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by Angela Caputo
6:33pm
Mon Nov 3, 2008

Group Plans To Conduct Exit Polls Of Immigrant Voters Tomorrow

Immigration

Determined to make their mark on Election Day, Illinois immigrants have turned it up this year. Grassroots organizers registered 24,000 new voters, many of whom will vote in some of the nation's most high-profile congressional races. Community groups chased big bucks to ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
3:58pm
Mon Nov 3, 2008

Setting The Stage

Barack Obama

A few hours ago, I took a quick tour of stage and surroundings where Barack Obama will deliver his Election Day speech tomorrow night.  As you can see in the picture above (click for larger version), the podium is in place.  Much like the stage at Invesco Field, it sits ...

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by Adam Doster
2:53pm
Mon Nov 3, 2008

Securing The Ballot

Election Reform

The simple act of registering to vote was complicated in two Lake counties
this election cycle -- the one in Illinois and the one in Indiana. After independent voter registrations organizations turned in
allegedly fraudulent registrations, the each county clerk -- both of ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:14pm
Mon Nov 3, 2008
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Blagojevich's Search Committee

Rod Blagojevich

This is interesting.  The Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet is reporting that, if Barack Obama wins tomorrow, Gov. Rod Blagojevich will create a search committee "to advise him on who he should appoint as his replacement in the United States Senate":

I'm told that ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:35pm
Mon Nov 3, 2008

Bloomington To Vote On Living Wage Bill Tomorrow

Wages

In Bloomington tomorrow night, voters will have a unique opportunity
to substantially improve the lives of the city's working poor. On the
ballot is a Living Wage referendum that would raise the
minimum wage of city workers to $9.81 with annual cost of living
increases, a ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
11:23am
Mon Nov 3, 2008
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Housing Activists Make Grassroots Push

Housing

Long before the mortgage meltdown, renters were struggling to secure
affordable housing in a Chicago market turned upside down by years of gentrification. A faltering economy has only intensified this
challenge. And three independent campaigns are now being waged ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:00am
Mon Nov 3, 2008
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CBS News Reports On Jill Morgenthaler

Jill Morgenthaler

Over the weekend, CBS Evening News reported on the slew of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans running for Congress across the country this year.  The segment highlighted Jill Morgenthaler's bid to unseat GOP Rep. Peter Roskam in the 6th District.  Watch her appearance below...

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by Adam Doster
6:06pm
Sun Nov 2, 2008

The "Dangerous Threesome" Argument

Peter Roskam

Hoping to survive an oncoming Democratic wave, John McCain and his
Republican cohorts popularized a new campaign meme this past week --
the "dangerous threesome":

Referring to Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, House speaker,
and Harry Reid, Senate majority ...

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by Josh Kalven
4:15pm
Sun Nov 2, 2008
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Kirk Claims 5-10 Point Lead "The Whole Way Through"

IL-10

GOP Rep. Mark Kirk -- who hasn't released an internal poll since mid-September -- asserted yesterday that polls have shown him running "five to ten points ahead of my opponent the whole way through."  From CBS 2's report on the 10th Congressional District race...