Articles filed under Referendum
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Quinn vows to keep working on pension reformNov 07, 2012 4:57 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn played down voters’ rejection of a proposed amendment to the Illinois constitution that would have made it harder to expand public employee retirement ben...
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Electric aggregation approved in Dundee TownshipNov 06, 2012 3:44 pm - Unofficial results show Dundee Township voters giving officials permission to negotiate electricity rates. With all 35 precincts reporting, 56 percent of Election Day vo...
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State pension amendment failsNov 06, 2012 3:40 pm - Editor’s note: A proposed amendment to the state constitution that would have made it more difficult to expand public employee retirement benefits had support from 56 pe...
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Voting snafu regarding referendums in Island LakeNov 06, 2012 2:37 pm - At least one Island Lake voter was handed the wrong ballot Tuesday morning and missed his chance to cast his vote in two referendums. Island Lake Trustee Shannon Fox sai...
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Lake Michigan water ref passes in Wauconda; Island Lake votes down appointed clerkNov 06, 2012 1:33 pm - Wauconda water Wauconda residents Tuesday voted to get their water from Lake Michigan rather than rely on village wells. With all 11 precincts reporting, the vote ...
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Tax increase diving for Old TownNov 06, 2012 1:33 pm - About 65 percent of the voters Tuesday rejected a tax increase for the Old Town Sanitary District, putting the system at risk of running out of money, said Prospect Heig...
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Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votesNov 06, 2012 1:13 pm - Altering the course of U.S. social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado s...
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Gilberts says ‘no’ to parks and rec taxNov 06, 2012 12:29 pm - Gilberts voters overwhelmingly rejected on Tuesday the notion of paying an extra tax to pay for parks and recreation. In unofficial election results for ballots cast on ...
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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...