Voters can also filter the list to display their personalized sample ballot by entering their information into the Your Voter Information tool.
Referenda
Yesterday, Sept. 2, was the deadline for local election authorities to certify referenda to the Clerk's office. A total of 41 referenda will appear on Nov. 2 ballots in suburban Cook County. The vast majority - 32 - are questions posed by local municipalities. Of those, 14 ask voters virtually the same question: should the Governor and General Assembly "reform" the public safety pension system. Also, two school districts are seeking approval to issue bonds and one park district will ask voters whether it should alter its form of government.
At the top of the ballot, all voters in Illinois will be asked whether the state constitution should be amended to allow for a governor to be recalled by special election.
A complete list of referenda questions can be found at:
http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/elections/2010elections/Pages/Referenda.aspx.
Write-in candidates
Through yesterday's deadline, 19 people filed to be write-in candidates on the Nov. 2 ballots in suburban Cook County. To be eligible as a write-in candidate in Illinois, a person must file paperwork with the county clerk or election authority in each jurisdiction where his or her name will appear on the ballot.
U.S. Senator (Full and Unexpired terms)
Susanne Atanus, Des Plaines
Will Boyd, Greenville
Corey Dabney, Aurora
Stan Jagla, Roselle
Lowell M. Seida, Westchester
Robert L. "Bob" Zadek, Rockford
U.S. Senator (Full term only)
Shon-tiyon "Santiago" Horton, Alton
Avner Nagar, Lincolnwood
U.S. Senator (Unexpired term only)
Ina Pinkney, Chicago
Governor & Lieutenant Governor
Steve Estill, Mason City, & Larry Jones, Springfield
Governor
Greg Moore, Chicago
Charles J. Symonds II, Orion
Michael "Mike" White, Lindenhurst
Representative in Congress, 2nd District
Sean Christopher Harrison, Homewood
State Representative, 18th District
Steve Funk, Evanston
State Representative, 30th District
Keith Price, Harvey
State Representative, 36th District
Timothy Haynes, Evergreen Park
State Representative, 81st District
Tim Petty, Tinley Park
In suburban Cook County, write-in candidates had to submit a Write-in Candidate Declaration of Intent form at the Cook County Clerk's downtown Chicago office. The Clerk's office will provide a list of eligible write-in candidates to each precinct on Election Day. This list enables election judges to determine which write-in candidates are running in their precinct.
Only votes for eligible write-in candidates are counted. Voters can vote for a write-in candidate on an optical scan ballot or a touch screen machine. While the correct spelling of a candidate's name is preferred, election judges are instructed to accept a vote if the intent of their choice can be inferred from the spelling.
REMINDER: The end of voter registration is fast approaching. New voters, and voters who have moved or changed their name, must register by Oct. 5.