Election Day in Oak Park: Spending referendum is haunted by ghost of past pool fiasco
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By Helen Quinn Pasin Medill Reports On election day Nov. 3, 2020, Oak Parkers had to decide how to vote on the local referendum: “Shall any capital expenditure of $5 million or more by any local taxing body within Oak Park be subject to a binding referendum for approval or rejection by voters?” This referendum […]
Chicago Election Commissioners support bilingual voters, but still fall short of community needs
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By Kelly Heinzerling Medill Reports When Sarah Cartagena went to Humboldt Park to vote with her predominantly Spanish-speaking mother, she was surprised to find that, though the materials and signs were in multiple languages, the poll worker she interacted with in this large Spanish-speaking community did not speak the language. For the 15.7% of Chicago […]