Blogtastic

Here are some Elgin-relevant blogs I have found lately:

-Cinderella Has a Mortgage. A single woman aims to buys her first house by age 25 and succeeds. Guess what? That house is in Elgin.

-What You Consume. This is a new blog that appears to focus mostly on health-related issues. It only has five posts so far and three of them mention Elgin.

-Women’s Voices Illinois. This is a blog of female Republican members of the House of Representatives that focuses on women’s issues. It is not for females only, or Republicans only for that matter. Sure, it’s not completely Elgin-centered, but if you live in Elgin you live in Illinois, so it might interest you!

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Did you vote?

I did.

My first time using computerized voting! It was nice. Basically like using an atm, but after you make your choice it prints it onto a little receipt that you double-check before pushing “Cast my vote” for the last time.

So I was afraid that I couldn’t vote because I chose not to register with a party this time around, and I found a few articles online that said you could only vote in the primaries if you were registered with a party. THEN I found this article in the Kane County Chronicle that says in Illinois you pick the party whose primary you want to vote in right there at the polling place.

I went to the Kane County Clerk website to find out which local elections were going on and who was running (Click “candidates”). A the voting place I picked the Democrat ticket and voted for president, US representative, and County Board Member. I did not vote for a delegate because I never took the time to research the delegates, and honestly I don’t fully understand what they do any how.

Now that I’m out of grad school and actually have free time, I’m hoping to become more knowledgeable about politics. In the past I only paid attention to president and aldermanic (Chicago) races. Now I’m hoping to learn more about state and county level elected officials.

Tags: Barack Obama, Cristina Castro, democrat, Elgin, Hilary Clinton, Illinois, Jesus de la Isla, John Laesch, Jotham Stein, Kane County, local politics, politics, president, presidential race, primaries, republican, Richard Durbin, Super Duper Tuesday, super Tuesday, US, USA
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