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Election Day is here

There’s still time to cast your vote for Chicago City Council and mayor as well as weigh in on whether the city should have an elected school board.

Eight candidates are vying for the right to represent Austin, Galewood and other parts of the West Side.

Six of the eight candidates answered questions at a forum sponsored by the newly formed Advocates for Neighborhood Development and Empowerment.

Incumbent Ald. Deborah Graham was center of attacks by rivals; she faces seven challenges Feb. 24.

Voters will get to choose among four in one race and eight in the other in the Feb. 24 election.

A $225,000 planning grant will focus on the stretch of road between Central and Oak Park avenues.

Hearings are being held by the Chicago Board of Elections to determine whose names will appear on the Feb. 24 ballot.

Only two other of the city’s 50 wards had more people submitting their petitions for the Feb. 24th election.

Candidates have until Nov. 24th to file their petitions to challenge Ald. Deborah Graham.

The Chicago Tribune reports that Ike Carothers wants to replace Commissioner Earlean Collins, who now says she’s not running for re-election.