By: Diane Benjamin Early voting starts February 20th for the April 1st election. A 1% Sales Tax increase for schools will be on the ballot. Vote NO! You are ruled by the people who vote. More than 75% of registered voters don’t. Elections have consequences, these turnout numbers are disgusting at best. Most people won’t […]
I give up trying to figure out when candidates need to file. If you are running in Bloomington ask BEC, otherwise ask the County Clerk! Some filing dates seem to have been changed. It almost like outsiders need to stay off the ballot. By: Diane Benjamin If anyone wants to try to abolish the Bloomington […]
By: Diane Benjamin Actually they are the fault of everyone who DOESN’T bother to vote in local elections. I’m seeing a lot of unhappy people who opened their property tax bill. Look at who is taxing you. It’s local! Not voting in local elections makes it really easy to install big government types who have […]
By: Diane Benjamin I am convinced Illinois has local elections so close to national elections to discourage voting. It works! Turnout is dismal. In Bloomington only 21.89% of voters showed up for the 4/6/2021 election. That was higher than usual because a mayor was being elected. The rest of the County turnout was 20.32%. Both […]
