As you prepare to vote, be informed – not misled

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By ALEE QUICK

Civic Marketing Manager, News Literacy Project

The world of Illinois politics is notoriously wild at times, and this year’s midterm election season is holding true to form.

Disagreements on policy issues are the bread and butter of campaign clashes, and we’ve seen plenty of those. But we’re also seeing misinformation, from misleading political mailers to memes that peddle outright falsehoods about the controversial...