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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Lucas Godwin casts their ballot on the first day of early voting for the 2024 Presidential General Election, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 in Chicago.

Ballot highlights: IVF, taxes and election interference

LiLi Jarvenpa, Interim Content Managing Editor October 28, 2024

Voters in Illinois will be able to answer three advisory questions on the 2024 election ballot addressing reproductive health, Illinois’ tax structure and election interference penalties. The ballot...

A call for civic change: Chicago's referendum proposal for election funding reform

A call for civic change: Chicago’s referendum proposal for election funding reform

Kevin Gross March 8, 2015

Last week The DePaulia touched upon the topic of elected school boards, one of the many referendum issues that Chicago’s citizens voted “yes” during the recent mayoral election. Another of the referendum...

Some analysts believe an elected school board would reduce the infuence that Mayor Rahm Emanuel (center) has over bureaucrats such as former Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard (left), or Chicago Board of Education president David Vitale. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

A call for civic change: Chicago’s referendum for elected school board

Kevin Gross March 1, 2015

Although Chicago will not know who its future mayor will be until April’s runoff election, voters were unambiguous in their approval for multiple referendum issues. Among the issues placed on referendum...

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