Treasurer Maria Pappas: Homeowners Blast Property Tax Increases, but Skip Voting When Given a Chance to Reject Them
Just one in five Cook County voters bothered to vote in the last two elections when asked whether to approve property tax increases, allowing a distinct minority of voters to approve hundreds of millions of dollars in new taxpayer-backed bonds and millions more in direct tax increases.
Turnout for the 2025 local elections and the 2026 primary election averaged just 20.1%, with less than 10% of voters weighing in on four of the 20 binding property tax referendums in those elections, a new analysis from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas found…