If you're not an early voter, here's your chance to see who/what you're voting for. Consider this a great way to prepare for the best way to use your vote.

All Winnebago County voters will decide on reinstating passenger rail service and consolidating the City of Rockford Board of Elections and The Election Department of the Winnebago County Clerk, but there are other important issues being voted on throughout northern Illinois.

Winnebago County

Durand: Shall Durand Township, Winnebago County, Illinois, be authorized to levy a new tax for cemetery purposes and have an additional tax of .20% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein extended for such purposes?

Harlem-Roscoe: Shall the HARLEM-ROSCOE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, Winnebago County, Illinois, be authorized to levy a new tax for firefighters’ pension purposes and have an additional tax of 0.005146% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein extended for such purposes?

New Milford: Shall the maximum allowable tax rate for the New Milford Fire Protection District be increased from .305 to .40% of the value of all taxable property within the District as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?

North Park: Shall the North Park Fire Protection District of Winnebago County, Illinois, be authorized to levy a new tax for emergency and rescue crews and equipment purposes and have an additional tax of .10% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein extended for such purposes?

Winnebago: Should the Village of Machesney Park allow open burning of yard waste within the Village limits?

Boone County: 

Shall Boone County oppose any law restricting law-abiding gun owners from their Second Amendment rights as guaranteed by the US Constitution and to protect them from unconstitutional gun laws which have or may be passed by the Illinois General Assembly?

Shall the State of Illinois pursue reinstating passenger rail service to Northwest Illinois from Chicago to East Dubuque?

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