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Eileen Subak (right), LWVIL Issues Specialist for Criminal Justice and Children’s Services, receiving a Visionary Award from the Safer Foundation at its 8th Annual CARRE Conference in Dec.
(CARRE = Council of Advisors to Reduce Recidivism through
Employment)
— Photo by Timmy Samuel, Starbelly Studios |
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COUNTDOWN TO CENSUS DAY – APRIL 1st:
MAKE SURE YOU COUNT!
UPDATES on our HOT ISSUES:
The Illinois Budget Crisis: Contact Your State Rep. and Gov. Quinn
For find contact info for your State Rep, go to http://www.ilga.gov. Contact Governor Quinn via http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactthegovernor.cfm.
- Insist that the Governor and Legislature protect students, families and communities from a ruinous state budget shortfall which is resulting in program cuts and eliminations and forcing some local governments and program providers to borrow money in order to pay their employees.
- Urge them to support and pass HB 174. Passage of this bill would provide needed revenue to the state by increasing the personal income tax rate to at least 5 per cent. It also provides for needed tax reform and property tax credits, and adds some progressivity to the current tax structure in the form of tax credits to low and moderate income families.
- Ensure that Illinois will be able to pay for much needed services, including improvements in the way schools are funded.
Read more and take action!
Citizen Initiative on Redistricting: *Fair Map*
Are you unhappy with Illinois Government?
Do you want to do something to fix the system?
Right now, the system for drawing legislative district boundaries is completely in the hands of the political party in power. And when our new census results are released, the party in power will redraw the districts to make sure they stay in power.
We can change that by demanding a system where the districts are drawn fairly, and voters will choose the candidates they want, not the other way around.
Help us by collecting 10 signatures on a petition to put a referendum on the November ballot. We want to amend the Illinois Constitution and put the power for drawing legislative districts in the hands of the voters.
Download Fair Map Amendment Petitions
Click HERE to go directly to the petition page where you can select your county or city and download the appropriate petition.
More information: Press conference statement by Nancy Marcus, LWVIL president, on December 3, 2009.
For additional information go to http://www.ilfairmap.com/
LWVIL Selected as Lead Agency for IL Complete Count
| The League of Women Voters of Illinois is pleased to announce that they have been selected by Governor Quinn as the lead agency for Illinois’ Complete Count Committee: "Everybody In.. No One Left Out!" for Census 2010. |
| The League will collaborate with the Governor's office to help select Complete Count Committee members from non-profit organizations, business community, faith-based organizations, and the media. |
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Working with these organizations and local Leagues from around the state, the LWVIL will help ensure that Illinois is fully counted. More info:
Gov. Quinn Launches State’s 2010 Census Push
Video of Gov. Quinn's News Conference |
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