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the envelope; ach election for those • Important - On the front of the ballot certification envelope sign E participating, vying above "Signature of Voter"; their lives for an opportu - • Place the ballot certification envelope inside mailing envelope nity of a lifetime, is the • Add your return address; and most important election • Important - Seal the mailing envelope. of all time. But for some reason, or maybe a host of Some of our ballot certification envelopes were printed with a black reasons, people are extra signature line; others had a red one. Our outside print vendor used one excited to vote this year. color, and we used the other. Early voting lines have If your ballot certification envelope is missing or not signed, your sig - seen unprecedented nature doesn't match your voter registration record, or the mailing enve - lengths as though each day lope is not sealed, your ballot is NOT discarded. To make sure your vote was election day. Peoples counts, election judges will send you a letter describing the issue with your are seen waiting in lines, ballot and give you the instructions on how to correct it. The E.Reed Report some even sitting in Protect your ballot. If someone offers to return your ballot for you, be lounge chairs, just to sure it is someone you know and trust. Welcome to make sure that they voted. As of the writing Options for Returning your Mailed Ballot Election of this treatise, 30 mil - lions Americans had • Place one first-class stamp on the mailing envelope, have it post - 2020 voted early. It is a glorious marked by Election Day, and delivered to the Lake County Clerk's sight. I am not telling office by November 17. anyone how to vote, nor • Hand deliver it to the Lake County Clerk's office before 7 PM on am I sharing my voting choices, but I am encouring everyone to do their Election Day. American duty to get out and vote. And if you can’t get out and vote, I • Deposit your ballot in one of the postage-free ballot drop boxes. am sharing with you a communique from the Lake County Clerk’s Of - Exterior drop boxes are available 24 hours a day/7 days a week until fice on how to make sure your mail in ballot is counted. See below: 7 PM on Election Day. (Photos are included below) • One interior drop box is in the Lobby of the Lake County Main Returning your Vote by Mail Ballot Courthouse, 18 N. County S., Waukegan. Face covering is required to enter the building. Because of COVID-19, one of the many new mandates for the No - • Other interior boxes will be available when Early Voting starts on vember election set forth in a public act is to encourage people to vote by October 19. mail. Almost 149,000 Lake County voters have chosen to vote by mail Early Voting Sites Finder and are currently receiving their ballots. Already, 4200 citizens have re - https://maps.lakecountyil.gov/EarlyVotingSites/ turned their vote by mail ballots through the postal system or the postage- If you want to vote in person after receiving your vote by mail ballot, free drop boxes. Just about 4000 early voters have traveled to the Lake you can bring your ballot with you to the Early or Election Day voting County Main Courthouse to cast a ballot in person. If you are planning site, surrender it to the judges, and receive a new ballot to mark and cast to vote by mail, here are a few helpful guidelines. in the voting site. If you cannot surrender your ballot, election judges will help you through the process. Do your Part to Make Sure your Vote by Mail Ballot Counts! Track your Ballot Included with your ballot are informational sheets explaining how to You can track the status and the Lake County Clerk's receipt of both complete your ballot, your options for returning it, and the location of ex - your vote by mail ballot application and ballot by logging onto LakeVoter - terior and interior postage-free ballot drop boxes. Power.info or calling our Voter Registration Services Department at 847- • Mark your ballot choices with a blue or black ink pen (no markers, 377-Vote (8683). please); Happy Voting!!!!! • Fold your ballot, place it in the ballot certification envelope, seal

