Vote-by-mail applications due March 14 for primaryRegistered voters in McHenry County who want to receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the March 19 presidential primary can now apply for one. Applications are […]
Voters will get to decide funding for mental healthMcHenry County voters will have another reason to vote in the primary election in March even if the ballot contains few candidate […]
With the addition of more than 8,000 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots, the McHenry County turnout for the Nov. 8 election exceeded 50 percent.When final, unofficial results were reported on election […]
Election Day here now in early voting, vote by mailEarly voting and voting by mail for the Nov. 8 general election is underway in McHenry County. The first early voting site […]
Vote-by-mail application coming to you in the mailLocal voters will receive a mailer soon with an application to permanently vote by mail in future elections.A new state law allows permanent […]
With just under eight weeks before a most consequential election, the campaign is unusually quiet locally.Labor Day has traditionally been the semi-official start of the fall campaign.But the few yard […]
Voter turnout can be expected to increase – even in primary elections – under a new state law allowing voters to have permanent vote-by-mail status.That’s the assessment of McHenry County […]
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