Thursday, April 11, 2013
County officials said that the amount of traffic caught them by surprise and hampered the ability of the public to access election results.
Officials for DuPage County are saying that the influx of traffic to their election results website, which crashed the page between 8 and 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, has been a wake-up call to necessary improvements, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the paper, the problem was caused when the available bandwidth was exceeded; page views peaked at 15,000 within a few minutes, 5,000 more than the peak in the 2012 elections. "If you asked me 72 hours ago if the site would peak out 50 percent higher than a presidential election, I would've laughed," Robert Saar, the election commission's executive director, told the paper. "Everybody here had their eyes opened. We're disappointed that it happened, but I'm extremely confident that going …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Voters in District 200 reject a $17.6 million referendum to build a new Jefferson Early Childhood Center.
Updated 10:04 a.m. Voters in Community Unit School District 200 have officially turned down the district's plan to bond $17.6 million to build a new Jefferson Early Childhood Center, with 6,937 of 11,687 votes against the referendum and all precincts reporting. The District 200 Board of Education in January voted 6-1 to pass a resolution to put the question on the April 9 ballot after reviewing design presentations and available financing options for the new school. The estimated tax increase for residents in a $200,000 to $500,000 home would have been $19 to $51, respectively, over the next 10 years and a difference in their tax decrease in levy year 2023. Dan Wagner, co-chair of Friends of the Schools—Yes to the Jefferson Early …
Two incumbents and two newcomers elected to District 200 Board of Education.
Updated 11:17 a.m. Joann Coghill, Barbara Intihar, Brad Paulsen and James Mathieson have won the 2013 election to the District 200 Board of Education with all precincts reporting. Coghill finished in first place with 4,857 votes, followed by Intihar with 4,792 votes, Paulsen with 4,748 votes and Mathieson with 4,596 votes. Intihar said Tuesday her main focus as a board member will continue to be academics in the district. "That's our business and everything else supports that, and that's what should drive our district," she said. Following the outcome of the Jefferson referendum, she said the board will have to regroup to assess why voters rejected the referendum and figure out a proposal the community would accept. "Buildings take a …
Two incumbents and one newcomer elected to Wheaton Park District board of commissioners.
Incumbents John Kelly and Mark Schobel and newcomer Jane Hodgkinson have won the 2013 election to the Wheaton Park District board of commissioners. With all precincts reporting, Hodgkinson finished first with 4,602 votes, followed by John Kelly with 4,166 votes and Mark Schobel with 3,997 votes. Jane Hodgkinson will bring 30 years of experience as the executive director of the Western DuPage Special Recreation Association (WDSRA). She said Tuesday, "I'm very honored that I was elected to the Wheaton Park District... I still contend it's one of the best park districts in the U.S. and I'm looking forward to being a part of that." She said in her Patch bio the main reason she ran for the board was to see the Hubble property (gymnasium and …
Phil Suess wins the 2013 election to Wheaton City Council with 884 votes and all precincts reporting.
Updated 8:13 p.m. Wheaton City Council candidate Phil Suess won the 2013 election to the North District seat Tuesday with 884 votes and all precincts reporting. Suess, who has been on the Council for the past eight years finished ahead of JT del Alcazar with 587 votes, Ted Rodgers with 434 votes and Alberta Adamson with 325 votes. Suess said Wednesday the results of the election were "very gratifying." "It's always great when the community acknowledges you've done a good job," he said. He said in his Patch candidate bio he ran for re-election because he wants to see Wheaton, "continue to evolve as a desirable and affordable residential community in which to raise a family." "I think we want to maintain Wheaton as a desireable community in…
Now that the polls have closed, follow our site for live results to learn who won and by how much in all your Wheaton races. We'll be updating this post throughout the night as votes are tallied.
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The results are finally rolling in. The above list gives you the results for all your local races and will be updated regularly as vote totals become available.
Meet the uncontested Wheaton City Council candidates in the 2013 municipal election.
While City Council seats in all four of Wheaton's districts and one at-large seat were up for election this year, there is only one contested race. Four candidates are running for one City Council seat in the city's North District, including incumbent Phil Suess, Alberta Adamson, JT del Alcazar and Ted Rodgers. But the Council will still see a few changes in its lineup after the April 9 election. While there's no need to compare these candidates to an opponent, they have all said they welcome questions, comments and concerns from you, the residents—the people they serve. At-Large: Prendiville to Return to City Council John Prendiville is a former at-large City Councilman who left the Council to challenge Wheaton Mayor Mike Gresk in the …
There are nine candidates running for four seats on the District 200 Board of Education.
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There are four candidates running for three seats on the Wheaton Park District Board of Commissioners.
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There are four candidates running for the North District City Council seat in the 2013 election.
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