Articles filed under Referendum
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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...
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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...