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Your polling place is where you go to cast your ballot on election day. Your polling place is listed on both your Vote By Mail application and your Voter Information card, both pictured above. You can also also look up your polling place by your address. You can download a list of polling places ...   See Article

Summary, 01-13-2023

Illinois offers grace period registration, which allows you to register to vote during early voting, and even on election day prior to casting your ballot. Online registration is the easiest, and is open from March 2, 2023 through March 19th, 2023. If you move, you'll need to update your voter re...   See Article

Summary, 01-13-2023

There is an election on April 4th, 2023 for municipal offices. This includes City Council, School Board, and several other offices. All offices and candidates should be posted by January 20th. For Offices & Candidates, see the Election Page. More information coming soon.   See Article

Summary, 01-13-2023

Many updates to the website are being worked on for the remainder of 2022, in the hopes of bringing better reporting and more local information to you in 2023. Website updates should be published by January 4th. Reporting will continue after that. I plan to interview candidates for Decatur office...   See Article

Blog, 11-22-2022

Decatur Vote launched in July 2022 after 9 months of development. I conducted 10 interviews and researched an additional 3 candidates online for 2022. I got off-track from elections a couple times & did not work as efficiently as I hoped. Roughly 17 local candidates were not reported on. I un...   See Article

Blog, 11-17-2022

Simple list of candidates who won in Macon County. Ballot Measures too. Overview of party results for the state. Only candidates who won are listed here. Results are unofficial until November 29th. Results listed on this page are unofficial, until this notice is removed. Links 2022 Election Res...   See Article

Summary, 11-15-2022

Elections are finally over, and Macon County results are in. Local Republicans have majority support, though Democrat voters are under represented due to Republican gamesmanship, technicalities, and unprepared Democrats. State law and winner-take-all voting cements the 2-party system. Worse yet, ...   See Article

Original Report, 11-11-2022

Macon County is almost entirely red this year. Democrats won 3 uncontested County Board seats in District 1, while Republicans won all four other districts, cementing a 12 to 3 Republican majority on the Macon County Board. County Clerk, Treasurer, and Sheriff are all Republican. Treasurer was co...   See Article

Summary, 11-09-2022

October 12th, 12:25am red and blue lights flash behind Jamontey Neal. He pulls over. One cop approaches on each side, flashlights out. "Show me your hands buddy," Neal hears from Bowman, the driver's side officer. "I need my wallet out of my back pocket," says Neal. His left h...   See Article

Original Report, 11-04-2022

On January 18, 2022, WAND Reported "Board of health members will begin using a board email account by the end of the week to interact with members of the public. Those email address will be posted here in the coming days." The link is broken, but the Board of Health members and meeting ...   See Article

Original Report, 10-21-2022

This is a reference page for information regarding the investigation of misconduct allegations against Jay Scott (Democrat), former Macon County State's Attorney. The articles linked here and any written summaries have not been vetted by me. This is also not guaranteed to be comprehensive. Articl...   See Article

Meta Report, 08-12-2022

This is just a collection of some links to more information about this bill. At this time, I do not plan to write a summary or to report on this directly. I have not vetted anything listed here, as this page is merely a reference. Information This information is skimmed from the February 2021 Pre...   See Article

Summary, 08-12-2022

The purpose of this article is to assess the local rate of employment and how it has changed over the past decade. My very limited review of the average weekly wages found that wages have increased, but this does not include a breakdown by sector, nor does it address how outliers or vacancies may...   See Article

Summary, 08-09-2022

Many candidates participate in the Primary election. Primaries involve voting amongst your own political party to pick which candidates will run for a particular office or in a particular district. Slated candidates are added to the ballot after the primary to fill out the ballot. For example, ea...   See Article

Summary, 08-09-2022

Voting districts are redrawn every ten years, after the U.S. census is completed. In 2021, Macon County board districts were redrawn. Republican County Board members proposed two maps. During the Republican Caucus (a thirty minute meeting of Republican members prior to a county board meeting) on ...   See Article

Meta Report, 08-03-2022

DecaturVote.com is a for-purpose business legally organized for-profit. I want to bring local voter information to the forefront, making it accessible & easy to follow. I've been working toward this on and off for a few years and have dedicated my full-time work to this since November 2021. V...   See Article

Blog, 06-14-2022