Ballot referendum to remove McLean County's internal auditor faces little public opposition
A referendum to eliminate the elected office of McLean County auditor doesn’t appear to have much opposition, but that doesn’t mean it will pass. It’s the second time in the last decade people will vote on the issue.
Four nonpartisan groups started a “Vote Yes” campaign to convince residents to remove the role, and no group is currently opposing. Meanwhile, many of the county board members and candidates — Democrat and Republican — have said they plan to vote yes.
Vote YES campaign groups — the McLean County Citizens for Government Accountability, the Illinois Farm Bureau, the League of Women Voters and the McLean County Mayors Association — are leaning into the apparent lack of opposition as a selling point.
"I’m kind of at a loss why anybody would not vote yes on this referendum, and apparently so are the Republicans and the Democrats on the board who voted unanimously to put the issue before the voters, because it can only be changed by the voters,” said Tom Powers, a leader in the MC Citizens for Government Accountability.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-10-21/ballot-referendum-to-remove-mclean-countys-internal-auditor-faces-little-public-opposition