The state of Illinois will hold its election in 2014. The whole year will be filled with activities related to elections. Among the events are; filing for primary elections, voter registration for primary election, primary elections, local ballot measure elections, school board voting, petition driving for ballot papers measures, voter registration for general elections, general elections and statewide measures. Specific dates for all events in the Illinois elections 2014 were given out in advance.
The first event will be signature filing. This basically entails filing signature to be uses during the election. Individuals must ensure that election officials have their rightful signatures in order for their names to appear on ballot papers. The deadline for filing was December 2, 2013.
What followed was registration of voters for primary voting. Voters do not need to be registered members of political parties in this state. Instead, they have to publicly proclaim the party for which they will cast ballots. One requires to have been a resident of Illinois for at least 30 days to the voting day before being allowed to cast a ballot. Voter registration stopped in February.
The primary elections were scheduled for March 18, 2014 during which incumbent Democrat Governor Pat Quinn faced opposition from Tio Hardiman. Four republicans also squared off for the ticket to face incumbent Governor. Bruce Rauner won after garnering 40.1 % of the votes. In the senate position, incumbent Democrat, Richard Dublin ran unopposed while republican Jim Oberweis defeated his opponent, Doug Truax by a margin of 13% of the total votes cast. There were a total of 7,505,002 registered voters.
The gubernatorial elections have been scheduled for November 2014. Incumbent Pat Quinn will meet Bruce Rauner in what has been projected as being an easy win for Bruce. Quinn, on the other hand, expects to clinch his second term as governor of the state of Illinois. He came to power in year 2009 after his predecessor was impeached and later thrown out of office. Few people have supported Quinn in the whole of his term in office. Majority of people think he is likely to lose come November.
There were claims that Rauner was planning to put $ 50 million into his campaign. He had surpassed the highest amount ever spent in a campaign for that position in Illinois. He also injected his own $ 6 million in the campaign, and collected $ 14 million before the March 18 vote. Bruce has been ranked above Quinn by most opinion polls.
The deadline for local ballot measure election was on March 18, 2014. An advisory measure that sought to ban hydraulic fracturing in Johnson County was defeated. Had it passed, it could have pressurized the county commissioner to pass an ordinance banning the controversial hydraulic fracturing process for the sake of preventing unhealthy and environmental side effects that result from fracturing. 3, 825 people, which is equal to 45% turn out, voted on this question. Close to three fifths of voters said no to the question.
Illinois allows early voting without giving any specific requirements. As usual, early voting begins 14 days before the real election date and ends three days to the election date. This state also allows absentee voting. To do this, one needs to have sent an application between 40 and 5 days before election in case the application is sent through mail. To vote in Illinois, one must be an American citizen who is 18 years and above, and has been residing in the region for at least thirty days before elections. Registration is open throughout the year until 28 days before election. Those who want to register can do so by mail or visit prescribed places.
The first event will be signature filing. This basically entails filing signature to be uses during the election. Individuals must ensure that election officials have their rightful signatures in order for their names to appear on ballot papers. The deadline for filing was December 2, 2013.
What followed was registration of voters for primary voting. Voters do not need to be registered members of political parties in this state. Instead, they have to publicly proclaim the party for which they will cast ballots. One requires to have been a resident of Illinois for at least 30 days to the voting day before being allowed to cast a ballot. Voter registration stopped in February.
The primary elections were scheduled for March 18, 2014 during which incumbent Democrat Governor Pat Quinn faced opposition from Tio Hardiman. Four republicans also squared off for the ticket to face incumbent Governor. Bruce Rauner won after garnering 40.1 % of the votes. In the senate position, incumbent Democrat, Richard Dublin ran unopposed while republican Jim Oberweis defeated his opponent, Doug Truax by a margin of 13% of the total votes cast. There were a total of 7,505,002 registered voters.
The gubernatorial elections have been scheduled for November 2014. Incumbent Pat Quinn will meet Bruce Rauner in what has been projected as being an easy win for Bruce. Quinn, on the other hand, expects to clinch his second term as governor of the state of Illinois. He came to power in year 2009 after his predecessor was impeached and later thrown out of office. Few people have supported Quinn in the whole of his term in office. Majority of people think he is likely to lose come November.
There were claims that Rauner was planning to put $ 50 million into his campaign. He had surpassed the highest amount ever spent in a campaign for that position in Illinois. He also injected his own $ 6 million in the campaign, and collected $ 14 million before the March 18 vote. Bruce has been ranked above Quinn by most opinion polls.
The deadline for local ballot measure election was on March 18, 2014. An advisory measure that sought to ban hydraulic fracturing in Johnson County was defeated. Had it passed, it could have pressurized the county commissioner to pass an ordinance banning the controversial hydraulic fracturing process for the sake of preventing unhealthy and environmental side effects that result from fracturing. 3, 825 people, which is equal to 45% turn out, voted on this question. Close to three fifths of voters said no to the question.
Illinois allows early voting without giving any specific requirements. As usual, early voting begins 14 days before the real election date and ends three days to the election date. This state also allows absentee voting. To do this, one needs to have sent an application between 40 and 5 days before election in case the application is sent through mail. To vote in Illinois, one must be an American citizen who is 18 years and above, and has been residing in the region for at least thirty days before elections. Registration is open throughout the year until 28 days before election. Those who want to register can do so by mail or visit prescribed places.
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