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Ordinance amending a previous ordinance designating the voting site assigned to three of the 415 precincts in Lake County Townships.
Staff Summary
* After reviewing voting sites for the November 6, 2018 General Election, voting site changes are proposed to provide better voting site locations to those precincts affected by a site that is hampered in its ability to continue serving as a site due to space and access limitations.
* Waukegan Township Precincts 348, 349 and 351 have previously been assigned to the Oakdale School for Election Day voting. The school is now unable to dedicate the previous gym to serve as the actual polling location in the building and, instead, has proposed the School Library for this purpose. The Library is too small to serve adequately and is also located in the interior of the school and would require voters to walk through the center hallway of the building to reach the voting room.
* Due to the aforementioned obstacles, Waukegan Township Precincts 348, 349 and 351 are being re-assigned to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church which has adequate voting and parking space and is easily accessible for all voters.
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ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, Lake County has 415 voting precincts in 18 Townships; and
WHEREAS, for Waukegan Township Precincts 348, 349 and 351, the current Election Day voting site at Oakdale School, 2230 N. McAree Road, Waukegan, is limited in its ability to continue offering an adequate location in its building to serve as an Election Day polling site; and
WHEREAS, each said precinct is being relocated to the nearby Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 2720 N. McAree Road, Waukegan, which has ample voting and parking space as well as full accessibility for all voters;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, the attached Exhibit A sets forth the affected Precincts by Township name and number and previous voting site and identifies the new voting sites to which the affected pre...
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