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This democrat is the current governor and is running for a third term
Who is J.B. Pritzker
This Republican candidate for Illinois governor has campaigned on lowering taxes and reducing state government spending.
Who is Darren Bailey
This elected official serves as the head of a state's executive branch and signs or vetoes bills passed by the state legislature.
Who is the Governor?
Illinois is divided into 17 of these districts, each of which elects one member to theU.S. House ofRepresentatives.
What are congressional districts
Why should voters research candidates before voting
What is To understand the candidates priorities, experiences, and if the voter aligns with their policies?
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This republican ran against Pritzker in the 2022 election
Who is Darren Bailey?
This Democratic U.S. Senate candidate has proposed a federal tax cut for middle-class families,paid for byincreasing taxes on people earning more than $1 million a year.
Who is Juliana Stratton
What is the main responsibility of the Attorney General in Illinois
What is acting as the top lawyer for the people, state agencies, and the state government of Illinois ?
After the U.S. Census, Illinois redraws its congressional and state legislative district boundaries to account for population changes. What is this process called
What is redistricting
Through boycotts, marches, sit-ins, and grassroots organizing, ordinary citizens helpedbuild pressure forthis landmark 1964 federal law that outlawed discrimination in publicaccommodations and addressedemployment discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Which democratic candidate is the current attorney general and is running for their third term
Who is Kwame Raoul
This Republican U.S. Senate candidate has emphasized reducing inflation, government spending, and costs for working families as parts of his economic agenda.
Who is Don Tracy
Need to renew your driver's license or register your car in Illinois? This elected state official oversees those services.
Who is the Illinois Secretary of State?
When district boundaries are drawn to unfairly favor one political party or weaken a community's voting power, what is this practice commonly called?
In 1992, Illinois voters elected this woman to the U.S. Senate, making her the first Black woman to serve inthat chamber and the first woman senator from Illinois.
Who is Carol Moseley Braun?
This Republican candidate is challenging incumbent Alexi Giannoulias for Illinois Secretary of State and has argued that the state’s DMV services need improvement.
Who is Diane M. Harris?
In the Illinois Secretary of State race, this Republican candidate supports age-based driver testing requirements, while incumbent Alexi Giannoulias has rolled back testing requirements for older drivers
Who is Diane Harris?
This Illinois constitutional officer maintains the state's central fiscal accounts and authorizes payments from state funds, while a separate officer manages state investments.
Who is the Illinois Comptroller?
In Illinois, which branch of state government primarily draws the state's congressional district maps, subject to the governor's veto?
What is the Illinois General Assembly/ What is state legislature
After years of disenfranchisement and voter suppression, civil rights activism helpedbuild momentum forthis 1965 law. By the end of that year, a quarter of a million BlackAmericans had newly registered to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Identify a Champaign or Urbana candidate for the Illinois House or U.S. House and name one major issue on which they disagree.
Who is Nikki Budzinski/ Jeff Wilson
Name one policy approach by Senate Candidate for addressing healthcare access or affordability: Juliana Stratton
What is Medicare for all?
- Answers can vary, has to do with expanding access to medicine in some way
If the Illinois House votes to impeach a state official, this other chamber of the Illinois General Assembly conducts the trial to determine whether to convict that official.
What is the Illinois Senate?
Your street address determines which congressional, state Senate, and state Housedistricts you vote in.What official Illinois resource can you use to identify these districtsand the elected officials who representyou?
What is the Illinois State Board of Election
Black Americans fought for voting rights for generations, from the ratification of the 15th Amendment in 1870 to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Why was the Voting Rights Act necessary even after the 15th Amendment had prohibited racial discrimination in voting?
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