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Today is Primary Day to determine which candidates will represent the Democratic and Republican parties on the ballot in November. Polls open at 6:00am and close at 7:00pm. If you are in line at 7:00pm to vote, please remain in line as the polls cannot close until everyone has voted. Results will trickle in through the evening on the Kane County Clerk’s website.

Join the Elgin Township Democrats in Elgin’s Fourth of July Parade!

The parade steps off Monday, July 4th at 9am at Slade and Douglas Avenue. Please join the Elgin Dems float by 8:30am.

The Elgin Dems will be staged on Grove Avenue at GROVE A. This should be the section of Grove Ave between Slade and Lincoln. (You can ask a gate captain at N Grove Ave and Ann St for directions to GROVE A if you need them.)

Dress for the weather and wear an Elgin / Kane County Democrats or candidate shirt if you have one. Signs are encouraged as well.

(Do you have a friend who feels they need to march too? Invite them along to meet with like minded people. The camaraderie and conversation with others who try to make a positive difference can help.)

Please join Meridian Health & State Representative Barbara Hernandez for an Aurora Community Health Fair on Saturday, July 9th from 11am to 3pm at the Prisco Community Center, Room 104.

The Kane County convention is held every two years following the primary election on even-numbered years. This is when all new PCs are officially elected and can thus elect the Chair and Executive Board members of the Kane County Democrats.  This is a weighted vote based on the number of Democratic ballots pulled in your precinct for that primary election.  We will have the weighted number once the ballot is certified following the June 28 election.  The scheduled County Convention is a set date required by Illinois state law, which will take place this year on Wednesday July 27.

If you are a newly elected PC for the 2022-2024 term, please email us at info@kanedems.org to ensure that your email is included in our invite. Please note that this is a private event and that only elected and appointed PCs will be allowed in.

Sat Aug 13 – 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Inflation hits the poor the hardest and makes their life very difficult. This means that they rely on the Food Banks even more. The BEST WAY to donate is to make a check out to ECM (Elgin Cooperative Ministry) – OR – pick up a few extra items while you are at the store.

Two Locations

Settlers Park, 3046 Sutton St, Elgin, IL 60124 (West of Long Common)
210 Wing Park Blvd, Elgin, IL 60123 (Carl and Cherryl Strathmann’s home)

What Is Needed

• Food items: cereal, canned foods, granola bars, peenut butter, pasta, rice, pasta sauce, veggies, fruit and meat.
• Cleaning supplies: sponges, paper towels, laundry detergent, bleach, all purpose cleaners, dish soap.
• Toiletries: soap, deodorant, razors, feminine hygiene products, shower gel, diapers, toilet paper.

The most effective donation is always money so the food pantries can buy what is needed in bulk. Make checks out to:

• ECM – Elgin Cooperative Ministry
• FFGE – Food for Greater Elgin

Can’t make it to the food drive? Contact Vern and drop off at his home. He’ll make sure the donations get to the food drive.

Save the date for this year’s Elburn Days parade! Join the Western Township Democrats (Blackberry, Campton, Plato, Virgil, Burlington and Kaneville) and many of our Democratic candidates to show support for the party and help get out the vote.

Line-up is at 5:15pm and the parade steps off at 6:00pm. This is a fairly quick but very fun parade. We encourage everyone to march with us – the more the merrier! Please wear/bring any political swag and gear you have as well as some bags of candy to pass out to kids!

Join the Elgin Township Democrats on 9/17/2022 between 10am-Noon at Trout Park River’s Edge in Elgin!

It’s Our Fox River Day (IOFRD) is the largest watershed event that demonstrates a unified effort for caring for our Fox River.

The Elgin Township Democrats will participate in It’s Our Fox Rover Day by coordinating a cleanup at Trout Park River’s Edge in Elgin. Dress comfortably in clothes that can get dirty or wet so we can clean up as much trash as possible.

Learn more at: https://friendsofthefoxriver.org/its-our-fox-river-day/

The Leagues of Women Voters of the Aurora Area and Central Kane County will co-host a hybrid forum at 7pm on
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 for the candidates running for Illinois State Senate in the 42nd District and Illinois State House in the 83rd District.

Candidates that will be on the November 8th ballot will be participating in a forum being co-hosted by League of Women Voters – Central Kane County and NAACP.

More info on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/608204400839434/

We are in the final leg of the 2022 Midterm Election season. This has traditionally been the time when the League of Women Voters hold forums showcasing candidates for questioning by the public. This year was to be no different until a group of local Republican candidates decided to forego the traditional, non-partisan forums. By rejecting participation in the forums they are not only denying the public the opportunity to ask them questions, they are denying the public the opportunity to ask questions of their Democratic opponents too.

Fox Valley Moxie and the Dundee Township Democrats believe that candidates should always be willing and anxious to answer the voters’ questions, so we’re holding “The Voters Deserve Answers Forum”!

The candidates who will be at the forum and ready to answer your questions include:

Suzanne Ness, House Rep. District 66, Linda Robertson, House Rep. District 65, Ted Penensis, County Board District 16, Courtney Boe, Kane County Board District 21, Cherryl Strathmann, Kane County Board, District 20, Vern Tepe, Kane County Board, District 22, Chris Kious, County Board District 23, and Jarett Sanchez, County Board District 24.

We welcome you to submit questions for the candidates to: foxvalleymoxie@gmail.com

We cannot guarantee that all questions submitted will be asked.

More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/792649548733136