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T HE ENTERPRISE Your Complete Source For Plainfield News Since 1887
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Volume 126 No. 21
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new Illinois law allows 17-year-olds to vote They will be allowed to vote in primary elections if they will turn 18 on or before next General Election
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It took more than 20,000 lights and almost a month of work to get the outside of Scott Milkeris’ home ready for the holidays.
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t took more than 20,000 lights and almost a month of work to get the outside of scott milkeris’ home ready for the holidays. With snowflakes, a christmas tree, candy canes, red and white archways, and creatures ranging from reindeer to a dinosaur, his front lawn is full of holiday spirit – and that’s not including the life-size santa in the garage.
Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots announced a new Illinois law will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014, allowing 17-yearolds to vote in primary elections if they will turn 18 on or before the next General Election. A person who is 17 years old on the date Will County Clerk of a Primary Election, Nancy Schultz and who is otherwise Voots. qualified to vote, may vote at the Primary, including voting by absentee, www.thewillcountyclerk.com/ grace period, or early voting ballot with respect to that Primary, if that person will be 18 years old on the date of the immediately following General Election. “Let’s get our children talking about current affairs at the dinner table,” says Voots.“Parents and teachers need to stress the importance of getting eligible teens registered to vote and of voting at
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