There are something like 72 judges on the ballot this year. While I'm all-for democracy around things including judges, this is really dragging the voting process down and making long lines for voting in-person due to the length of the ballot. I think it took me around 45 minutes to fill out my mail-in ballot including judge research through sites like Injustice Watch.
Please do your research in advance and create an advance list of how you will vote before going to a polling place. Or, better yet (in the future), get a mail-in ballot, fill it out in advance and drop it off in a ballot box (for Evanston voters, it's inside the Civic Center).
We have much better and more equitable voting systems in IL than in many other states, but we aren't perfect and long lines in some places happen. If you want to avoid that, vote early and, more importantly vote by advance ballot.
Yeah, thats why I use ballotready, I print out my picks in advance and then the judge section goes fast. But it still took 10 mins just to tap all the buttons. You bring up a good point involving the lines - maybe it makes more sense to have the judges on the April ballot with all the municipal candidates?
There are something like 72 judges on the ballot this year. While I'm all-for democracy around things including judges, this is really dragging the voting process down and making long lines for voting in-person due to the length of the ballot. I think it took me around 45 minutes to fill out my mail-in ballot including judge research through sites like Injustice Watch.
Please do your research in advance and create an advance list of how you will vote before going to a polling place. Or, better yet (in the future), get a mail-in ballot, fill it out in advance and drop it off in a ballot box (for Evanston voters, it's inside the Civic Center).
We have much better and more equitable voting systems in IL than in many other states, but we aren't perfect and long lines in some places happen. If you want to avoid that, vote early and, more importantly vote by advance ballot.
Yeah, thats why I use ballotready, I print out my picks in advance and then the judge section goes fast. But it still took 10 mins just to tap all the buttons. You bring up a good point involving the lines - maybe it makes more sense to have the judges on the April ballot with all the municipal candidates?