Articles filed under Referendum
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Court OKs expedited appeal of term limits caseJul 21, 2014 1:01 am - An Illinois appellate court has agreed to hear an expedited appeal of a ruling that banned a question on term limits from the November ballot. The Chicago-based First Di...
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Judge rejects referendums on term limits, remapJun 27, 2014 1:01 am - Measures that would allow Illinois voters to decide on lawmaker term limits and a new political redistricting process can't appear on November's ballot, a judge ruled Fr...
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Barrington to consider referendum on home ruleJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - Barrington residents this fall may be asked whether their village should become a home-rule community, which officials say would allow the local government to be exempt ...
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Term limit, political map lawsuit unfolds in courtJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - The decision of whether two November ballot measures dealing with term limits and redistricting are constitutional is in the hands of a Cook County judge. Oral argument...
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Election officials vote on 2 ballot itemsJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - A measure calling for lawmaker term limits is all but ready for the November ballot, state elections officials decided Tuesday in Chicago. They also reluctantly agreed t...
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GOP wants more time for redistricting signaturesJun 11, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Top Illinois Republicans are requesting that the State Board of Elections grant an extension to a group gathering signatures to take the political mapmakin...
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Term limits petition likely has enough signaturesJun 02, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois election officials say the group that wants to impose an eight-year term limit on state legislators appears to have enough petition signatures to ...
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Not enough signatures for redistricting referendumMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - The group that wants to take the politically powerful process of drawing election maps away from Illinois lawmakers is facing more challenges after electio...
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First court hearing on ballot initiatives lawsuitMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - Attorneys involved in a lawsuit aiming to block term limit and political redistricting initiatives from the ballot made an initial court appearance Monday, the first ste...
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Half a million Illinois voters seek end to gerrymanderingMay 01, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - With the help of wealthy donors and a bipartisan group of politicians, a petition to end the gerrymandering of Illinois election districts was presented Th...