Where to learn about local ballots? @-adjacent

[dancingirl21]

@@ regarding school board

Our April election is quickly approaching. The huge topic on our ballots is our district’s school board. There’s 4 complete nutters basically running as a group - all 4 of them have their names on the same sign and all the mailers going out. I have a ton of info about these and the 4 candidates I will be voting for.

How do you go about finding info for less well-known positions? For example, park district commissioner, fire trustee, college trustee, etc. I want to be such an informed voter, but I can’t find any info about these people and their stances online.

[Bernadine]

You could try the League of Women Voters.

[sadie]

We have local a local dems group that does forums for contested races for lesser known races. Our local paper will also highlight races. Sometimes, candidates will put together a FB candidate page. And, sometimes, for these smaller races, there's not a lot published. It's not uncommon for folks in my town to reach out to candidates directly with questions, but there's a lot of community overlap outside of politics (sports/kids events/activities/erc) so you end up "knowing" a lot of people in town.

[waverly]

dancingirl21, are you in my town, because same.

I guess Awake is running slates all over Illinois. Generally they are targeting schools.

Super Nutter boards are generally in the news but that’s after they are already elected and nutty enough to make the news.

Some have been elected to previous boards so you may find info there.

[dancingirl21]

Mar 11, 2023 21:14:12 GMT -5 waverly said:

dancingirl21, are you in my town, because same.

I guess Awake is running slates all over Illinois. Generally they are targeting schools.

Super Nutter boards are generally in the news but that’s after they are already elected and nutty enough to make the news.

Some have been elected to previous boards so you may find info there.

Maybe?! Western suburb, starts with a “W”?

[waverly]

Mar 11, 2023 22:06:46 GMT -5 dancingirl21 said:

Mar 11, 2023 21:14:12 GMT -5 waverly said:

dancingirl21, are you in my town, because same.

I guess Awake is running slates all over Illinois. Generally they are targeting schools.

Super Nutter boards are generally in the news but that’s after they are already elected and nutty enough to make the news.

Some have been elected to previous boards so you may find info there.

Maybe?! Western suburb, starts with a “W”?

No mine starts with a different letter but we are surrounded by W towns so you are probably close by.

[grover]

Mar 12, 2023 9:10:25 GMT -5 waverly said:

Mar 11, 2023 22:06:46 GMT -5 dancingirl21 said:

Maybe?! Western suburb, starts with a “W”?

No mine starts with a different letter but we are surrounded by W towns so you are probably close by.

Same over here in O.  4 sane people, 4 crazies.