Since February, PN’s Election Central Voters Guide has listed all candidates with links upon request to all websites of the hopefuls running to serve on local governing bodies. The website also links to the League of Women Voters, as well as other signed endorsements that publicly have been announced in the media. Videos from the candidate forums as well as NCTV-17 profiles also are linked, ready for viewing so voters can make informed choices. Polls are open from 6AM to 7PM Tues., April 9.
PN’s aim during every election campaign since 2001 has been to encourage voters to personally meet the candidates who make themselves accessible so our city’s educated electorate can go to the polls with knowledge of what distinguishes the candidates. Election Central Voters Guide provides all the info on one webpage.
Since December 2012 when candidates began to file petitions to run for local elected office, we have reported and opined about the process. For a look at some of those posts, visit the search for Consolidated Elections.
Q & A
Here are a few questions that came via e-mail over the last few days. We hope the information on this page will answer them.
1. Is Early Voting over? When is Election Day?
Early voting ended at noon on Sat., April 6. Polls are open on Consolidated Election Day, 6AM to 7PM on Tues., April 9. That’s today!
2. What districts will be represented by which candidates for city council and schools boards?
The proposed five districts for City Council and the two established school districts always will have different boundaries and different elected officials. (Candidates for all governing bodies are listed below.)
In this April 9, 2013, Consolidated Election, all 11 city council candidates are running at large, to be chosen by the entire electorate, the way the city has elected its officials under the City Council/Manager form of government since 1969. A referendum in the fall of 2010 passed to create a hybrid system of five districts. That system will be enacted in the 2015 Mayoral /City Council Election if the question on the 2013 ballot to keep city council representation at large is rejected. The City Council has one open seat because 2-term incumbent Kenn Miller chose not to seek re-election.
In regard to school board membership, Naperville is served by two school districts, Naperville Unit School District 203 and Indian Prairie Unit School District 204. The boundaries for the two school districts extend beyond Naperville’s city limits. (School Districts are not necessarily aligned with the five Naperville City Council districts that have been drawn for the hybrid system.) Both unit school districts have a large slate of qualified candidates running in this election. Both school districts have open seats to fill as two of the incumbents are not running to seek re-election.
3. What is the question that will appear on the 2013 ballot for all Naperville voters to keep electing City Council at large?
Shall the city of Naperville elect city council at large instead of part of the councilmen at large and part of the councilmen from districts?
4. When will term limits begin for City Councilmen and the Mayor?
Term limits that passed by referendum in the fall election of 2010 will be enacted in the next Mayoral /City Council Election in the spring election of 2015. The Mayor and City Councilmen will be limited to three consecutive four-year terms or 12 years. The state law requires that City Council terms be staggered with elections held every two years.
5. What is bullet voting?
Bullet voting is a strategy in which the voter only selects one, two or three candidates, despite the option to indicate a preference for “up to four” or “not more than four” candidates.
6. How many elected offices are on the ballot for me to fill with my vote?
In School District 203, voters will choose up to 22 candidates to fill seats for four (4) school board members, four (4) city councilmen, four (4) park district commissioners, two (2) COD trustees and eight (8) township representatives.
In School District 204, voters will choose up to 23 candidates to fill seats for five (5) school board members, four (4) city councilmen, four (4) park district commissioners, two (2) COD trustees and eight (8) township representatives.
Vote Tuesday, April 9!
Polls open 6AM-7PM
Here are candidates running in nonpartisan elections.
Naperville Community Unit School District 203 – Vote for up to 4 The following candidates will vie to fill four four-year terms on the 7-member board. Terms will expire in April 2017: Susan Crotty Jackie Romberg Kristin W. Fitzgerald Derek Krauss Heather Rajamoney Charles Cush Sabina A. Qadir Neil Samuels Donna Wandke John “Jay” Fisher Jr. David Fish CANDIDATES CONNECT ON NCTV-17 Indian Prairie Unit School District 204 / Vote for up to 4 Vote to fill five seats on the 7-member board of education. The following candidates will vie to fill four four-year terms that will expire in April 2017: Cathy Piehl Vasavi Chakka Krishna Bansal Michael Raczak Sotiria Kapsis Maria Curry Jazmin Santillan Benjamin White CANDIDATES CONNECT ON NCTV-17 Vote for up to 1 The following candidate will be on the School District 204 ballot to fill the two-year term that will expire in April 2015: Justin Karubas Naperville City Council / Vote for up to 4 The following candidates will vie to fill four two-year terms that will expire April 30, 2015: Doug Krause Paul Hinterlong Kevin Coyne Jeff B. Davis Wayne Floegel Tom Glass Bill Habel John Krummen Jo Malik Dave Wentz Judith BrodheadCANDIDATES CONNECT ON NCTV-17 Naperville Park District- Four 4-Year Seats Unopposed / Vote for up to 4 Mike Reilly Kirsten Young Gerry Heide Bill Eagan College of DuPage Board of Trustees / Vote for up to 2 Candidates for two open spots for 6-year positions on the District 502 College of DuPage Board of Trustees. David “Dave” Carlin, Naperville Katharine “Kathy” Hamilton, Hinsdale Edward R. Agustin, Naperville Joseph C. Wozniak, Naperville Frank Flores, Jr., Glendale Heights Mike Lanners, Lombard Find all the township candidates from the six townships that serve Naperville posted on the Consolidated Election Central Voters Guide. Depending on the township, candidates are running as Democrats, Independents and/or Republicans in this partisan election. The Voters Guide also features links to all the candidate forums and profiles by NCTV-17 if you want to see how the candidates communicate as they present their stands on the issues. Many well-qualified candidates are running in the Consolidated Election. Your thoughtful and informed vote wlll make a difference to all the candidates who have given much to this election campaign. Thanks to all candidates who have enlightened the community with their experiences and views. As members of the League of Women Voters often say, “Democracy is not a spectator sport.”
