Elections in Illinois will be held in 2014. There will be many election related activities throughout the year. These events include registration, primary voting, petitioning, statewide measures and general elections. Every event during the Illinois elections 2014 has been assigned its specific date in advance.
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.
What followed was registration of voters for primary voting. Voters do not need to be registered members of political parties in this state. Instead, they have to publicly proclaim the party for which they will cast ballots. One requires to have been a resident of Illinois for at least 30 days to the voting day before being allowed to cast a ballot. Voter registration stopped in February.
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.
Gubernatorial elections will be held on 4 November this year. Pat Quinn will battle it out with Bruce Rauner in what most people say will be an easy win for the Republican. Quinn is looking forward to a re-election for a second appearance in office. He took over office from Rod Blagojevich after his impeachment in 2009. Throughout his term in office, Quinn has received very little approval, and many say he might lose to Bruce in November.
The opponent battling with Quinn, Bruce Rauner, has been reported to be contemplating using $ 50 millions in his campaign. Before primary elections, he had already used his own $ 6 million during the campaign, and had raised $ 14 million before nomination elections. Opinion polls have ranked Bruce ahead of Quinn.
The date for local elections for ballot measure was 18 March 2014, and a bill that sought to prohibit hydraulic fracturing was lost. If it had passed, the commissioner of the county could have had pressure to endorse an ordinance abolishing the contested process of hydraulic fracturing to prevent resultant harmful and environmental hazards. 45 %, translating into 3,825 people turned out for this vote. Close to 60 % of these people voted against the proposal.
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.
What followed was registration of voters for primary voting. Voters do not need to be registered members of political parties in this state. Instead, they have to publicly proclaim the party for which they will cast ballots. One requires to have been a resident of Illinois for at least 30 days to the voting day before being allowed to cast a ballot. Voter registration stopped in February.
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.
Gubernatorial elections will be held on 4 November this year. Pat Quinn will battle it out with Bruce Rauner in what most people say will be an easy win for the Republican. Quinn is looking forward to a re-election for a second appearance in office. He took over office from Rod Blagojevich after his impeachment in 2009. Throughout his term in office, Quinn has received very little approval, and many say he might lose to Bruce in November.
The opponent battling with Quinn, Bruce Rauner, has been reported to be contemplating using $ 50 millions in his campaign. Before primary elections, he had already used his own $ 6 million during the campaign, and had raised $ 14 million before nomination elections. Opinion polls have ranked Bruce ahead of Quinn.
The date for local elections for ballot measure was 18 March 2014, and a bill that sought to prohibit hydraulic fracturing was lost. If it had passed, the commissioner of the county could have had pressure to endorse an ordinance abolishing the contested process of hydraulic fracturing to prevent resultant harmful and environmental hazards. 45 %, translating into 3,825 people turned out for this vote. Close to 60 % of these people voted against the proposal.
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.