WSILDSA has created a Voting Information Guide below to help you vote in this election. Below, you will find voting locations with information including an interactive map, mail-in voting, and resources
Every vote counts. Victory for candidates has been determined by a handful of votes or a small margin meaning your vote can sway in the future you want to see.
Quick Links
- Endorsed Candidates
- Who is eligible to vote in Illinois?
- Check your registration
- Important dates
- Mail-in voting
- Voting locations (Interactive Map)
- Voting locations (List)
Endorsed Candidates
🌹Ben McAdams for IL State Senate District 24
Who is eligible to vote in Illinois?
- You must be a United States Citizen.
- You must be at least 17 years old on or before the date of the Primary Election and turn 18 on or before the date of the General or Consolidated Election (16 year olds may preregister to vote).
- You must live in your election precinct at least 30 days prior to Election Day.
- You must not be serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution as a result of a conviction.
- You may not claim the right to vote anywhere else.
Check Registration
Click here to check your registration on the Illinois Online Voter Registration.
Important Dates
- Sept. 24: Early voting begins statewide. Vote-by-mail ballots start being sent out.
- Oct. 6: Regular voter registration ends.
- Oct. 7: Grace period registration opens.
- Oct. 18: Online voter registration ends.
- Oct. 19: First day of expanded early voting across Cook County.
- Oct. 29: Deadline for application to vote by mail to be received by election authority by mail.
- Nov. 3: Election Day. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked by this day.
- At 7 p.m., counting begins of absentee and vote-by -mail ballots.
- Nov. 17: Last day for election authorities to accept mailed ballots, which must be postmarked no later than Nov. 3.
Mail-In Voting
- Any Illinois resident who is registered to vote may vote by mail. A person who is not yet registered to vote must register before Oct. 18 to be eligible to cast their ballot by mail. Ballots will be mailed out beginning the first day of early voting, Sept. 24.
- Don’t forget to sign your ballot before mailing. If it’s not signed, the ballot will not be counted.
- Your ballot must be postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 3, and received within 14 days of that date to be counted in the election.
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied the Trump administration’s appeal of the temporary restraining order blocking the president’s efforts to regulate mail ballots while the case proceeds on the merits. The U.S. Postal Service has said it will not implement Trump’s vote-by-mail rule for the 2026 election.