Illinois Primary

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Date(s) - 03/15/2016
6:00 am - 7:00 pm

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At the March 15, 2016 Primary Elections, Chicago voters will cast ballots to NOMINATE candidates for these offices:
  – Presidential Preference
  – U.S. Senator
  – State Comptroller (Vacancy – 2-year unexpired term)
  – Representatives in Congress (all districts)
  – State Senators (2-year terms in Districts 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 and 20; 4-year terms in Districts 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 and 28)
  – State Representatives (all districts)
  – Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (3 for 6-year terms and 1 for an unexpired 2-year term)
  – Cook County Circuit Court Clerk
  – Cook County State’s Attorney
  – Cook County Recorder of Deeds
  – Board of Review (Tax Appeals) Commissioners: District 1 for four-year term; District 2 for two-year term
  – Appellate, Circuit and Subcircuit Judges to fill vacancies if required

At the March 15, 2016 Primary Elections, Chicago voters will cast ballots to ELECT candidates to the following:

– Delegates and Alternate Delegates to National Nominating Convention  (Note: Delegates at Large and Alternate Delegates at Large may be elected at the Primary, or selected by the State Convention, or chosen by a combination of the two methods.)
– Ward Committeemen for the Democratic and Republican Parties, one per party per ward in the City of Chicago

At the March 15, 2016 Primary Elections, voters in certain Chicago wards and precincts will cast ballots to DECIDE advisory (non-binding) referenda questions:

– Ward 29 – All Precincts – Whether the US Constitution should be amended with an explicit right to vote
– Ward 32 – Precincts 3, 11, 12, 14, 17, 20, 22, 26, 28 and 43 – Whether zoning policies should be used to protect the historic buildings and character of Logan Square