Recap of Wilmette Minimum Wage Task Force

The taskforce is chaired by Mr John Jacoby and Mr Michael Braiman the Village Assistance Manager and is tasked to make a recommendation to the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees on on what studies and data to consider when deciding to vote to adopt or...

Examples of Fraud by State

Illinois Augustus Stacker, Jr of .Belleville, IL, manipulated up to 27 absentee ballots in a municipal election.  He plead guilty and sentenced to 18 months conditional discharge and court costs. Brian McDouglar of Cahokia, IL, was convicted of falsifying or tampering...

Common Terms in Elections

Provisional voting Provisional voting was created to allow a voter, whose eligibility is in question, to vote on Election Day and have eligibility resolved later.  The Election judge signs the “Provisional Voter Affidavit” and marks one of the reasons the voter is...