All Illinois Voters Can Now Vote By Mail!

The Cook County blog reports that, for the first time in state history, all registered Illinois voters may mail in their vote. “In the past, you needed an absentee excuse to vote by mail,” Cook County Clerk David Orr said. “All voters are now eligible for a mail ballot, bringing one more convenient...
March 1, 2012

Early Voting in Illinois Starts Today!

Early voting for the March 20 General Primary Election in Illinois starts today! Voters may use any early voting site no matter where you live. Early voting sites are open Monday - Saturday 9 am - 5 pm, February 27 - March 15.  A complete list of locations and hours sites is available at the Chica...
February 27, 2012

Links of Interest

What We Read, June 13-17, 2011 Criminal Justice Court Reform: SCotUS Blog analyzes the 5-4 decision in J.D.B. v. North Carolina (.pdf), in which the Court has ruled for the first time that police must take into account the age of a youth they intend to question when deciding whether or not they m...
June 17, 2011

Links of Interest — May 13, 2011

Court Reform/Judicial Accountability Chicago Appleseed is working on a proposal to make information about campaign contributions to judicial candidates more easily-accessible to attorneys and litigants who appear before those judges. It is with interest we noticed that Facebook has asked the Feder...
May 13, 2011

The JPC’s Work Continues After the Election

For most of us, as the adrenaline rush of watching a close election wears off, we forget about the returns and put aside the research into candidates we did prior to the election. But at the Judicial Performance Commission (JPC), our work continues. All judges on the retention ballot were retained....
November 10, 2010
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