Chicago Peoples Voice Chicago Peoples Voice ChicagoPeoplesVoice.com The Heart & Soul of Chicago tm Lake County, Illinois Edition PO Box 1038 • Waukegan, Illinois 60079 847-473-550E-mail1: [email protected] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. - Matthew 6:33 Nov. 2020 - Special Election Edition Chicago People’s Voice Page 3 Miss North Chicago Queens e Miss North Chicago Pageant announced the winners of the Miss North Chicago contest in September. Little Miss North Chicago is Eve Cia - rra Stala. Junior Miss North Chicago is Kailynn Kilpatrick and Miss North Chicago is Cira Palma. e Miss North Chicago pageant director is Stacey Tin - dal-Sanders Here are some tips for Never Got A Stimulus Check? Some people who never received a stimulus check because they did not Voting Safely During COVID-19 file taxes could have and still can. If you made below about 12,000 a year during the years of 2018 and 2019 and never filed taxes, you can still qual - As we approach November 3rd, many are preparing to vote. As ify for the stimulus checks. you make your plan to cast your ballot, be sure to take COVID-19 You can submit your information through the IRS Non-Filers Tool. The deadline for this was extended by the IRS to November 21. precautions into account. You can request a mail-in ballot online or Also, incarcerated persons were believed to be not eligible. Due to a rul - by mail. If you do vote in person, we have six things that you can do ing by a California Judge, if you were incarcerated or knows someone who was incarcerated they can still apply and get the check. Again, that deadline to protect yourself and others from COVID-19: is November 21. You can check the status of your payment by using the Get My Payment tool on the IRS website. 1. Wear a mask and keep it on the entire time you are voting. 2. Wash your hands before entering and after leaving the polling location. Cash Prizes for Talent Showcase 3. While in the polling location, use alcohol-based hand san - If you would like to participate in our Talent Showcase please give us a itizer often, especially after touching surfaces touched by call. The talent showcase give us a call at 847-473-5501. Leave your multiple people. name and phone number and we will get back with you with more informa - tion. Thanks to State Rep. Rita Mayfield, and Lake County Coroner 4. Maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others. Howard Cooper, cash prizes are now available for winners. 5. Avoid crowds by voting early or at non-peak times. 6. Bring your own black ink pen to use. “”Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide For more information, go to the Lake County Voter Registration to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” page on the County Board Website. -- Abraham Lincoln Page 4 Chicago People’s Voice Nov. 2020 - Special Election Edition Nov. 2020 - Special Election Edition Chicago People’s Voice Page 5 Good News About Going To The Dentist. Many people fear going to the dentist because of the closeness of dental work. A new study by the American Dental Association found that less than News Digest 1% of dentists nationwide were found to be COVID-19 positive. is is very good news for dentists and patients, and it means that dentists are doing the right things to prevent infecting patients and themselves in this Named to the crisis. e study was published by the American Dental Association and can be found online. State Senate What the Polls Say About Adriane Johnson, President of the Buffalo Grove Chamber of Blacks and Vaccines According to a new poll conducted by the Commerce, has been named and Associated Press, African Americans who have sworn in to the , 30th been hit hard by the COVID-19 Pandemic by District, to replace the outgoing and large don’t plan to be vaccinated when the Senator . new vaccines are released. Just 22% say they In a statement, Johnson said plan to get vaccinated compared with 48% of racial equality, protecting the envi - white Americans the poll found. ronment, ethics reform and sup - Johnson and Johnson’s pharmaceutical division recently halted a vaccine porting small businesses are among study after discovering that study participants were becoming sick with an her top priorities. Adriane Johnson unexplained illness. About 50 people submitted applications to succeed Link who resigned on Eli Lilly, another pharmaceutical company, also stopped a study that was Sept. 12 after pleading guilty to a charge of tax evasion. testing another product called ACTIV-3 which was designed to stop the virus Andriane Johnson was the first African American President of the Illinois from infecting cells. Park District Association. Page 6 Chicago People’s Voice Nov. 2020 - Special Election Edition

The OCKHART-WHITE EPORT L November 2020 R

A communique of the Community Action Partnership of Lake County How People Cope With Change

to major uring this time of uncer - change Dtainty, we are trying to ad - with a just to the unknown. We have mixture changed our normal to a new nor - of escape mal. Over the past weeks I have at - and con - Mary Lockhart-White tended and participated in more trol cop - Executive Director Zoom Meetings, Virtual Confer - ing. ences and Conference Calls than in Control coping is generally the my working career. I wear a mask better option, as it is impossible when I am in my car, office, gro - to avoid the reality of change for cery store, malls ………. How do long without becoming exhausted we cope with these changing times? or damaging your reputation. I would like to share with you what Change can be difficult because I have learned over the past week. it can challenge how we think, how People tend to cope with change in we work, the quality of our rela - one of two ways: Escape Coping or tionships, and even our physical se - Control Coping. curity or sense of identity. We Escape coping is based on avoid - usually react to change in four ance. You take deliberate actions to stages: Shock and disorientation, avoid the difficulties of the change. anger and other emotional re - For instance, you might deliber - sponses; Coming to terms with the ately miss training for a new work - "new normal"; Acceptance and ing process, or show up too late to Moving forward. attend a meeting about an upcom - Our progression through these ing restructure. stages is rarely simple or linear. We Maybe you'll trash letters from might get stuck in one stage, or ad - your HR department about layoffs, vance quickly but then regress. or ignore calls from a co-worker who's just got the promotion that And there is often no clear-cut, de - you wanted. Some people even cisive move from one stage to an - take refuge in alcohol or drugs. other. Shock can change to anger, Control coping, on the other for example, with no obvious break hand, is positive and proactive. between the two. You refuse to behave like a "vic - Community Action is commit - tim" of change. Instead, you man - ted to “Helping People and Chang - age your feelings, get support, and do whatever you can to be part of ing Lives”. We are ALL in this the change . together. In reality, most of us respond Nov. 2020 - Special Election Edition Chicago People’s Voice Page 7 Page 8 Chicago People’s Voice Nov. 2020 - Special Election Edition Nov. 2020 - Special Election Edition Chicago People’s Voice Page 9 Page 10 Chicago People’s Voice Nov. 2020 - Special Election Edition

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New Ways to Enjoy The Holidays With Friends And Family is holiday season may look a bit different due to social distancing. But just because everyone is not physically together, doesn’t mean your family can’t share its favorite traditions. Here are some tips to enjoying friends and family this holiday season. • Celebrate virtually: Whether your tradition is a Christmas movie marathon, a caroling session around the piano or eating certain foods and baked treats, you can enjoy these activities together over video chat this year. • Share traditional foods: Baking your favorite cakes, cookies or pies and having them shipped to a family member or friend is a great idea. • Plan ahead: When it comes to ordering gifts and specially baked treats, make sure to account for busy schedules and congested delivery services to ensure all your goodies arrive on time. • Create special moments: Evoking the sights, sounds and aromas of a typical holiday season will help make this year feel more cheerful. Cre - ate a cozy atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life, such as the warm glow of candlelight or a steaming cup of cocoa -- and there is no better time of year to do it than the holiday season.

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