Politics
Early Voting for November’s General Election Begins in Downtown Chicago
Video: Joining “Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices” to discuss early voting is Giovanna Carrillo, who handles Hispanic outreach for the Chicago Board of Elections. (Produced by Abena Bediako)
Early voting for the November general election kicked off Thursday morning in Chicago at two sites in the Loop.
Voting is now available for city residents at a supersite at 191 N. Clark and the Chicago Board of Elections offices at 69 W. Washington, 6th floor. The Chicago Board of Elections has more details and a full list of hours.
Early voting in all 50 wards begins Oct. 21 at 9 a.m.
Any voter in Chicago can vote at any early voting site, no matter where they live in the city. On Election Day, residents can vote in any of the 51 vote centers — the 50 ward sites and the supersite — or their assigned precinct polling place.
Races on the ballot include U.S. president, U.S. representatives, state legislators, Cook County state’s attorney, Illinois Supreme Court judges and elected school board members.
Residents can look up their voter information online, which allows you to verify your voter registration, locate your precinct polling place for Election Day, view your sample ballot and check the status of a vote-by-mail request.
Early voters may choose to vote in one of 12 languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Korean, Tagalog, Gujarati, Urdu, Arabic, Ukrainian or Russian.
Same-day voter registration is available at all early voting sites, including at the 51 sites open as vote centers on Election Day. This also applies to voters updating their registration due to an address or name change. Residents registering will need two forms of ID, one with your current address.
Residents with an Illinois driver’s license or state ID can register to vote online through Oct. 20.
Vote-by-mail ballots have started to ship to city applicants, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. Over 225,000 vote-by-mail applications have already been made for the upcoming election. Voters have until Oct. 31 to apply to vote by mail.
Election Day is Nov. 5.
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