Where Can I Register To Vote In Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS)--Early voting is officially underway across all of Chicago and suburban Cook Canton, with Illinois' 2022 principal elections just weeks abroad on June 28.

Until Monday, early voting had but been available to Chicago and Melt County voters at either two downtown locations – the Chicago Lath of Elections supersite at 191 North. Clark St., or the Cook County Clerk's office at 69 W. Washington St. – or at five suburban courthouses.

Simply on Monday, early on voting expanded to all fifty wards in Chicago, and 47 sites in the suburbs.

It'due south been decades since Illinois voters have cast ballots in June, and then things are a trivial dissimilar in more ways than i for the 2022 elections.

The Chicago Board of Ballot Commissioners said, for the starting time time, the city's early voting sites volition also be polling places on Election Twenty-four hour period on June 28.

You can vote at any early voting site in the city, no matter where you live.

Normally, the state holds its statewide chief elections in March, but thanks to legislation passed last year, the 2022 primaries were pushed back until June, to allow for more fourth dimension to redraw Congressional and state legislative maps based on 2020 Census data that was delayed by the pandemic.

So far, the metropolis has seen more than 2,100 early voters.

City ballot officials said, despite existence 73 precincts curt every bit of Mon, they are hoping availability changes will bump up voter turnout, which is never very loftier for early voting.

For perspective, in 2014, early voting turnout was xvi%.

When it comes to the delay this year, election officials said at that place are pros and cons.

"It cuts the amount of grooming time for the November ballot, evidently, only we're already preparing for that election. Otherwise, it's a pretty normal master," said Chicago Board of Ballot Commissioners chair Marisel Hernandez. "The turnouts are not historically high. We're trying to get the voters interested."

Lawmakers are concerned residents do not know this is happening and they are working to become the word out.

Monday morning, Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García, along with 12 candidates running in the June primaries, hosted an emergency press conference in Pilsen to go the word out to residents who may not know about early voting.

Early voting locations and hours in Chicago are available on the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners website.

Locations and hours in the suburbs are listed on the Cook Canton Clerk's website.

You lot can also register to vote at any early voting location. Yous'll need ii forms of ID, one showing your current address.

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Marissa Parra

Marissa Parra is a general assignment reporter for CBS2 Chicago. While her specialties include shedding light on injustice, she has a soft spot for stories that remind us of the skilful in humanity.

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