Ballot Language

When you go to the polls or get your mail-in ballot this election, this is what you’ll see on your ballot:

REFERENDUM ON ORDINANCE NO. 2019-10

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

The Ordinance prohibits housing discrimination, discriminatory practices relating to employment, discriminatory practices relating to public accommodations, and discriminatory practices relating to educational institutions for Protected Classes such as age, race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, family status, military status, sex, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. The Ordinance establishes a Human Rights Commission within the Village and grants authority to the Human Rights Commission to receive complaints for violation of the Ordinance and the authority to investigate, reconcile or adjudicate those complaints including the right to assess a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500). Each day upon which a continuing violation occurs shall constitute a new and separate violation. Certain exemptions are recognized within the Ordinance as it applies to religious or denominational corporations, institutions, or associations.

Shall Ordinance No. 2019-10 entitled An Ordinance To Combat Discrimination And For The Guarantee of Equality And Inclusion, be approved?

Vote Yes on 10!