Ballot questions

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Shall Illinois adopt the Millionaire Amendment for Property Tax Relief and Education, which would enact a 3% income tax surcharge only on millionaires and use 50% of this new revenue to provide property tax relief for residential and commercial taxpayers and 50% to improve state funding for public education?

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Asks whether Illinois should add a 3% income surcharge on income over $1 million, with half going to property tax relief and half to schools.

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Should the City of Chicago restart the use of gunshot detection technology that informs first responders when gunshots are detected?

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Asks whether the city should restart a ShotSpotter-type gunshot alert system.

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Should Chicago develop a permanent festival and outdoor event space for large-scale events?

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Asks whether the city should build a permanent outdoor venue for large events.

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Shall the City of Chicago pursue all lawful means to recover financial compensation from the federal government for the costs and economic harm caused by the Donald Trump administration's violent, militarized ICE operations, including the Midway Blitz operation led by Greg Bovino, to recover lost tax revenue, public safety response costs, and services provided to residents and families affected by those operations?

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Asks whether the city should seek federal compensation for the costs of the federal immigration enforcement operation known as Midway Blitz.

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Shall Illinois use revenue from a surcharge on millionaires to increase funding to public schools?

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Asks whether the state should use a surcharge on millionaires' income to fund public schools.

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Should the City of Chicago require owners of long-term vacant or undeveloped commercial or investment properties to pay an additional annual charge that would support Chicago Public Schools?

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Asks whether owners of long-vacant commercial or investment land should pay an annual charge to fund Chicago Public Schools.

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Shall a retailers' occupation tax and a service occupation tax (commonly referred to as a sales tax) be imposed in The County of Lake, Illinois, at a rate of 1% to be used exclusively for school facility purposes, school resource officers, and mental health professionals?

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Asks whether Lake County should add a 1% sales tax for school facilities, school resource officers and mental health professionals.

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Would you support McHenry becoming a Home Rule County and establishing the county executive form of government?

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Asks McHenry County voters whether they support the county becoming home rule with a county executive form of government.

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Should the Illinois General Assembly repeal the state laws that prevent McHenry County and other local governments from exercising full zoning authority over the siting of commercial solar, wind, and battery energy storage facilities and residential development, and restore that authority to county and municipal governments?

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Asks whether state lawmakers should restore full local zoning control over commercial solar, wind and battery storage projects and residential development.