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by Nathan Greenhalgh
12:21am
Wed Nov 7, 2012

Despite Confusion On Polling Places, Voters Hit The Booth To Make Their Voice Heard On Important Issues

The changing of a ward boundary earlier this year caused confusion at a Wicker Park polling station on Tuesday.

The switch primarily affected registered voters that were not informed of the boundary change, but came to the same polling station to vote as they did in the last election. Newly-registered voters had the correct polling station address mailed to them in their voter guides from the Chicago Board of Elections.

“We need to call the election board,” one poll worker at the 1649 W. LeMoyne Street station exclaimed after showing yet another voter the ward his residence now fell in.

“They’re coming back here because this is where they always voted. This was poor communication on the part of the election board,” Ken Jaszczar, an election official at the LeMoyne station, told Progress Illinois. “We have been very busy all day. I haven’t had time to eat dinner.”

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PI Original
by Steven Ross Johnson
12:46pm
Mon Nov 5, 2012
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Third Party Politics: Talking To Green Party Candidates On The 2012 Ballot

Election 2012

Often regarded as residing on the fringe of American politics, third parties have been viewed by their supporters as an important alternative to the platforms presented by the country’s two major parties. We talk to a couple of Green Party candidates on the ballot this year, including presidential candidate Jill Stein. 

PI Original
by Bob Skolnik
11:12am
Fri Nov 2, 2012

Getting To Know Eric Reyes, 17th Congressional District Write-In Candidate

Election 2012

Eric Reyes, a 33 year-old attorney from Rock Island, is running as an independent write-in candidate for Congress in the northwest Illinois 17th Congressional District. Reyes, who first planned to run as a Democrat, says he is tired of partisanship. But he knows that his effort is quixotic because the 17th District race between Republican incumbent Bobby Schilling and Democratic challenger Cheri Bustos is a high-profile race with national implications. We talk to the candidiate about the overall race and his platform.

PI Original
by Aricka Flowers
7:18pm
Thu Nov 1, 2012

Early Voting Outlook Good For Obama, Sandy Causes Firestorm For Romney Campaign

Election 2012

Early voting numbers and poll results are not the only troublesome issues plaguing the Romney campaign this week. From Superstorm Sandy to endorsements to a controversial campaign ad, there are quite a few things that are dogging the Republican's campaign this week, just days before the election.

Quick Hit
by Matthew Blake
2:08pm
Thu Nov 1, 2012

Report: Mental Health Clinic Closings Mean 'Disappeared' Patients, Overburdened Therapists

A new report suggests that the city of Chicago has not fully kept track of some of its patients amid the closing of mental health clinics.

The study released this week by the AFSCME Council 31 public employees union and the Mental Health Movement coalition finds that on March 1 the city counted 3,282 patients using Chicago Department of Public Health, or CDPH, mental health services.

By July 24, following the April closing of six the city's 12 CDPH mental health clinics, the number of patients dropped to 2,798. Read more »