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Phyllis Walters, county board member, affixes a voter registration bumper sticker to her car. The bumper stickers, billboards and yard signs are part of the McHenry registration drive. County GOP's voter Voter registration winding to a close By Kirk Birginal Plaindealer News Service The char man of McHenry County Republicans' voter registration drive said the effort is progressing and should add more than 3,000 new voters to the rolls by the deadline next month. The theme for the drive, "Are You Registered to Vote? Chicago is", has been reported throughout the state and nationally but has come under criticism by county Democrats who say it has racial overtones. GOP voter drive chairman state Sen. Jack Schaffer, R- Cary, denied those charges, saying the drive hopes to offset a "huge Democratic plurality craning out of Chicago," and unseat Chicago as a dominant political and electoral factor in Illinois. "I'm as concerned about the voter registration drive by Ed Vrdolyak as I am about Jesse Jackson's. They both spell doom and destruction for statewide Republican candidates," he said. Schaffer said the drive could leavp the area "in the position of having more real voters on line than ever in the history of the county." The final day for regular registration is Monday, Oct. 1, after which voters have until Oct. 9 to register at the county clerk's office and some municipal offices. The McHenry County Clerk's office said available figures showed that 1,420 voters signed up between Sept. 10 and Sept 21. The GOP drive began Sept. 4. Without maximum voter participation in areas like McHenry County, Shaffer said the Chicago ballot will sway state elections. He said, for instance, that an unusually large turnout in Chicago during the 1982 gubernatorial race saw Gov. James Thompson lose a 16 • percentage point lead to be re- : elected by one of the narrowest margins in Illinois history. "We're not criticizing Chicago's voter registration. We just want to compete with it. We believe we have the right issues in .this fall's election, and we don't want to lose the election here in Illinois due to the lack of effort in McHenry County," Schaffer said. The slogan for the sign-up campaign, which appears on billboards and bumper stickers around the county, was termed an "unmistakable warning" by "Newsweek" magazine. Monty Yates, the chairman of the county's Democratic Central Committee, said people he has spoken with from both parties have found the campaign of­ fensive, interpreting the theme as an appeal to racial fears. "There's been a lot of reaction against it. You don't have to be smart to read between the lines. I believe that they've done the Democrats more good in McHenry County than the Republicans," Yates said. Carol Sek, a Democratic candidate for the McHenry County Board in District 2, said the theme may end up having a negative impact on the county's image. "Who would want to come out here after reading that?" Sek said. Calling the GOP theme "negative campaigning," the head of the newly-formed D e m o c r a t i c W o m e n ' s Organization, Maureen Quantz, said her group's registration effort is concentrating on McHenry and Nunda townships in District 2. TMl GiieUd Cottage boutique AND LTD. IS FINALLY OPENING OCTOBER 1, 1984 "YOUR SPECIAL OCCASION EXPERTS" • BRIDAL GOWNS • BRIDESMAIDS • MOTHERS Of ThE WEDDING • PROM DRESSES •AFTER 5 DRESSES • LINGERIE • TUXEDO RENTAL • INVITATIONS • ACCESSORIES -- 409 N. FRONT STREET(RT. 31 SOUTH), McHENRY, ILL. (815)385-5588 jg * «M= 20% OFF SALE September 28 thru October 13 at The Casual Shoppe PAGE 7 - PLAINDfc.AL.fett - t'KlDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, IM4 ' Census bureau to survey households i Beginning Monday, Oct. 1, local representatives of the U.S. Bureau of the Census will revisit selected households in the area to conduct a survey of income and program participation, Stanley D. Moore, director of the bureau's regional office in Chicago, announced. The survey is being conducted in response to the need for better information on the economic well-being of the U.S. population. Information collected will be used to determine how selected government programs are working, and to help policy makers consider what changes are needed to make programs more effective. * Area households are among 18,000 nationwide taking part in the survey. Interviewers will gather information on jobs, earnings, participation in various government programs, and population characteristics. Summary data from the survey will be published periodically. Information supplied by people taking part in the survey will be kept confidential. Toastmasters present impromptu speeches The McHenry Area Toast- masters regular meeting was held Sept. 24 at McHenry West Campus. °In addition to the regular membership, Ingrid Nowicki was welcomed as a guest. 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