Elections for the state of Illinois will be staged in almost the whole of 2014. Activities began as early as end of 2013 and will run all the way to late 2014. People have already filed for nominations, registered with the elections body, carried out a local ballot measure, and voted for school boards among many other voting related activities. Each exercise in Illinois elections 2014 has a day assigned to it.
Signature filing as the first thing entails forwarding official signatures for everyone willing to vote. This exercise helps store correct signatures for all voters, and, therefore, retrieving their names on election dates becomes easier. This exercise carried on up to December 2, 2014.
The next event was voter registration for primary elections. In Illinois, voters do not have to register with political parties. However, they have to publicly declare the party on whose ballot paper they will vote on during the primary vote. For one to qualify as a voter in this state, one needs to have resided there for a minimum of 30 days before the election date. The deadline for registration was on February 18, 2014.
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.
Ballot measures for local ballot were scheduled for 18/3/ 2014. A measure seeking to abolish hydraulic fracturing was vanquished. If it had not been defeated, pressure could have mounted on the county commissioner to force him pass a bill abolishing hydraulic fracturing with the purpose of regulating harmful and nature related side effects emanating from fracturing. Less than half the number of registered voters turned out, and majority of them opposed the intention of the bill.
Unconditional early voting is accepted in Illinois. Normally, this process begins when 14 days are left for the real election to take place. Absentee voters are also allowed to participate. One is required to formally apply for absentee voting early enough by mail or personal visits.
Signature filing as the first thing entails forwarding official signatures for everyone willing to vote. This exercise helps store correct signatures for all voters, and, therefore, retrieving their names on election dates becomes easier. This exercise carried on up to December 2, 2014.
The next event was voter registration for primary elections. In Illinois, voters do not have to register with political parties. However, they have to publicly declare the party on whose ballot paper they will vote on during the primary vote. For one to qualify as a voter in this state, one needs to have resided there for a minimum of 30 days before the election date. The deadline for registration was on February 18, 2014.
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.
Ballot measures for local ballot were scheduled for 18/3/ 2014. A measure seeking to abolish hydraulic fracturing was vanquished. If it had not been defeated, pressure could have mounted on the county commissioner to force him pass a bill abolishing hydraulic fracturing with the purpose of regulating harmful and nature related side effects emanating from fracturing. Less than half the number of registered voters turned out, and majority of them opposed the intention of the bill.
Unconditional early voting is accepted in Illinois. Normally, this process begins when 14 days are left for the real election to take place. Absentee voters are also allowed to participate. One is required to formally apply for absentee voting early enough by mail or personal visits.
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