-By Phil Collins
Phil Collins has an interesting idea to help reform Cook County elections. He posted his idea on his Examiner blog.
In 101 Illinois counties, voters, in the Republican, Democrat, and Green Party primaries, may vote for precinct committeemen, during each primary that is held during even-numbered years. In Cook County, voters may not vote for that office. In that county, voters elect ward and township committeemen, and those committeemen are able to appoint and fire precinct captains.
I think that Cook Co. voters should be able to vote for precinct committeemen, similarly to Illinois’ other 101 counties. If you agree, please contact your state senator and state representative and ask them to propose a bill, to implement this change. I emailed my suggestion to Sen. Brady, Sen. Radogno, Rep. Cross, and Rep. Coulson (my state rep.), but none of them responded.