Kane County Clerk John Cunningham says that voter turnout for April 6 will likely be lower than in 2017. | Adobe Stock
Kane County Clerk John Cunningham says that voter turnout for April 6 will likely be lower than in 2017. | Adobe Stock
Kane County Clerk John Cunningham hopes to get voters to understand what’s at stake in the April 6 consolidated elections.
“It’s these elections that affect your local tax bill more than anything else,” Cunningham told the Kane County Reporter. “School board elections affect your tax bill, and it’s the village president that has a budget that’s millions and millions of dollars. People don’t get excited about these, and it could be because we don’t get a lot of press and no one is spending as much money.”
With roughly a week remaining before Election Day, Cunningham said vote counts aren’t expected to top 2017 and that only 5,634 early votes had been cast.
While Cunningham, the youngest man to ever hold public office in Aurora, said many candidates don’t have anyone challenging them, he and his staff put a lot of energy into making sure voters know about the races before going to the polls.
“We do everything we can; we have voter outreach,” he said. “In one case, we’ve partnered with a business that has electronic signs saying go vote. We do everything we can with our voter outreach program.”
Cunningham has served as Kane County Clerk for the last two decades. Before that, he served as an Aurora City commissioner and chairperson of the Aurora Board of Local Improvements.
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