{"id":2385,"date":"2014-10-26T12:59:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T17:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=2385"},"modified":"2014-10-26T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T17:59:13","slug":"about-the-five-ballot-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/about-the-five-ballot-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Five Ballot Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2386\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/about-the-five-ballot-initiatives\/naperville-032-0595-np-page-001-30pct\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Naperville-032-0595-NP-page-001-30pct.jpg?fit=383%2C765&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"383,765\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Naperville-032-0595-NP-page-001-30pct.jpg?resize=150%2C300&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Naperville-032-0595-NP-page-001-30pct.jpg?w=383&amp;ssl=1 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>I&#8217;ve not heard or seen a lot about the 5 ballot initiatives waiting for us when we step into the voting booth over the next week, so I was pleased when I heard a <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/morningshiftwbez\/five-question-voters-will-see\">short (7 minutes) piece on WBEZ<\/a> the other day.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;ve dug in and found some other resources. \u00a0Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aauwaction.org\/voter-education\/initiatives\/#IL\">AAUW addressing two of the five<\/a>, and here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Illinois_2014_ballot_measures\">Ballotpedia addressing all 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