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March 19 Primary Election – Links to Additional Candidate Forums
The LWV of Central Kane County conducted several candidate forums of interest to our area on February 20 and 22. Links to the recordings of those forums and/or candidate statements can be found on the BATV YouTube channel, and as follows: Kane County Recorder (Rogers statement), Illinois State Rep...
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Primary Election is this Tuesday, March 19th.
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Illinois Primary Election is Tuesday, March 19th.
Learn more about the candidates at
Early voting is now available. Go to to find a location near you.
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Wonderful presentation with so much information and myth busters. This program will soon be available on www.lwvil.org website.
Meet the Candidates Night CANCELLED.
LWV-EA invited candidates in contested races in the primary election to participate in a Meet the Candidates Night @ 7:00 pm on February 29th, @ Gail Borden Public Library. The event was canceled due to insufficient candidate response. LWV policy prohibits forums where only 1 candidate for an office participates. Invitations were sent to:
Democratic candidates for Kane County Recorder:
Candidate Brenda Rogers agreed to participate; her candidate questionnaire is on our website.
Candidate Marisela Villegas did not respond to LWV-EA.
Democratic candidates for Kane County Board District 22:
Candidate Randy Hopp did not respond to LWV-EA.
Candidate Verner (Vern) Tepe agreed to participate; his candidate questionnaire is on our website.
Republican Candidates for Kane County Board District 16:
Candidate Michael Kenyon agreed to participate; his candidate questionnaire is on our website.
Candidate Eric Stare was unwilling to participate.
Information about the candidates who agreed to participate may be found on our LWV-EA website, , and on the LWV-IL website, IllinoisVoterGuide.org
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Statement on Candidate Forums
The League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area is proud of our long history of providing candidate forums as a service to the community, a service that benefits candidates as well as voters. Our goal is to always be better, and so perhaps we can find a solution for the future. If you would like to help us work toward this goal, please join us. Membership information is at https://lwvelginarea.org/join-us/.