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"You're throwing away your vote." "You can't vote for a third party candidate unless there's a lot of people voting for a third party candidate." "You can't vote for him/her, they have no chance to win; you have to wait for a lot of people to vote for them.” I get told this all the time. When I was not sure who I wanted to vote for, I was told voting for a third party candidate was “throwing away my […]
Amidst concerns over the distribution of money from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to fund construction projects, the city of Columbia, Missouri has recently received a $1.7 million grant from the government organization to buy three new electric buses. The Low or No Emission grant program facilitated by the FTA is funding the grant. This program requires that the city matches an amount of $336,200, bringing the project's total cost to $2.05 million. The city of Columbia is planning to spend $432,500 […]
Being a third party has its own challenges. A clear example is the Libertarian and the fight for ballot access and major party status that has been going on since its inception in 1971. As a result of the 2016 presidential election, Libertarian affiliates in 42 states earned major or recognized status, as well as reduced ballot access thresholds. Iowa just happened to be one of these states, holding their first-ever Libertarian caucus earlier this year, with Jake "J.D." Porter […]
CARTERVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner may be in more trouble than he thinks in his 2018 re-election bid for governor based on a new poll. A recent poll jointly conducted by Research America and the Illinois Broadcasters Association has Rauner down nearly 17 points against Democratic opponent JB Pritzker, 44% to 27.1%. The RA/IBA poll is the sixth poll to include all ballot-qualified candidates, which include Libertarian activist Kash Jackson and state Sen. Sam McCann, who's running […]
For nearly two years, the Witt City Council has attempted to make crucial changes to their employee handbook and have been met with unfortunate delays due to meeting unavailability for special sessions, as well as legal and internal municipal hurdles which include resignations of elected officials. Add the resignation of city clerk Angel Lynch to the line of official resignations – which include former aldermen Jay Martin and Tim Taylor and former treasurer Rebecca Martin – as motivation for the […]
SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- As the ballots for the November 6 general election become certified, the state's election authority announced the removal of seven candidates from the ballot. Challenges were filed July 2 on independent gubernatorial candidates William "Doc" Walls (with Taxpayers United of America founder and running mate Jim Tobin) and Gregg Moore (with running mate Magistrale Morgan) as well as five General Assembly candidates -- Jay Murphy (I-51st District), Aaron Goldberg (G-64th District), John Eldon Mathey (L-70th District), […]
TAYLORVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Illinois political action committee for the nation's largest small business organization has made an endorsement decision regarding the state senate race in District 48. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and their Illinois PAC endorsed Taylorville businessman and Republican candidate Seth McMillan, according to a press release from the campaign Monday. The PAC is comprised exclusively of Illinois-based NFIB members. "Our members support the candidates who support small businesses and Seth McMillan not only […]
WITT (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Just as quickly as the City of Witt lost their treasurer, a sworn-in replacement was appointed in the Witt City Council’s monthly meeting on July 24. City treasurer Rebecca Martin resigned from her position via communication with mayor Greta Akers with a formal letter of resignation presented before the council. Via unanimous vote, Sonia Hodson was appointed and sworn in as interim treasurer. As a result of the vacancy, no treasurer’s report was available for the […]
COALTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- While there was limited business discussed in their August 8 meeting, the Coalton Village Board did spent most of their 37-minute session touching up on previously discussed items of business. Water superintendent Tom Gonet is trying to get a hydraulic system and spreader on the new truck that was purchased with grant money with assistance from USDA Rural Development and Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation. Gonet will seek price quotes and will return to the board […]
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