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Today is primary election day in Illinois and you may be surprised that a citizen whose birth date is on the McHenry County Clerk’s books at being January 1, 1800, is going to cast a ballot. As you can see … Continue reading
Category Archives: Absentee Ballot
When public officials make mailings before an election, one can place great odds that it is being done in an attempt to improve their chances of election. A Friend of McHenry County Blog sent the following images of a mailing … Continue reading
Can’t tell you how the McHenry County Clerk’s Office knows how many votes have been cast on this Election Day, but the statistics are below: Note the changes from 6:55 last night here. Polls are open until 7 PM. … Continue reading
2.3% of the registered voters in McHenry County–5,228–had voted early or by absentee ballot as of the end of Monday. Two years ago 10.9% of the registered voters cast ballots. That was 22,512 votes. Four years ago, when township offices … Continue reading
1.7% of the voters in McHenry County have cast their ballots as of April Fool’s Day, 2017. Will County, on the other hand, having over twice as many residents, has seen 6,624 early votes. … Continue reading
End of Friday, March 31, 2017, early voting: … Continue reading
Here are the numbers of early and absentee votes that have arrived at the McHenry County Clerk’s Office: … Continue reading
The McHenry County Clerk’s Officer reports that 1986 people have cast early or absentee votes in the February 28th Algonquin, Grafton and Nunda Township Republican Primary Election. That’s about one percent of the registered voters. … Continue reading
McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan has added new information to her web site. Now there is a place where one can find how many people have voted early and voted absentee. Here are the results as of Saturday afternoon: … Continue reading
The slate running against the one headed by Supervisor Lee Jennings and Road Commissioner “Iron” Mike Lesperance sent out a letter accompanying their piece of literature promising a 10% tax cut. You will be able to see the campaign piece … Continue reading
It’s time to think about early voting. Found on the County Clerk’s web site: VOTE BY MAIL – APPLICATION First day for any registered voter presently within the confines of the United States, to make application by mail or in … Continue reading
Here are the number of people who have voted by various means in McHenry County through Wednesday November 26th: … Continue reading
A resident of Lakewood who goes to school in South Bend, Indiana, tried to vote by absentee ballot, but couldn’t obtain one. He wrote the Chicago Tribune with copies to McHenry County Board members the following email last Wednesday: From: … Continue reading
The name has been changed. Now, they are called “Voting by Mail” ballots. You can find one here on the McHenry County Clerk’s web site. You can see it below: The form can be emailed back to Mary McClellan’s office … 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
When I ran for the Republican Party nomination for McHenry County Treasurer at age 24, there were three candidates. Out of grad school less than two years, I quit my Civil Service job in the Budget Bureau (now called the … Continue reading
Last night I emailed McHenry County Clerk Kathie Schultz asking if the absentee and early votes had been added to the totals. At that point former Des Plaines Police Commander Bill Prim is leading Undersheriff Andy Zinke by 405 votes. … 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