Everyone seriously interested in McHenry County politics need a copy of the most recent Yearbook. They may be obtained for free by contacting the McHenry County Clerk's Office.

Here are the Republican Precinct Committeeman listed in the online version of the McHenry County Year Book as of October 5, 2011.

The ones with no precinct committeeman are obvious.

Less obvious are the ones where no one ran in last year’s GOP primary election. Those precincts are the ones with the word “(APPT)” after the Committeeman’s name.

Such people don’t have to live in their precincts. However, they may be residents.

One might reasonably conclude if they didn’t run last time, they won’t run this time.

In any event, the appointed Committeemen did not take the time to get what I would suggest be twenty signatures to get on the ballot.

(While only ten are required, I would suggest anyone interested in running get twenty, just in case someone thinks about trying to knock you off the ballot with a petition challenge.)

Who are elected Republican Precinct Committeemen next March could determine the GOP’s candidate for Sheriff, if Keith Nygren decides to resign before the November election, but too late for candidates to have run in the March primary election.

In such a situation, the Committeemen would make the decision.

The numbers you see (“TOTAL VOTE”) represent the number of GOP voters during the last primary election. These numbers are the ones used in “weighted” votes of the Republican and Democratic Parties.