There’ll be lots of hoopla about the fall elections, but the people who spend the most property tax dollars will be on the ballot next spring.
School districts, of course, take the bulk of the real estate tax collar.
All township officials will be on the ballot. Elections for this virtually invisible type of government (except Grafton Township) happens only once every four years.
This is the polling place for precincts Algonquin 7 and 19 during low turnout elections. It remains to be seen if the Crystal Lake Park District Board will allow balloting in the main room of the Main Beach House or conclude that a money-making martial arts program deserves precedence. (And if the Park Board thinks kids’ recreation is more important than voting, wouldn’t that speak volumes about priorities.)
Here’s a piece written by DeKalb County Clerk John Acardo that provides some useful information:
2013 Municipal [and Other] Elections…
It’s not too early to start thinking about them
Running concurrent with the final push for the November Elections, candidates interested in running for municipal offices will begin collecting their signatures to appear on the April, 2013 Municipal Ballot.
Major offices, such as Mayor, all Township offices, and various aldermen will be up for consideration.
In an effort to aide our Local Election Authorities, our office has invited the State Board of Elections to conduct with our Election’s office, a seminar on the process for Consolidated Elections.
Interested local officials wishing to participate can RSVP to 815.895.7149. The date of this event is July 25th at the County’s Community Outreach Building.
Not only candidate elections, but also referendums.
School districts can have referendums for any of their funds: Education (tax rate referendum), Building Bonds, Working Cash Bonds (state law doesn’t require working cash bonds to be put to referendum although some – not many – ethical districts districts create a board policy stating working cash bonds must go to referendum, while other – not many – districts simply put the question on a ballot), Alternative Revenue Bonds (rare), Life Safety Bonds (again state law doesn’t require a referendum to issue these bonds), Operations (tax rate), Transportation (tax rate), sales tax increases, PTELL exemptions, and various other revenue increasing devices.