The last municipal election cycle in Evanston was fraught with confusion about filing dates, primaries and an old referendum that got lost in the shuffle. Now, as the 2021 election creeps closer, Evanston...

Following widespread confusion about filing dates and primaries during the last municipal election, Mayor Steve Hagerty on Monday recommended the city’s law department look into the city code to determine...

The Evanston electoral board threw out objections filed by mayoral candidate Jeff Smith to the nominating petitions of four of his competitors. The decision came two days after the board first met to...

Mayoral candidate Jeff Smith (WCAS ‘77) filed objections to all four of his competitors last week, opposing the city’s recent decision to hold a primary at the end of February and raising questions...

City officials dismissed challenges to three mayoral and clerk candidates at a hearing Monday, allowing them to appear on the ballot. In an election that has become unusually tense months before votes...