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Livestream today at 3:00 p.m. -- "Improving the Bench: Importance of Judical...
Today's program is the second of three planned forums planned by the Collaboration for Justice, a partnership of the Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed.Organizers have provided this...
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LAP seeking assistance in order to keep providing assistance
Even if things were going great before the world ended this past March, things might not be so good right now.And if things weren't going so great before we started into this two week shutdown, on...
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Chicago Votes uses Injustice Watch "Check Your Judges Guide" in its Vote Center
Chicago Votes bills itself as a "non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new...
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Election 2020: There is hope it will all turn out alright, no matter how it...
It's OK to admit it: You're sick of the election, aren't you? Many of you reading this have already voted, whether by mail or at an early voting site, but the commercials are still running,...
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Please send in palm cards -- here's one from the 41st Ward
People -- always named Anonymous, of course -- are offering comments to this blog about this judge being left off the palm card in that, or that Judge So-and-So is a "no" in XYZ Township or in these...
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34th Ward encourages "no" votes for Araujo, Toomin... and Mahoney
FWIW readers are responding to my "pics or it didn't happen" request for palm cards -- thank you. If you have a card to send, scan or photo it and email it to me at jackleyhane@yahoo.com.This 34th Ward...
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19th Ward says "yes" to Toomin, "no" to Kenworthy
FWIW readers are responding to my "pics or it didn't happen" request for palm cards -- thank you. If you have a card to send, scan or photo it and email it to me at jackleyhane@yahoo.com.This one,...
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Right down the line: 17th Ward election endorsements track county party exactly
FWIW readers are continuing to respond to my "pics or it didn't happen" request for palm cards -- thank you. If you have a card to send, scan or photo it and email it to me at...
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Ald. Michele Smith offers endorsements in retention races: "Yes" on Toomin,...
And 43rd Ward Ald. Smith offers no endorsement in the race for Cook County State's Attorney.The following are excerpts from a much longer email; Ald. Smith's entire sample ballot can be viewed as a...
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Worrisome numbers, and they keep going up
In a press release issued Friday evening, the Cook County Chief Judge's Office advised that another judge and 10 employees of the Office of Chief Judge have tested positive for COVID-19. Three...
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FWIW tops three million page views
Blogger says it took 941 days to get from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 page views here on FWIW.It took another 951 days to get from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000. When I started this post, I had 3,002,783 page...
View ArticleHas anybody not yet voted? What does this mean?
Three things we can say for sure -- three things we can't know -- and one thing I am guessing (and hoping) to be true....This linked Reuters staff report, dated October 29, suggests that over 80...
View ArticleJudge Diane Gordon Cannon passes away
She withdrew her retention bid earlier this year. It turns out there was a very good reason, and one having nothing to do with controversial decisions, or menacing watchdog groups, or any other...
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A guide to the only two contested Cook County judicial races
Updated and bumped up for greater visibility on November 2, 2020Updated October 14, 2020There are only two contested judicial races on the November ballot, one in the far north suburban 12th...
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For those who have not yet voted: Resources for navigating the Cook County...
Supposedly, at least half of those who are going to vote in this election have already done so.But, if you have not yet voted, you may not have yet faced the reality that there are nearly 60 Cook...
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A true tale of two text messages -- wait for the punchline
I live in the 20th House District, so my mailbox has been overflowing with mailings in the Darbro-Stephens race. We've received multiple pieces on several days -- pro-Dabro pieces, anti-Dabro pieces,...
View ArticleWaiting for numbers just like everyone else
City numbers are just starting to come in. Not seeing anything yet from the suburbs.According to Frank Calabrese, there are 134,000 mail-in ballots in the Cook County suburbs, with another 75,000...
View ArticleAbout 44% of suburban vote reporting, only 20% of the City vote in
Judge Michael Toomin has a 65% yes vote in his retention bid in the suburbs, 61% in the City.For comparison purposes, former Judge Mauricio Araujo has a 52% no vote in the City and a 49% no vote in the...
View ArticleSeyring, DiFranco ahead in early suburban returns
About 60% of the votes are counted in the 12th Subcircuit, around 34% of the ballots in the 13th Subcircuit. Frank DiFranco is leading in the 12th Subcircuit by about 5,600 votes. Gary Seyring leads in...
View ArticleToomin holding on
With 70% of the City vote counted now, Judge Michael Toomin has a yes vote of 60.16%. He's doing better in the suburbs.
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