Skokie voters approve term limits for trustees, mayor and clerk

About an hour and a half after polling places closed in Skokie, unofficial Cook County results showed voters approved/rejected a binding referendum for village elected offices of mayor, village clerk and village trustees. The Cook County Clerk’s Office website announced the result of the Skokie ballot question around 8:30 p.m. on November 5. As of then, the results were 16,325 voting “yes” on the referendum question and 3,144 voting “no.” The “yes” vote had a 67.7% majority. Johnson, who plans to run for Skokie clerk in the Spring 2025 election and petitioned for ranked-choice voting and term limits to be […]

Niles won’t separate into districts, its trustees will continue to represent the whole town after appear to reject districts referendum

The village of Niles will not be broken up into representative districts and village trustees will continue to be elected at-large – each representing the whole north suburban town instead specific areas of it – after unofficial election results from the election Tuesday indicate a failed referendum. Niles voters said “no” to the referendum question that asked, “Shall the Village of Niles be divided into 6 districts with one Trustee elected from each district…?” As of late-evening on election night, 70% of voters responded “No” to the binding referendum, according to unofficial results by the Cook County Clerk’s office from […]