{"id":2864,"date":"2015-02-23T14:11:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T20:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2015-02-23T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T20:11:55","slug":"dont-forget-to-vote-tuesday-feb-24th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=2864","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t forget to Vote &#8211; Tuesday, Feb. 24th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25026\" align=\"center\"><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25025\">Important Election Reminder for Downtown Residents!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25024\" align=\"center\"><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25023\">Election Day is TOMORROW, Tuesday, February 24th!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25021\" align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25020\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25019\">Please don&#8217;t forget to participate in the Municipal Election tomorrow &#8211; <strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25018\">Tuesday, February 24th, 2015<\/strong>. Make sure your vote counts!<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25017\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25016\">On Tuesday, February 24th, voters will cast ballots to <strong>ELECT<\/strong> a candidate for the following offices:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25000\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25015\">Mayor<\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25030\">City Clerk<\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_24999\">City Treasurer<\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25031\">Alderman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25036\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25035\">Chicago voters will also <strong>DECIDE<\/strong> various advisory\/non-binding referenda on:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25034\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25038\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25037\">Whether employers should be required to offer paid leave in the event of illness, domestic violence or an emergency school closing (citywide)<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25033\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25032\">Whether workers who commit domestic violence should be required to receive treatment as a condition of continued employment (citywide)<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25040\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25039\">Whether Chicago or Illinois should seek a system of campaign finances that involve a mix of small, private contributions and public funding (citywide)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25042\"><em><strong>Vote on Election Day!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25046\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25045\">Polling locations will be open from 6:00am to 7:00pm. <em id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25044\"><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1424707518506_25043\">Polling stations close promptly at 7:00pm; however, voters waiting in line at 7:00pm will be allowed to cast their ballot.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To check the status of your registration and locate your polling location, enter your address and last name in the Board of Elections <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001oSCuma8Iwr-IOa_uXlfnncnUiJdJqVlt47hgnCNJcGcJgHEbv39laQggiFcakFKLyuX-VSEBMMeCx4PuNVowk7FUSCq8qL4mYI7EE2TWiJb_JHdDF7vhn2AcdfEuBIO-hKmfDKvArHpDFL327zgwJZYog-aB5jD_P0OAuNyDazDV9dEyJTctE_DknDI5d0WnXv9DaoMekUPWi3RdyR_qAyc45rR0A41a&amp;c=MZosPWHWS5OgQQbe2PXfuKoCohRNy67xirfLnAvTNI0FflbbdN2Ucg==&amp;ch=YAiPdU-iiUaoM0w-lCXESZQrEoCyeo0wicz52pp5C2PPTQHipJIY0A==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">voter lookup tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Complete information for voters is available on the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners website, <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001oSCuma8Iwr-IOa_uXlfnncnUiJdJqVlt47hgnCNJcGcJgHEbv39lafmatSJy7wAlUGjMBiRJ7yxKzQOHpTqKPxeKM1UNg53r0bV1I0gy30A8aP2dc6vN6iXB5UUd56e8i8EscDtNcNLBSBQfAgthAuD1sE_RA8qmcohsBCnNXDd_Y8K6g0wLng==&amp;c=MZosPWHWS5OgQQbe2PXfuKoCohRNy67xirfLnAvTNI0FflbbdN2Ucg==&amp;ch=YAiPdU-iiUaoM0w-lCXESZQrEoCyeo0wicz52pp5C2PPTQHipJIY0A==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">www.chicagoelections.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Election Reminder for Downtown Residents! Election Day is TOMORROW, Tuesday, February 24th! \u00a0 Please don&#8217;t forget to participate in the Municipal Election tomorrow &#8211; Tuesday, February 24th, 2015. Make sure your vote counts! On Tuesday, February 24th, voters will cast ballots to ELECT a candidate for the following offices: Mayor City Clerk City Treasurer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}