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Election Day is Here, Find Your Nearby Polling Place

Up-to-the-minute news and information on the 2011 municipal races.

April 5, 5:59 a.m.

Election day is here! Need a refresher of who's running for all of the municipal races? Click for a the candidates.

Get out and Vote. The polling places are open 6am-7pm. Click here to find out where you can vote.

Find out what's happening in Evergreen Parkwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

April 1, 5:59 a.m.

District 124 Board of Education candidates , Dawn Doyle McNamara and Kathleen Rohan state their cases. Candidate Kimberly Panico Leonard answers our second-round, issue-specific questionnaire. Click here to read what she said about school district, consolidations and its relationship with other area schools.

Find out what's happening in Evergreen Parkwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

March 31, 5:59 a.m.

With Election Day just five days away, the races are heating up. Evergreen Park Patch has been covering the only contested election, District 124 Board of Education, like a blanket. Today, we introduce the first three of our "State Your Case" videos. In them, candidates tell why voters should vote for them. The first three are Kimberly Panico Leonard, and Steven Duffy.

District 124 Candidate David Marzec answers our second-round, issue-specific questionnaire. Click to read what he said about school district, consolidations and its relationship with other area schools.

March 30, 6 a.m.

Click here for our round-up of Tuesday night's Meet the Candidates Forum. We invite you to join the conversation, as well. If you attended the forum, let us know what you thought by commenting on this morning's Reader Response.

March 29, 7: 06 p.m.

Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 candidates Duane Piere-Antoine and Raymond Richter are not in attendance at the Meet the Candidates Forum, according to Peg Burns, the second vice president of the Evergreen Park PTA, and moderator for the forum.

March 29, 7 p.m.

Evergreen Park Patch is live blogging from the Meet the Candidates Forum. Click to see what candidates are saying.

March 29, 2:20 p.m.

Tonight, Evergreen Park Patch will be live blogging from the . Districts 124, 231 and Moraine Valley Community College candidates will be there. Stay tuned for more information. Showtime is at 7 p.m.

March 29, 2:14 p.m.

District 124 Board of Education candidate Kathleen Rohan responds to our second-round issue-specific questionnaire.

March 28, 5:01 p.m.

To follow-up with our initial candidate questionnaires, Evergreen Park Patch asked candidates their views on a few issues currently facing the district. Dawn Doyle McNamara shares her answers and talks about the district, school district consolidations and the district's relationship with nearby private schools.

March 1, 9:45 p.m.

Candidates for the school boards will hold a "Meet the Candidates" night on March 29 at 7 p.m. at Evergreen Park Community High School.

March 1, 9:00 p.m.

Welcome to the Evergreen Park Election Log, your news source for the April 5 election. Today, we launched our 2011 Election Central, which gives you a breakdown of each race, candidate profiles and other useful information to keep you informed on the 2011 municipal elections.

From now through Election Night, we'll be updating this space with the latest information on the 2011 elections including polling details, any breaking news alerts, and more.

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