Lake County Forest Preserves $155M Referendum: 2024 Election Results
LAKE COUNTY, IL — The polls have closed in Lake County and votes are being tallied on local races, including on a referendum question meant to provide more funds to the Lake County Forest Preserves District.
As of 7 p.m., no precincts are reporting, but we will update with results on this race as votes come in.
If OK’d by voters Tuesday, taxpayers will see a higher property tax bill, which will in turn add $155 million in funds to the forest preserves’ coffers. The funds would be used for land acquisition and public access improvements and habitat restoration, according to officials with the Lake County Forest Preserves.
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The estimated annual increase on the tax bill for a Lake County resident, who has a home valued at $300,000, would be about $33.
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“If approved, the new funding would be used to protect more land and expand the benefits the forest preserves provide to all of us,” said Alex Ty Kovach, executive director for the Lake County Forest Preserves.
The new funding would be used to:
Voters in Lake County have been getting out ahead of the election to cast their ballot. Lake County Clerk Anthony Vega told the Lake County News-Sun last week that there’s been a lot of interest in local races and referendums, including the forest preserves referendum.
Lines have been reported at early voting sites across the county since more sites opened for voting on Oct. 21. Two days after the additional sites opened, 21,904 had cast their ballots early in Lake County, according to the Lake County News-Sun.
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“Different sites are busier this year, like Lake Forest and Antioch,” Vega said. “There is a lot of interest in local races and referendums, like the forest preserves and the Mundelein school referendum.”
On Oct. 29, the Lake County Clerk reported a record-breaking day for early voting with 10,102 ballots cast, county clerk officials told Patch.
“This marks the first time in recorded history that Lake County has seen over 10,000 votes in a single day of early voting,” Kania Robinson, public information officer for the Lake County Clerk’s Office, told Patch last week.
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