Election 2008
From WILL, NPR, and PBS
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Super Tuesday Primary
All area precincts have now reported:
Final vote tally for the WILL primary coverage area
The vote count is displayed via Excel spreadsheets viewable
in your web browser. Click the links above to see the
tallies. Use the tabs at the bottom of your browser
window to select different electoral races.
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Election news from The Newshour with Jim Lehrer
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 The
Online NewsHour Vote 2008 website
NPR
Election 2008 website |
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PRIMARY 2008: More Money for Urbana's Parks? The
leaders of Urbana’s Park District say they’re at a
crossroads. Administrators say that without a tax increase,
they can’t pay for upkeep at a number of facilities, let
alone plan for the future. But opponents of a tax question
on the primary ballot say the amount the park district is
seeking is not only too steep, but unnecessary. AM 580’s
Jeff Bossert outlines the pros and cons.
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to story
the
Park District's argument for the rate hike
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PRIMARY 2008: A Battle Between
Republicans
Shane Cultra (left) is seeking his fourth term as
state representative for east-central Illinois’ 105th
District. But for the first time, the Onarga Republican has
some competition. Champaign School Board President David
Tomlinson hopes to defeat Cultra in the primary. In this House district, the Republican
nominee is considered the likely winner in November. AM
580’s Jim Meadows reports.
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Jim Meadows' unedited interviews:
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to Cultra interview
Listen
to Tomlinson interview
Shane
Cultra's legislative website
David
Tomlinson's campaign website
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The Illinois Primary: Too Soon? In less than six
weeks, Illinois voters will make their earliest trek ever to
the polls in an election cycle. Last year state lawmakers
pushed the primary election up to the first Tuesday in
February. It was meant to give Illinois more of a say in the
selection process for Presidential candidates. But is the
move working? We get an early evaluation from Brian Gaines,
a University of Illinois political science professor. He
talked with AM 580’s Tom Rogers.
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Focus 580 Interviews
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Champaign County State's Attorney contest
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Julia Rietz, Champaign County State's Attorney and
Democratic Candidate in the February 5th Primary,
interviewed Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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Alfred Ivy III, Attorney and Democratic Candidate for
Champaign County State's Attorney, interviewed Tuesday,
January 29, 2008
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Illinois General Assembly 105th District
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David Tomlinson, Republican Candidate for Representative
to the Illinois General Assembly from the 105th District
in the February 5th primary, interviewed Thursday,
January 31, 2008
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Shane Cultra, Representative to the Illinois General
Assembly from the 105th District (Republican) and Candidate
for re-election in the February 5 primary, interviewed
Friday, February 1, 2008
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Election RSS/Podcast Feeds:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/feeds.html Election 2008
Vote by Issue Quiz:
http://www.votebyissue.org/election2008/ PBS/Newshour
Election Lesson Plans:
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Illinois
State Board of Elections: www.elections.state.il.us/
Provides a wealth of information on Illinois candidates for
Federal, State, and Local elections. |
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Champaign County Clerk's Office: www.champaigncountyclerk.com/
Official information on Champaign County elections and more. |
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Congress.org/The League of Women Voters DemocracyNet:
https://ssl.capwiz.com/congressorg/e4/nvra/ Provides a
searchable database on a U.S. Congressional directory and
Executive/Judicial Branches and State Governors, information on
Capitol Hill protocols, and a bill search database. |
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Register to Vote anywhere in the U.S.:
https://ssl.capwiz.com/congressorg/e4/nvra/
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Identify
and contact your Congressional Representative: www.house.gov/writerep/ |
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Project Vote
Smart: www.vote-smart.org/ Project VoteSmart provides
statements by Presidential and Congressional candidates on key
issues, database of public statements of all candidates, links
to register to vote online, and national issues, attitudes, and
political participation survey results on younger voters and
potential voters. |
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The Center
for Responsive Politics (Your Guide to Money in U.S. Elections):
www.opensecrets.org/ The Center for Responsive Politics is a
non-partisan, non-profit research group that tracks money in
politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The
site provides industry profiles of political contributions,
political party contributions, presidential campaign
contributions, and congressional campaign contributions. |
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The Center for Media
and Public Affairs: www.cmpa.com The Center for Media
and Public Affairs is a nonpartisan research and educational
organization which conducts scientific studies of the news and
entertainment media, including election studies. |
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Politics1.com: www.politics1.com/il.htm Politics1.com
provides a directory of Illinois candidates for Governor, U.S.
Senate and Congress in the current election cycle, state
political parties, the official state election office, and state
news sources. |
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Republican National
Committee: www.rnc.org
Democratic
National Committee: www.democrats.org
Association of State Green Parties: www.greenparties.org
Libertarian
Party: www.lp.org
Illinois
Republican Party: http://www.ilgop.org/
Democratic
Party of Illinois: http://www.ildems.com/ |
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