2012 Wilmette Election Central
We want to make sure you've got everything you need before hitting the voting booth Nov. 6. Check back here for information on the upcoming election and a breakdown of every race with links to candidate profiles and all Patch political coverage.
Races
- 9th Congressional District
- Illinois 9th State Senate District
- Illinois 17th State House District
- Illinois 18th State House District
- Kenilworth Home Rule Referendum
Patch Coverage
Patch will provide coverage of each of the races that's important to Palatine readers on the race page listed above.
Patch editors will also be liveblogging the presidential candidate debates. Check back here for live links to our liveblogs during the Oct. 3 presidential debate on domestic policy, the Oct. 16 presidential town hall and the Oct. 22 debate on foreign policy.
A list of Wilmette Patch's full election coverage is available. A political page is also available.
Join the conversation: Read Patch's political polls to see how your neighbors feel about regional and national politics.
Voting Information
- How to register to vote.
- Sample Ballot: To see your sample ballot, go to the Cook County Clerk's website and enter your information.
- Polling locations: The Cook County Clerk lists polling locations by township.
- Early Voting begins Oct. 22. Here is a list of early voting locations. Vote bymail also is available.
- A grace period for voter registration is available through Nov. 3.
Eric Lieberman
7:16 am on Monday, October 1, 2012
Straight Dope About the North Shore Districts: The predominance of the coverage by Evanston Patch of the Fine - Frank race for State Rep may leave Evanston readers a little mislead and confused about who is running to represent them in the General Assembly in Springfield.
The fact is, Evanston is divided into two State Representative Districts: the 17th and the 18th. The 17th - the district which I will call the "FrankenFine District" takes in a piece of the west side (the "Skokie side") of Evanston. The rest of Evanston, however, falls into the 18th Representative District in which I (Eric Lieberman) am running against Robyn Gabel, our incumbent. The 18th district is made up of many North suburban communities, including all or part of Evanston, Northbrook, Skokie, Wilmette and Winnetka.
You can Robyn and mu Patch profiles at http://wilmette.patch.com/articles/election-2012-il-18th-district-house-race. (Don't ask me why Robyn and I seem to have been adopted by Wilmette Patch while the majority of our voters live in Evanston.)
Now, Robyn's site has a link to an "alleged" map of the 18th - http://newmediaauthority.com/gabel/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/District18.jpg - but it is wrong since it describes how the district looked in 2001.
I have yet to find a decent and current map of the 18th Rep Dist. Anyone have a URL to one?
Eric Lieberman
www.liebermanforillinois.com