| Cara Brown McCormick | Independent Voter News |
The vote follows decisive RCV victories in neighboring Evanston in 2022 and Oak Park in 2024.
RCV referendum on the April 1 ballot
Skokie’s Village Board of Trustees previously declined to put the referendum on the November 2024 ballot. This led pro-democracy activists to gather 2,400 signatures from Skokie’s registered voters to place the RCV referendum on the April 1 ballot.
When Skokie implements its new citizen-initiated law, no candidate can win an election outright with less than 50% of the vote.