Results tagged “vote”

The Tribune has the final tallies from the IOC's vote. Madrid was the surprise leader after round one but it seems most of those who voted for Chicago threw their support behind Rio come Round 2 and Tokyo supporters followed suit.

If you live in the area's Fifth U.S. Congressional District, Precinct 36 in the 19th Ward, or any of the many suburbs with elections going on today, don't forget to vote on the way home tonight. Many eyes will be on the Fifth CD race with County Commissioner Mike Quigley the expectant winner in a race with an expected low turnout. Polls will be open until 7 p.m. for both city and county elections.

Don't forget! Today's the primary vote in the Fifth U.S. Congressional District race to fill the seat vacated by President Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. We recapped some links and info yesterday for you. Turn-out is looking to be about as low as expected based on our own personal experience voting (civic duty, holla!) and what readers have told us. And if you're stuck at work, we recommend following all the action with our pals over at The Windy Citizen.

Ah, democracy! Today is the most beautiful day we could ask for. And not because of the sunny skies and continued unseasonable warmth with highs in the lower to mid 70s. No, it's because today is when we exercise our right to vote. We know the hip thing now days is to be cynical and say things like, "But my state is going red/blue anyway, so my vote doesn't count," or "Vote early, vote often." Forget that stuff. The second grader in us still sees this opportunity, this privilege to choose our own leader, as something that is amazing. Today, we'll be selecting leaders at all levels of government in all three branches of government. And as the sun sinks and gives way to clear skies and lows in the mid 50s, we'll be watching the returns with anticipation and a touch of nerves. The course of our state and country for the next four years, and beyond, will be set by tonight's results. Well, probably.

Show this to the next apathetic soul who claims they don't vote because: they don't believe in a 2-party system / it doesn't matter / Independents don't have a true voice / neither candidate will legalize marijuana / Hillary should have been nominated / George W is doing a heckuva job and it just doesn't matter who takes over from him / when things are this fucked what does it matter anymore.