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Candidate Questionnaire from October 27, 2016 Forum

Candidates for the following contested races have been invited to participate: [one_half] [toc title="Illinois State Senate - 22nd Legislative District" hide="hide" show="show"] Cristina Castro (D) Tracy Smodilla (R) [/toc] [toc title="Kane County Coroner" hide="hide" show="show"] Tao Martinez (D) Robert Russell (R) [/toc] [/one_half] [one_half last=last] [toc title="Illinois State Rep. District 66" hide="hide" show="show"] Allen Skillicorn (R) Nancy A. Zettler (D) [/toc] [toc title="Kane County Board District 24" hide="hide" show="show"] Roben B. Hall (R) Jarett Sanchez (D) [/toc] [/one_half] Election Day is November 8th; Early Voting Starts October 24th Campaign Policy Elections and voting are core concerns for the League of Women Voters. Year [...]

By LWVelginarea|2016-10-13T18:47:25-05:00October 4th, 2016|

Candidate Questionnaire from October 6, 2016 Forum

Candidates for the following contested races have been invited to participate: [one_half] [toc title="8th Congressional District" hide="hide" show="show"] Peter "Pete" DiCianni (R) Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) - no response [/toc] [toc title="Kane County Coroner" hide="hide" show="show"] Tao Martinez (D) Robert Russell (R) [/toc] [/one_half] [one_half last=last] [toc title="Illinois State Senate - 22nd Legislative District" hide="hide" show="show"] Cristina Castro (D) Tracy Smodilla (R) [/toc] [toc title="Kane County Board District 22" hide="hide" show="show"] Randy Hopp (D) Douglas J. Scheflow (R) [/toc] [/one_half] Election Day is November 8th; Early Voting Starts October 24th Campaign Policy Elections and voting are core concerns for the League of [...]

By LWVelginarea|2016-10-13T18:48:55-05:00October 3rd, 2016|

Five quick tips to get the most out of the President’s State of the Union speech

If you're one of the millions of Americans who will tune in to the final State of the Union Address of President Barack Obama's presidency tomorrow, you'll want to keep these tips compiled by the League of Women Voters in mind: Before the speech, think about what issues you hope the President will address. How do you hope the President will address your concerns? Listen to the speech and make note of which of your issues were discussed and whether you agreed with the President’s proposals. During the speech, think broadly about each issue discussed. Did the proposal have specifics [...]

By LWVelginarea|2016-01-11T16:09:15-06:00January 11th, 2016|

Media Engagement Committee
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Media Engagement Committee

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Media Engagement Committee

This Committee will work together to write “letters-to-the-editor” of newspapers in the LWVEA area. These will be signed as personal letters, not as submissions by the League. Of course, our League does send its’ own letters on matters also, but these are signed by the Chapter President. We've all come across odd, incorrect and incredible opinion letters in various publications. The Committee will work to include the facts that these opinion pieces may have missed. Sometimes we will be submitting letters to bring out facts and information about an item that everyone should know about. Our job will be to get the [...]

By LWVelginarea|2015-06-09T10:52:57-05:00June 9th, 2015|