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Illinois’ Little-Known, Little-Used Form Of Direct Democracy

WCBU | By Jim Meadows
Published April 9, 2018 at 6:39 AM CDT
(L-R) Champaign Township Supervisor Bryan Wrona and Assessor James Weisinger stand with a map of the township, at the town hall on Kearns Ave., off of Staley Rd., and just west of the city of Champaign.
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Illinois Public Media
(L-R) Champaign Township Supervisor Bryan Wrona and Assessor James Weisinger stand with a map of the township, at the town hall on Kearns Ave., off of Staley Rd., and just west of the city of Champaign.
(L-R) Champaign Township Supervisor Bryan Wrona and Assessor James Weisinger stand with a map of the township, at the town hall on Kearns Ave., off of Staley Rd., and just west of the city of Champaign.
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Illinois Public Media
(L-R) Champaign Township Supervisor Bryan Wrona and Assessor James Weisinger stand with a map of the township, at the town hall on Kearns Ave., off of Staley Rd., and just west of the city of Champaign.

The old-fashioned town meeting, where local citizens vote directly on the affairs of town government, may seem like a thing of the past. But they are an annual affair, right here in Illinois, and the state’s township governments will be holding them Tuesday evening. Jim Meadows reports on how they work. 

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  Story Source: Illinois Public Media

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