Polls in all voting precincts within Kane County and the Aurora Election Commission will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5 for the 2011 Consolidated Election. For a complete list of municipal, school, park, library and other candidates on the ballot, please go to http://www.kanecountyelections.org/default.aspx.
Voters in eight Kane County municipalities - Elgin, Big Rock, Campton Hills, Kaneville, Lily Lake, Pingree Grove, Virgil and Wayne will be electing mayors or village presidents. Nine jurisdictions, including the Kane County Forest Preserve District, have referendums on the ballot and, according to Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham's office, eight people have filed declarations of intent to write-in candidates in six different jurisdictions.
The Forest Preserve District referendum, seeking voter approval to issue $30 million in bonds for land acquisition and forest preserve improvements, is the only countywide referendum on the April 5 ballot. Voter turnout in Kane County for the April, 2009 Consolidated Election was about 20 percent.
