Column: Legislature’s mistake on election holiday may be taxpayers’ gain – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "Municipal league Executive Director Brad Cole called the holiday legislation a “massive unfunded mandate” that “created a lot of uncertainty” because it was “poorly written.”...What Cole means is that municipal entities can decide for themselves how to proceed on Election Day, and it seems likely that many will opt not to spend money they don’t have on unscheduled overtime or days off."