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Everything you need to know about Evanston’s April 6 election Tuesday marks the culmination of a controversial and contentious election season that began in November and has the potential to bring in an entirely new City Council. There are 30 combined candidates vying for aldermanic, city clerk and school board seats. Polling places across the city will be open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Residents can find their polling locations through the Cook County Clerk’s Office website. Find more ...

Evanston Now Evanstons 4th and 8th Wards will definitely each get a new alderman soon. (Shutterstock.com) Evanston’s 4th and 8th Wards will definitely get a new alderman soon. Final results from the February primary show Alderman Don Wilson, 4th Ward, and Alderman Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, will each be replaced by a challenger. In Ward 4, Jonathan Nieuwsma was first in the primary, Diane Goldring second, and Wilson third, 56 votes behind Goldring. In Ward 8, Current City Clerk Devo...

Evanston RoundTable Open Search Evanston RoundTable’s free daily and weekend email newsletters – sign up now! Maybe later, thanks. Early voting for the April 6 General Election begins March 22. As with the Feb. 23 primary election, voters can cast their ballots in person in Room G300 of the Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave., through April 5. Eight of the City’s nine wards have contested elections, with incumbents in six of them seeking re-election. Two candidates are vying for the...

A 6th Ward resident said he was removed from a virtual Tuesday 1st Ward meeting after attempting to ask Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) a question about a Council vote regarding the Robert Crown Community Center. At the start of the meeting, Fiske said, “There is a political campaign going on, so we’re not going to talk politics tonight.” When 6th Ward resident Mike Vasilko asked about Robert Crown’s contractor not paying a penalty for failing to meet a local employment threshold based on a vote ...

Evanston Now Candidate says bad info from city clerk cost her a chance to run A former candidate for Evanston City Council says incorrect information given to her by City Clerk Devon Reid has prevented her from running as a write-in candidate in Aprils election. Devon Reid and Rebeca Mendoza. A former candidate for Evanston City Council says incorrect information given to her by City Clerk Devon Reid has prevented her from running as a write-in candidate in April’s ...

Evanston RoundTable Open Search Print As the County Clerk continues to count mail-in ballots from the Feb. 23 primary election, one incumbent alderman has garnered a few votes. It is looking doubtful, however, that either Fourth Ward Alderman Donald Wilson or Eighth Ward Alderman Ann Rainey will be on the April 6 general election ballot. For those two wards, the primary election was a runoff contest, with the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes moving on to the general el...

Though results from Tuesday’s primary are not yet final, City Clerk Devon Reid said Wednesday his campaign for the 8th Ward aldermanic seat is already preparing for the April 6 run-off. “We know we’re moving on to the next round and are gearing up for whoever our opponent will be in that race,” Reid said.  ...

Evanston Now Recap: Evanston City Council Heres a recap of our live coverage of this evenings Evanston City Council meeting at which aldermen will discuss permitting tiny homes and get an update on the citys racial The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. A packet with information on tonight’s agenda items is available online. A plan to permit tiny homes in Evanston is on the agenda along with an update on the city’s racial equity efforts. Meeting called to order at 6:08 p.m. Mayor prai...

Everything you need to know about Evanston’s municipal primary Ahead of Tuesday’s municipal primary elections, residents across Evanston’s nine wards have been voting early for two weeks. But for residents who haven’t voted yet, it’s not too late to cast a ballot — and The Daily has all the information you need to know.  Early voting opened on Feb. 8 at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, and continued through 5 p.m. Monday. On Tuesday, polling places across the city will be open ...

Lori Keenan said her public safety platform is based on ideas she’s been talking about since before she started her run for mayor. “We could certainly be doing the type of policing that Evanston wants to be doing for much less money, and less aggressively, and less detrimentally to populations that have been over-policed for generations,” Keenan said. As mayor, Keenan said she would conduct a forensic audit of the police department to determine the most appropriate areas for cuts. To her,...