Election 2020
Dig deep into candidates, issues with our ballot builder
Stay informed on the 2020 election with this helpful tool. The Daily Herald and Shaw Media partnered up with BallotReady to develop this tool that will give you your voting options based on your address, help you with early voting, give you details about the candidates and more. To get started, just type in your address.
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Kane County chairman candidates contrast on budget cuts, taxes, leadership
Sep 24, 2020 11:31 PM - Candidates for Kane County Board chairman disagree on what expenses they'd cut and how they'd raise new funds to balance out an unprecedented budget deficit for 2021. -
'Today is historic': Long lines and waits as early voters turn out in force
Sep 24, 2020 5:55 PM - Voters around the suburbs are turning out in droves for the start of early voting Thursday, waiting in line for hours to cast their ballots in the presidential election. -
House District 49, 50 candidates talk taxes, helping small businesses
Sep 24, 2020 3:11 PM - Candidates seeking to represent state House Districts 49 and 50 weighed in on rising property taxes and bailing out small businesses struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a recent Daily Herald Editorial Board interview. -
Voting begins today in the suburbs: What you need to know
Sep 24, 2020 11:49 AM - As voting begins around the suburbs today, election officials hope one message rises above the political din over the presidential election: Don't procrastinate. -
'We have too many guns': Casten proposes national gun buyback program
Sep 24, 2020 6:27 PM - Already an outspoken proponent of stricter gun control laws, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove has voiced support for a national buyback program in the U.S. -
Elgin City Council to have 4 four-year seats open in the 2021 electionSep 23, 2020 7:22 PM - The Elgin City Council will have the position of four council member seats for a four-year term open in the 2021 election. Petitions for candidacy are available in the city clerk's office.
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League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area hosts candidate forums through Oct. 1Sep 23, 2020 7:05 PM - The League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area is hosting candidate forums streamed live on Facebook. The forums are recorded for later viewing until the Nov. 3 election.
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Chicago Bar Association releases recommendations for Cook County judicial candidatesSep 23, 2020 4:17 PM - The Chicago Bar Association, the state's second largest, released its recommendations for Cook County judicial candidates running in the Nov. 3 election.
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The Daily Herald's Election 2020 website is up, with a new twist
Sep 23, 2020 4:11 PM - The Daily Herald has launched its Election 2020 website, and this year we combined forces with Shaw Media and BallotReady to add a companion site that will provide a menu of races and referendums relevant to your home address. -
Watch Mussman, Pappas debate Kegarise, Lewis for Illinois HouseSep 23, 2020 8:41 AM - Four candidates for two Illinois House seats from the Northwest suburbs debated the proposed graduated income tax and the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic during a Zoom interview with a member of the Daily Herald Editorial Board.
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