An election 'disaster' was averted in DeKalb County this spring, clerk says

SYCAMORE – DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder Tasha Sims said her office avoided disaster after being notified of a ballot error less than a month before the April 1 consolidated election.

After vote by mail ballots had been sent, a Lee resident informed the DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder’s Office that a referendum question was missing on some ballots for Shabbona Fire Protection District voters.

“It very well could have been a disaster,” Sims said recently. “I understand how important that referendum was to them.”

The referendum, which passed with 230 votes for and 190 votes against, asked if the limiting rate under the property tax extension limitation law for Shabbona Fire Protection District could be increased.



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