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...
September 22, 2024Dear editor; Why do immigrants come to the United States? They come to join their families, to work, and to seek safety and refuge from war, violence, and natural disasters. These reasons speak to the basic human needs of every living person: The need to be with the...
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...
July 30, 2024Dear editor; As the General Election season is in full swing, the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County is in the process of scheduling forums for area candidates in contested races for Kane County, IL General Assembly and US Congress. Forums are designed to provide a...
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...
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 of Central Kane County will be host to a hybrid forum Thursday, Feb. 16 featuring candidates running in the April 4, Consolidated Election for seats on the Geneva Park District Board, the Geneva School District 304 Board, and for a seat on the Geneva City...
The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County invites the public to the Batavia Public Library Thursday, Nov. 3 to learn more about Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), Public Act 102-0662, and its implications for Illinois and for our communities. The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act is a...
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 public is invited to attend a Zoom panel discussion featuring Kane County chairwoman Corrine Pierog, Batavia mayor Jeffery Schielke, Geneva mayor Kevin Burns, and St. Charles mayor Lora Vitek at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 20. They will share perspectives about how our community governments can collaborate regarding recovery act...
The League of Women Voters (LWVCKC) and the Geneva Chamber of Commerce will be partners for a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at Geneva Public Library, 227 S. Seventh Street, Geneva. The candidates for mayor of Geneva, Kevin Burns and Tom Simonian, have been invited to participate....
The 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote with suffragists Susan B. Anthony, Ida B. Wells and Alice Paul will have a celebration at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 with a Zoom video conference. Known for their activism for women’s suffrage, these strong women will share their experiences that culminated...
October 20, 2019Dear editor; The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County opposes the arming of teachers and other staff members in all of our community schools. In November, the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) annual conference will consider two recommended Resolutions: Resolution No. 1 would provide school...
