear together before a single Cook County circuit court judge at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 14 at the Daley Center in Chicago.
  

   
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  Geneva candidate says he has time, interest, skills for two boards Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
  Why does Jay Moffat of Geneva want to be on two local government boards? Well, really, he wanted to be on four. It's not about power, he said; it is about a desire to serve the community.
  

   

• Important info for candidates Jan 30, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald candidate questionnaires have gone out via email. If you’re running in the April 9 election and didn’t receive one — or if you’re having trouble with the email — please contact us as soon as possible at electionhelp@dailyherald.com or at (847) 427-4442.
  

   

• Schaumburg Twp. Democrats appealing removal from ballot Jan 30, 2013 12:00 AM
  Four of the five Democrats seeking office in Schaumburg Township will appeal their removal from the April 9 ballot — despite having to pay individual filing fees well above what they expected to pay as a group. The candidates are challenging their removal over a procedural error.
  

   

• Schaumburg Township Democrats to appeal removal from ballot Jan 28, 2013 12:00 AM
  Five Schaumburg Township Democrats removed last week from the April 9 ballot will appeal the ruling to a Cook County circuit court judge. "The voters of Schaumburg Township deserve a real election with real choices on April 9," party official Mike Cudzik wrote in a statement announcing the appeal.
  

   

• 3 candidates survive challenges in Avon Township; one withdraws Jan 22, 2013 12:00 AM
  Despite formal objections, three candidates for office in Avon Township can stay on the April 9 ballot, officials have decided. A three-member electoral board ruled Monday that Douglas Raul Williams, a candidate for supervisor, trustee hopeful Steve Hall and highway commissioner candidate Jim Denomie can stay in the race.
  

   

• Democrats dropped from Schaumburg Township ballotJan 21, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Schaumburg Township electoral board Monday voted 2-1 to strike all five Democratic candidates for township offices from the April 9 ballot, on the basis that they were slated by an acting Democratic committeeman who wasn't properly appointed himself.
  

   
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  Elk Grove supervisor reflects on long career Jan 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  After nearly 28 years with Elk Grove Township, Supervisor Nanci Vanderweel is stepping down at the end of her elected four-year term this April. “This has been very satisfying ... now, it’s time to move on and let somebody else sit here,” said the 75-year-old who became the first woman supervisor in the township’s 162-year history. She reflected this week on her long career in suburban politics, which started in the 1970s.
  

   

• Election board allows Ela Township candidates to stay on ballot Jan 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  Efforts by one group of Ela Township candidates to get their opponents knocked off the April 9 ballot have proved fruitless, officials confirmed Thursday. An electoral board has ruled the members of the Ela First slate, led by incumbent Township Supervisor Lucy Prouty, can stay in the race.
  

   

• Schaumburg Twp. hopefuls criticize board benefit cuts Jan 16, 2013 12:00 AM
  Schaumburg Township board members voted against raising their pay and to cut off future access to taxpayer-funded insurance benefits to help return their latest tax levy to 2009 levels. The moves already have sparked debate between the Republican incumbents and a slate of Democratics challenging them in the April 9 election.
  

   

• Schaumburg Twp. election hearing continued Jan 12, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Schaumburg Township electoral board hearing on objections to all five Democratic candidates in the April 9 election was continued Thursday night until 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16. There are two separate objections against trustee candidates Moe Patel, Mike Murray, Carolyn A. Quinn and Zuhair Nubani and highway commissioner candidate Michael Lenehan.
  

   

• 4 seek Sugar Grove Township supervisor postJan 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  There will be a contested race for Sugar Grove Township supervisor in April. with four people seeking the post.
  

   

• Geneva Twp. petition challenge delayed Jan 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  A hearing challenging the petitions of the lone candidate for Geneva Township clerk has been continued until 4 p.m. Thursday, due to a typographical error on the hearing notice sent to the candidate.
  

   
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  Suburban elections see rise in Muslim candidates Jan 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  More Muslim candidates are running for elected office in the suburbs and a group called Project Mobilize is helping with training, networking, fundraising and resources to reach target demographics. "We wanted to be the vehicle to help those individuals gain leadership skills," group co-founder Reema Ahmad said. Running for office "gives friends and neighbors, and the public an opportunity to see American Muslims in the community in a light that they wouldn't otherwise be seen in from the media," said Junaid Afeef, who is running for Hoffman Estates Park Board.
  

   

• Signatures for incumbent nominating petitions challenged in Ela Township Jan 4, 2013 12:00 AM
  Signatures gathered by incumbents running as a slate for reelection in Ela Township are being challenged by an opposing slate of candidates. The Ela Reform Party claims many of the signatures for the Ela First Party are questionable and if removed, the Ela First Party would not have enough to be on ballot.
  

   

• Objections filed against Schaumburg Township DemocratsJan 4, 2013 12:00 AM
  A pair of objections were filed Thursday and Friday against the candidacies of all five Democrats seeking elected office in Schaumburg Township this spring. While one objection made the more common complaint that the candidates' statements of economic interest weren't properly filled out, the other charged that the candidates were slated by a new Democratic committeeman who hadn't been selected by proper procedure.
  

   
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  Suburban elections see rise in Muslim candidates Jan 4, 2013 12:00 AM
  More Muslim candidates are running for elected office in the suburbs and a group called Project Mobilize is helping with training, networking, fundraising and resources to reach target demographics. "We wanted to be the vehicle to help those individuals gain leadership skills," group co-founder Reema Ahmad said. Running for office "gives friends and neighbors, and the public an opportunity to see American Muslims in the community in a light that they wouldn't otherwise be seen in from the media," said Junaid Afeef, who is running for Hoffman Estates Park Board.
  

   

• Contested village board races throughout Kane Dec 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  There are contested village board elections in April in Wayne, Campton Hills, North Aurora, Elburn and Sugar Grove. But not enough people are running in Lily Lake.
  

   

• DuPage Republicans, Democrats to face off in township races Dec 6, 2012 12:00 AM
  Now that the Democrats and Republicans have their list of candidates for various township positions throughout DuPage County, it appears the biggest contests will be in Naperville, Bloomingdale and Downers Grove townships.