Tag: elections
Northern Illinois University’s Common Reading Experience, Orientation & First-Year Experience and the Student Association are collaborating to sponsor “This I Believe about POLITICS,” an event centered around expressing beliefs related to government, laws, rights, leadership and other issues connected to the upcoming election. The event will take place in the Sky Room of the Holmes...
With Election Day less than a month away, television is filled with talking heads spreading the conventional wisdom of what a Republican or Democrat president might mean for the economy. But when it comes to the relationship between presidential politics and the behavior of the financial markets, a group of business researchers says that conventional...
Just a couple days after the second of three presidential debates, Emory University’s Alan Abramowitz will deliver a presentation titled “Predicting the 2012 Presidential Election” as part of NIU’s Election 2012 Presidential Speaker Series at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. Abramowitz is a popular expert on national politics, polling...
Still not registered to vote? There is still time to register to vote in DeKalb County for the Nov. 6 general election. The last day to register is Tuesday, Oct. 9. NIU’s Student Association is offering five on-campus opportunities for students, faculty and staff to register to vote. Registration sessions are scheduled at the Holmes...
Beginning Thursday, Sept. 27, any eligible DeKalb County voter is able to vote in person or by mail for the Nov. 6 general election. Voting by mail is officially called “Absentee Voting.” Election law in Illinois has changed to allow for both voting by mail and voting in person for absentee voting. Voters should also...
Tonight’s first installment in the Department of Political Science’s Presidential Speaker Series will stream live. The series features national political experts who will offer unique insights on the presidential election. It begins at 7 p.m. with a presentation titled “The Impact of Citizens United: The Role of Money in the 2012 Elections.” Richard Hasen from...
NIU’s Department of Political Science this fall is presenting a “Presidential Speaker Series” featuring national political experts, including former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert, to provide students, faculty and community members with unique insights on the presidential election. “We have fascinating and well known speakers, and we’ll be talking about issues of...
The 1998 Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act requires Northern Illinois University to make good faith efforts to provide students with voter registration forms prior to presidential and gubernatorial races. Voter information is available on the Illinois State Board of Elections website, including a pamphlet titled “Registering to Vote in Illinois.” Illinois residents can register...
Mitch Downey and Vincent Schramer aren’t running for political office, but they want your vote nonetheless – and your help. The NIU students could be on the verge of something big as they prepare to launch new a “civic engagement social network,” known as EveryVote.org. The EveryVote network aims to connect the politically disconnected. It...
With the conclusion of the March Primary Election cycle, the DeKalb County clerk and recorder will canvass and officially certify the election results at 2 p.m.Wednesday, April 4. Candidates, members of the media and the public are invited to attend. The canvass consists of an automatic re-tabulation of a list of several precincts provided to...
Beginning Tuesday, March 27, individuals in DeKalb County with no party affiliation now have the opportunity to seek the required number of signatures to have their name appear on the General Election ballot in November. In most cases, the signature requirements are 5 percent of the number of votes cast in that race at the...
Members of the public, media and candidates are invited to participate in a public testing of all equipment scheduled for use on Election Day. The public test is a time where members of the community can see a full run of the equipment to ensure it is in suitable working condition to receive ballots and...
