Allen Skillicorn Less than a year after abandoning his Illinois constituents, Skillicorn carpetbagging contender for a 4-year term on the town council UPDATE 4/11/22, 10:06AM CDT: It’s official! Last Monday, on the last day of filing, ex-IL state Representative Allen … Continue reading
Category Archives: Election
Below are the ten people who filed petitions ro run for the McHenry County College Board. Only one elected incumbent is running for re-election–Molly Walsh. Karen Tirio is retiring. Three appointed incumbents will be on the ballot–Thomas Allen, Mary Beth … Continue reading
A letter for the editor of the Northwest Herald, reprinted here with permission of writer Stephen Willson of Lakewood: Run for Office Editor: Our government is supposed to be a system of checks and balances. Locally, that means school boards … Continue reading
The following article was first posted on Illinois Leaks and is re-published with permission: Algonquin Township Road District – Legal advice on election matters? BY KIRK ALLEN ON MAY 2, 2018 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT ) McHenry Co. (ECWd) – I really don’t know what … Continue reading
Jackson the Only Pro-Life Candidate Last week Dan Proft interviewed Libertarian Governor hopeful Kash Jackson on “The Morning Answer” show. You can view the interview here. Jackson discusses why he is the alternative candidate for those not happy with the … Continue reading
A press release from Kash Jackson, Libertarian Party Candidate for Governor: CHICAGO, IL – Libertarian Candidate for Governor Kash Jackson congratulated Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker on their wins in the Illinois Primary on Tuesday. While the Libertarian Party is … Continue reading
Why is voting important? When people tdll me they are not going to vote, I tell them to do so because the politicians will have their hands in their pockets anyway. But voting is a way to keep politicians nervous. … Continue reading
Last Minute Agenda Change to Make Primary Election Valid As reported earlier, state law requires the County Board to approve changes in polling places. County Clerk Mary McClellan’s Oversight May Invalidate Tuesday Election McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan, an attorney … Continue reading
The anonymous web site calling itself McHenry Judicial Ethics PAC is at it again. Via email came the second attack on McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan, who is running for the much higher paying job of McHenry County Circuit Court … Continue reading
In contested elections at least one candidate will lose. The defeated candidate(s) will have a rough night and next few days. “What if I had done this differently?” “Could I have picked up votes, if I didn’t do that?” Not … Continue reading
“Houston, we have a problem,” began McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan’s presentation of the Finance Committee of the County Board Wednesday. She explained that she could not conduct the February 28th township primary elections without the voting software from Dominion Voting … Continue reading
McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan is inviting those interested in learning more the upcoming non-partisan spring elections to a meeting in Huntley Friday. The details are below: … Continue reading
The following memo is from the State Board of Elections employee tasked to take a look at the conduct of the primary elections by McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellen. The investigation was requested by State Rep. David McSweeney. I visited … Continue reading
This is a note from one who has lost a race for the GOP nomination for Congress in 1980, State Comptroller in 1982, for State Rep. in 2000 and for Govenror in 2002. OK, the race for Governor as a … Continue reading
Relatively new editor of the Northwest Herald seems to be clicking with his readers now that he is writing short comments on page 2 of the new tabloid. It’s taken a while for the former editor of the DeKalb Chronicle … Continue reading
The following comes from a comment by Marlene, who identifies herself as an election judge from Hartland Township Precinct 2: I was an election judge in Hartland 2. Our technical judge also was a high school student who was not … Continue reading
Almost 28,000 more people took Democrat primary ballots, and 19,000 more people took Republican primary ballots. In 2012, only 5,281 people voted in the uncontested Democrat Presidential contest; in 2016, 33,857 people voted in the Democrat primary. As is always … Continue reading
Another comment under the Nunda Township Precinct 19 election judge’s comments from Marsha follows: I have been an election judge since 2007. I served as a tech judge this election because I saw an ad in the NW Herald the … Continue reading
Just got an email from a candidate who wrote, “We’re waiting on the numbers from the group provisionals to be posted. “Should be in the next half hour or so. “Would have happened already, but we were told they misplaced … Continue reading