{"id":7846,"date":"2019-02-18T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=7846"},"modified":"2019-02-18T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T21:36:08","slug":"chicago-municipal-elections-february-26-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2019\/02\/18\/chicago-municipal-elections-february-26-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Municipal Elections &#8211; February 26, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that the Chicago municipal election is just around the corner and there are currently <em>14 <\/em>candidates running for mayor?\u00a0 Did you know that there are aldermanic races and other city offices open for election as well?<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7849 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/chicago-flag.png?resize=200%2C133&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Municipal Flag of Chicago\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/>Overwhelmed? Check out the library&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.depaul.edu\/elections\/election2019\">Elections Research Guide<\/a>, which is here to help!\u00a0 On our guide, you&#8217;ll find:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ballotready.org\/\">sample ballots,\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulcc.org\/2019MayoralDebate\">links\u00a0to debates<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.depaul.edu\/c.php?g=253603&amp;p=6510406&amp;preview=317a30e5485f8ba89c1be586fd2d0609\">lists of candidates<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2019\/02\/14\/candidates-chicago-mayor-first-forum\">information on the issues<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoelections.com\/en\/your-voter-information.html\">where to vote<\/a>,\u00a0and more!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7875 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/vote-1319435_1920.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vote Button\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/vote-1319435_1920.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/vote-1319435_1920.png?resize=165%2C165&amp;ssl=1 165w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/vote-1319435_1920.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/vote-1319435_1920.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Important dates to know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Registration Deadline:\u00a0 February 26, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Absentee Application Deadline: February 21, 2019 at 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Early Voting Deadline: February 25, 2019<\/li>\n<li>General Election: February 26, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Runoff Election: April 2, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chicagoans last voted for mayor in 2015.\u00a0 According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoelections.com\/en\/election-results-specifics.asp\">Chicago Board of Elections<\/a>, In 2015, there were\u00a01,421,430 registered voters, with 483,700 votes cast for a turnout of only\u00a034.03%.<\/p>\n<p>Chances are good there will be a run-off election for Mayor in April, and only the top two vote-getters will appear on that April ballot.\u00a0 This year, make sure to cast your vote, and make your voice heard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that the Chicago municipal election is just around the corner and there are currently 14 candidates running for mayor?\u00a0 Did you know that there are aldermanic races and other city offices open for election as well? 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Check out the library&#8217;s\u00a0Elections Research Guide, which is here to help!\u00a0 On our guide, you&#8217;ll <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2019\/02\/18\/chicago-municipal-elections-february-26-2019\/\" class=\"read-more\">continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":7875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-resources"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8GMS7-22y","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/vote-1319435_1920.png?fit=1920%2C1884&ssl=1&wsr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7846"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7893,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846\/revisions\/7893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}