The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County (lwvckcil.com) has announced plans for two upcoming candidate forums, which will feature candidates in contested races who are on the ballot for the upcoming Tuesday, March 17 Illinois General Primary Election. The first forum will take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday,
The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County (lwvckcil.com) today announced that the organization is partnering with the St. Charles Public Library to host a Voter Registration event in the Huntley Community Room at the library Sunday, Jan. 25, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.. Certified Deputy Registrars from
In the shadow of midterm gerrymandering wars for U.S. Congressional seats, Illinois voters may soon face a new ballot measure aimed at curbing partisan map-drawing for legislative districts within Illinois set to take effect after the 2030 census. Partisan gerrymandering reduces political debate and competition in our elections. It also
The League of Women Voters of Illinois will hold its annual Issues Briefing Saturday, Feb. 8, welcoming expert panelists to explore critical issues for Illinois. Issues Briefing will be held both online and in person at the NIU Naperville campus, 1120 E. Diehl Road Naperville. Former Illinois governor Pat Quinn
The Leagues of Women Voters of the Aurora Area, Elgin Area, and Central Kane County will be co-host to a hybrid candidate forum Wednesday, Oct. 9. The event covers races for US Congress 11, IL State Rep 49, IL State Senate 25, and Judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit 4th
The Leagues of Women Voters of the Aurora Area, Elgin Area, and Central Kane County will be co-hosts to hybrid candidate forums Monday, Sept. 30 and Tuesday, Oct. 1 at Batavia City Hall, 100 N. Island Avenue, Batavia. These non-partisan forums will provide area residents a chance to hear from
The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County (lwvckcil.com) will be host to several events in September surrounding National Voter Registration Day (NVRD), a nationwide, nonpartisan effort to register hundreds of thousands of voters. The League will be out in force Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the Sugar Grove campus
The League of Women Voters of the United States, as a member organization of the National Task Force on Election Crises, released the following statement on the Democratic Party’s replacing its presumptive presidential nominee: “While a major party’s presumptive nominee withdrawing his presidential candidacy is an extraordinary occurrence, rules and
The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County, in partnership with the League of Women Voters Aurora Area and the League of Women Voters of Elgin Area, invite residents of Kane County and the surrounding communities to a timely and informative presentation on U.S. immigration policy and the issues
March 2, 2024Dear editor; As the Spring primary election season is in full swing, the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County, along with the local leagues of the Aurora area and the Elgin area have just completed being host to two forums for candidates in contested races for
The League of Women Voters of the Aurora Area and Central Kane County will be co-host to a hybrid forum Thursday, Feb. 22, for the 2024 General Primary candidates in the Illinois State representative in the 83rd District and U.S. Congress in the 11th District. The forum will be held
The League of Women Voters’ Aurora Area will present Bought and Paid For? The influence of money on representative government at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at the Aurora Santori Public Library, 101 S. River Street, Aurora. The League will have Alisa Kaplan, executive director of Reform Illinois, give information
Cantigny Park and the League of Women Voters invite the public to their next Civic Awareness Series program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, Jim Slusher of the Daily Herald Editorial Board will lead a discussion on ideas for election reform. The free, online, program will be conducted through Zoom.
Voters of the Aurora 6th Ward are invited to attend an online forum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, featuring the candidates running for the 6th Ward alderman in the primary election. Five candidates are on the February 28 Primary Election ballot: Incumbent Michael B Saville, Matthew J Orr, Nicole
The League of Women Voters Aurora Area announced recently it will be host to a community forum to learn about the impact of climate change at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24 at the Aurora Public Library District Santori branch. Participants may attend online using Zoom by registering at the Aurora
Cantigny Park and the League of Women Voters invite the public to their next Civic Awareness Series program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13. Terry Wu, Ph.D., will present “Improving Civil Discourse: The Science of Us vs. Them.” The program is in-person and online. Registration is not required for those
League of Women Voters Aurora Area and Aurora Public Library will present Redistricting How Can We Do It Better from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the Aurora Santori Library, 101 S. River Street, Aurora. Many of us prefer to leave politics to the politicians, but we
The League of Women Voters chapters falling within the Illinois Second Judicial District is a partner with the DuPage NAACP to host a hybrid forum Sunday, Sept. 18 for the judicial candidates running in the November 8 General Election for Illinois Supreme Court and Illlinois Appellate Court seats. Both Appellate
August 18, 2022Dear editor; The Fall general election season is in full swing. With that comes candidate forums. As a 100+ year old, trusted organization, it is the League of Women Voters’ tradition to host candidate forums which voters use to get educated on candidates’ positions on issues of importance
The League of Women Voters Aurora Area will be host to two virtual candidate forums Wednesday, June 1 for candidates running in the Democratic Primary for the Illinois House of Representatives District 83 and the Democratic Party Primary for Judge of the Circuit Court 16th Judicial Circuit (Kane County). The
