UPDATE: April 15th Not Just Income Tax Day, It’s When Results of April 1st Election Are Finalized, EXCEPT FOR WRITE-INS DUE THE 22ND

The nation looks to their checkbooks to see whether there is enough money in the bank to pau their shre of income taxes tomorrow.

And those on retirement in Illinois can see why not taxing old folks retirement income keeps them from moving to a southern state that doesn’t levy an income tax on anyone.

Meanwhile, write-in candidates await the tallying of ballots which will (or may in contested races) put them in public office.

The campaign that probably was most organized was that of former McHenry County Board member Lou Ness, who ran a write-in campaign for the Woodstock City Council.

But, there are lots more, as you can see from the articles

Jake Justen Mounts Write-In Campaign for Crystal Lake City Council Prompted by Council’s 6-1 Vote to Hike Sales Taxes Half a Percent

Two Running Write-In Campaigns for Prairie Grove Grade School Board

Melinda Shafer Is Write-In Candidate for the Harvard School Board

Michael Lynn Running Write-In Campaign for Richmond for Township Trustee

Two Running Write-In Campaigns for Marengo Township Trustee

Two Write-In Candidates for Harvard Offices

There were other possibilities, as you can see below:

If You Want to Run a Write-In Campaign, Today Is the Deadline to File That Intention with the County Clerk, OPEN SEATS LISTED

But, probably stimulated by Mike Royko’s continual reporting on how many votes Mickey Mouse received, Springfield Democrats passed legislation requiring people to sign up their intentions to run a write-in campaign.

Regretfully, those Democrats took that fun out of election reporting.