Kane County https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:10:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Kane County https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 A 2022 Get-Out-the-Vote Message: Don’t Stop at the Top! https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/10/dont-stop-at-the-top/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:18:21 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=22198 Written by John Lopez

The 2022 General Election campaign is reaching the home stretch, and the start of expanded in-person early voting and local get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts are underway to ensure that all voters turn out to cast their ballots. In their GOTV messaging, everyone from the honorable precinct committeepersons on up should remind voters, “Don’t Stop at the Top!”

In the 2020 elections, Kane County saw four of its countywide offices flipped from Republican to Democrat control, including the open offices of county board chairman (elected at-large by popular vote) and state’s attorney.… Continue Reading

]]> 22198 Illinois’ Mental Health Bill Approved to Validate Referenda Passages without Property Tax Extension Limitation Law Language https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/03/mentalhealthptell/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:00:47 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=19357 Written by John Lopez

How the Kane County Clerk’s Enforcement of the PTELL caused the Illinois General Assembly to write new legislation after winning in court three times (once at Appellate level)

In the waning days of the 2022 spring session, the Illinois General Assembly passed SB 3215, “Mental Health Validation Act“.

The legislation, which passed unanimously in the Illinois Senate on February 23, was taken up in the Illinois House on Wednesday, March 30, and passed by a vote of 76 to 38.… Continue Reading

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