Precinct problems in Chicago

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Joliet preservationists seek a stay of execution for 'World's Ugliest Courthouse', by Sun-Times' Lee Bey.--
46% :-- After redistricting, the balance of power on the Illinois Supreme Court is at stake: "If Republicans win those two contested races... that could give Republican viewpoints a chance to take hold on issues that may come before the court ranging from judicial rulemaking and the constitutionality of laws to the state's ongoing issues with unions and pensions to the potential for the U.S. Supreme Court to kick significant national issues back to the states," by Steve Johnson for Center for Illinois Politics.-- Casten v. Newman | A bitter and sometimes awkward battle between two incumbent suburban Democrats has them fighting for their political lives: "Casten and Newman are busy hurling barbs at one another over ethics complaints and their stances on abortion and other issues while also not so successfully trying to avoid the unseemly visual the Democratic Party helped create in which caucus mates are dragging each other into the mud," by Tribune's John Byrne and Rick Pearson.

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