"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” - Lincoln
The LTDO Office will be closed Labor Day weekend, September 5, 6, and 7
As of September 1st, a section of Plank Rd. west of Naper Blvd. is closed for construction. You may wish to approach the office from Ogden Av. via Iroquois Av. or Naperville Rd. Unknown how long this will continue.
Full office information at ltdo.org/office.
Last Monday night, August 10th,, the unified Democratic township organizations of Naperville (DuPage, Lisle, Naperville, and Wheatland Townships Democratic organizations) met to hear from and endorse candidates for the 2027 races for Naperville Mayor, City Council, Park District, and School Districts 203 and 204. Elected PCs were given a weighted vote – equal to the number of votes they received in the 2026 primary election – to cast for candidates of their choice. The following races were not contested for endorsements and, therefore, the candidates present were endorsed:
Naperville Mayor: Benny White
Naperville City Council: Laurie Donahue, Kristine Gericke, Supna Jain, Marc Willensky
Naperville Park District: Carole Jones, Amy Phillips, John Risvold
District 203 vote totals (3 open seats / endorsements):
District 204 – 4 year term vote totals (3 open seats / endorsements):
Additionally, Bertha Jackson has been endorsed for the 204 / 2 year term position.
We encourage all PCs, Democratic elected officials, volunteers, and voters in their districts to support the endorsed candidates. They will all be collecting petition signatures for the next few weeks and the election will be in April 2027.
The SAVE Act has no chance of passage, and my top concern is interference ranging from intimidating voters to seizing ballots under the pretext of fraud; if the latter happens, the chain of custody is broken, and these voters are out of luck. I’ve been looking for specific actions citizens can take to fight this.
Indivisible has initiated a Hands Off Our Vote program, and to quote from the signup page: “By signing up you’ll get notified of key voting deadlines in your state, get updates on any threats to your voting rights and learn how to counter them, and be ready to mobilize in defense of your vote. You’ll also play an important role in rapid response moments whenever and wherever they try to pull those dirty tricks.”
Significantly, people in states most at risk listed at the bottom of this page can sign up for a more vigorous effort, the Election Defense Corps, which includes “strategic updates via email and text, training opportunities, and critical calls to action during key election protection moments in your state.”
Again, please sign up at mobilize.us/indivisible/event/966594 to receive timely information about how you can help.
P.S. You can read here about Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin’s Protect Our Polls Act. (Many of the actions covered are already illegal, but …) Excerpt:
The bill comes after Trump said he would not rule out sending the National Guard or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel to polling places in November …
Slotkin’s legislation … would require approval from Congress before the president could deploy uniformed military or federal law enforcement.
It also would ensure lawmakers have 48 hours’ notice before any forces are deployed — in addition to requiring intel, legal justification and evidence that proves state or local government cannot handle a threat on its own.
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