becoming an American

Not sure, how to read this: there is already an Illinois law making this interference a class 4 felony, etc.
But, as a feel-good gesture:

YES

Yet another attempt to break the flatness of Illinois income tax. A no-brainer:

YES

A typical successful IVF procedure (normally taking more than one cycle of fertilization) would cost $40-70K, comparable to the cost of giving birth (perhaps, double that). Hardly an unbearable burden on insurers and taxpayers, so

YES

Old good Joe during his tenure showed convictions, spine and skills to turn so many things for the better. I see no reason why Kamala won’t be as good, and perhaps even better.
All beliefs and convictions of DJT don’t matter after J6. Besides, he is too easily manipulated.
And RFK, c’est qui? quoi?

HARRIS and WALZ

Nikki, following IL13 tradition, is avoiding too much attention, doing some reasonable work on the margins (pushing for rural broadband etc). No cringy votes I noticed.
The R contender, Joshua Loyd is a young guy without real agenda (besides the usual: 2nd amendment, vague spirituality, government’s bad). Endorsed by previous IL-13 R representative, Rodney Davis, who finally abandoned the district he loved so much to settle in DC for a seven digit salary as a lobbyist. So:

Nikki Budzinski

Paul Faraci is a predictable political small-town politician, doing good work, not much to complain about (well, aside of jumping on the bandwagon of opposing the carbon capture near Mahomed, – but that nonsense is bipartisan).
His opponent, Jeff Brownfield, spent his life working for the State of Illinois, and decided, of course, to run as a stringent opponent of the spending by the State of Illinois. Other than that (and opposition to carbon capture near Mahomed), not much to marvel at. So:

Paul Faraci

Well, there is just one, Carol Ammons (who is also against the carbon capture near Mahomed). I disagree with some of her stances, but appreciate her bringing order to the previously dysfunctional Democratic Party structures in the county. So, for now:

Carol Ammons

George Danos is the current auditor, and boy, the scandals (absenteeism, shirtless in the office, punctured tires, you name google it). Who needs a bizarre auditor? The republican opponent, predictably, is a true Tea Partier. Who needs that? So

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Both candidates on the ballot are qualified. However, Steve Thuney was a Secretary of the Fraternal Order of Police. Being too close to the prosecuting branch is a conflict of interest. So:

Laurie Brauer

No controversy, no opponent, no quandary:

Susan McGrath

Any good prosecutor gets flack from both sides of the political spectrum. Add that no opponent found weaknesses of the incumbent glaring enough to exploit, and the answer is clear:

Julia R. Rietz

This is bizarre: an absolutely unknown candidate didn’t bother to do as much as creating a web page for his campaign.
On one hand, why should he bother, running unopposed; on the other hand, why should I bother voting for him?

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“Vote on the Proposition with respect to all or any of the Judges listed on this ballot. No Judge listed is running against any other Judge. The sole question is whether each Judge shall be retained in his or her present office.”

This is a tricky one. On one hand, a retention vote is just a brake to hit when things goes bad. But how do we find that? sieving through court cases and scarce interviews? This is not how a responsive office should work: the judges should find ways to tell us about their positions on key issues.
I know the retention of the judges is all but assured, but, to send a message, as they say:

NO to all except Randy Rosenbaum, who seems to have done a great job eliminating capital cases backlog.

In general, I feel that we are underinvesting in our legal system. But the County Board did not set up a clear mechanism how the allocation of the newly available funds will be decided: the haphazard discussions of what they intend to spend these money on is inauspicious.
This is not how one requests a tax increase. Hence:

NO

The County Board believe that they will be better off by just having a clerk preparing materials for an outside firm. Given that previous auditors spent most of their working days somewhere else, hard not to sympathize with this viewpoint.

YES

The Party for Socialism and Liberation and similar organizations hacked the Cunningham Township procedures to insert this insane question. (Turns out, it’s enough to gather a little posse of 40 people at the right place at the right time, and you can push for a referendum on pretty much anything…)
The instigators know the US Government won’t notice this (as it ignored Urbana’s 2003 resolution to lift UN sanctions on Saddam Hussein etc): the real purpose of this charade is to insert words about “global recognition as an apartheid state” into the minds of the voters. There is no such thing in existence, and the right answer to this question is not to pay any attention to it:

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Did they add this to make sure the “QUESTION 1” does not stand there alone, in all its anti-semiticZionist beaty? to dilute a bit the venom? Who knows, – the answer’s the same:

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