Articles filed under Referendum
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DuPage voters say no to dual officeholdersNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - One at a time, please. That’s the message DuPage County voters sent to public officials looking to hold two elected offices. With all 748 precincts reporting, a whoppin...
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McHenry County voters say no in 2 referendumsNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - With nearly all votes cast Tuesday in McHenry County counted, voters have overwhelmingly defeat two ballot measures related to elected offices in the county. With 100 p...
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Winfield voters give mixed signals on cops, roadsNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - Winfield voters sent a mixed message to their town leaders. Results on Tuesday night show voters overwhelmingly supportive of keeping the village’s police force. However...
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Wood Dale residents oppose video gamblingNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - Editor’s note: Story corrected 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 to reflect outcome of the vote, which was misinterpreted in earlier versions. Wood Dale voters made it clear ...
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Four Northwest suburbs approve electricity aggregationNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - Unofficial totals show that more than 50 percent of voters in Inverness, Lake Barrington, Rosemont and Schaumburg approved municipal electricity aggregation. In Lake Ba...
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Lombard voters impose term limitsNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - Term limits for village-level elected officials will be implemented in Lombard after voters approved limits by a 4-to-1 ratio, according to unofficial results with all 4...
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Rolling Meadows voters reject private trash pickupNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - Rolling Meadows residents said 2-1 Tuesday night they want to keep city garbage collection, thus “closing the door pretty definitively on the issue as far as the people ...
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Voters back amendment targeting SuperPACsNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - Voters in Lisle Township and Warrenville overwhelmingly backed a proposed amendment that would strip constitutional rights from corporations and special interest groups ...
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West Chicago rec center OK’d by votersNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - West Chicago voters narrowly supported a park district plan to borrow $15.5 million to build a recreation center. About 51 percent of voters supported the measure, with ...
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Voters approve new fire station for E. DundeeNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - It looks like the East Dundee Fire Protection District will get a new fire station. With six out of seven precincts reporting, 986 voters endorsed the $5.5 million ballo...