The press release below from the McHenry County Clerk’s Office mentions objections filed to Presidential petitions. The most important of those seems to be the one claiming that U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is not a natural born citizen. The other … Continue reading
McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan reports that 1,934 people exercised their right to vote early. Approximately 300 have mailed in their votes. That probably means there will be a very low turnout and whichever candidates have the best get out … Continue reading
A Friend of McHenry County Blog prepared this chart showing the impact of early and absentee voting versus election day in-person voting. If you take the time to study it, please give your interpretation of the implications. = = = … Continue reading
In an earlier article, I posted the in-person votes for McHenry County Board in District 1. Here they are again: Robert Nowak is running first by a lot. Andrew Gasser is second, leading incumbent Democrat Nick Chirkos by 179 votes. … Continue reading
A citizen in Spring Grove got a call Wednesday asking questions about the McHenry County Sheriff’s race. Here’s a description of the call: They asked if I was a registered voter, my age, gender, if I was likely to vote … Continue reading
A robo-call from GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner asked me to push one if I were willing to vote early. I’m not, because I don’t want to vote electronically, so I didn’t do so. Nevertheless, Rauner said he was “ready … Continue reading
Some may remember how the Republicans got skunked in 2008 by the Barack Obama early voting campaign. The Dems still have an excellent early and absentee voting program, but Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner is trying to level the playing … Continue reading
A press release from the Republicans’ candidate for Attorney General Paul Schimpt: SCHIMPF CALLS ON ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN TO INVESTIGATE PROBLEMS WITH EARLY VOTING WATERLOO, IL – Republican Attorney General Candidate Paul Schimpf issued the following statement in response to the … Continue reading
McHenry County Clerk Kathie Schutze provided the following information about early and absentee voting: We issued 4551 absentee ballots for this election. Of that 3911 was early voting. 2012, we issued 3781 of which 2770 was early voting. 2010, we … Continue reading
Here is the information provided by the McHenry County Clerk: COUNTY CLERK ANNOUNCES EARLY VOTING REQUIREMENTS Katherine C. Schultz, McHenry County Clerk, announces that voters can cast a ballot prior to the March 18th, 2014 General Primary Election as early as … Continue reading
There were differences between the totals on which I based the earlier articles I wrote last night and the ones that now appear on the McVote election results web site. Added in at the end of the counting were 31,091 … Continue reading
McHenry County Clerk Kathie Schultz revealed that about 26,060 people have cast early votes. Shultz’ office is making coding changes, so she warns that the number is a preliminary one. Early voting ended Saturday afternoon. Since there are 203,225 registered … Continue reading
A press release from the polling firm We Ask America: Favorite Son There’s been a surprising amount of conjecture coming our way lately about the possibility of Mitt Romney inching closer to Barack Obama in Illinois. We’ve not paid much … Continue reading
In McHenry County, here are the places and times where one can cast an early vote this fall: EARLY VOTING WILL BE CONDUCTED AT McHenry County Administration Building 667 Ware Rd., 2nd Floor, Conference Room A Woodstock, IL 60098 Monday, … Continue reading
DeKalb County Clerk John Acardo continues to turn out useful electoral information. Below he tells the changes in the early voting law: Changes to Early Voting The end of May also brings with it the end of the Legislative Session … Continue reading
Here’s the report from McHenry County Clerk Kathie Schultz: As of the close of voting [Saturday] there have been 3702 absentee ballots applied for. Of these 2770 were early voters. February 2010 3233 total absentee—2409 early voters February 2008 6235 … Continue reading
It’s now after 2 AM and the McHenry County Clerk’s office has not added in the early and absentee votes. I remember it’s having been done much earlier two years ago where there were more people voting. With unrevealed votes … Continue reading
With absentee ballots, you never know if they will be returned. But with early voting being electronic in McHenry County, once a person casts his or her ballot, it’s a done deal. McHenry County Clerk Kathie Schultz reports that as … Continue reading
Have you noticed that the smart candidates are getting their message out early? I’ve gotten two mailings from Scott Lee Cohen, for instance. It looks like he is trying to become the “None of the Above” candidate. When I stopped … Continue reading
Here’s where and when you can cast your ballots before the election in McHenry County: McHenry County Administration Building 667 Ware Rd., 2nd Floor, Conference Room A Woodstock, IL 60098 Monday, Oct 11th thru Thursday, Oct 28th Monday, Tuesday, Thursday … Continue reading
