Illinois voting

For Illinois, the changes to voting law that legislators made in the final hours of their legislative session this week seemed innocuous. In some cases — voting by mail, allowing jail inmates awaiting trial to cast ballots — are affirmation or expansion of practices already put to the test.

The Chicago area voted primarily Democrat in this year’s presidential election and many are anxiously awaiting the results. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

The Illinois State Board of Elections reminded Thursday that voters do not need to worry if Sharpie markers and pens were used on ballots throughout the state.

Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike suggested Wednesday that poll workers, voters and others who participated in the election throughout the state be tested for the coronavirus.

Nov. 4: IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike gives coronavirus update for Illinois.

More than 3 million votes were cast in Illinois as a surge of early and mail-in ballots were recorded this election – but how does that compare to previous elections?

After a record-shattering number of early voters took to the polls, Illinois has been seeing long lines of people casting ballots this Election Day.

Chicagoans are serious about this election, and the coronavirus pandemic couldn’t stop them from turning out to vote.

If you’re not registered yet, you can take advantage of grace period registration through Nov. 3 in person at any early voting location in your jurisdiction or at your polling place on Election Day.

 A 94-year-old woman who has been caring for a sister in Illinois traveled nearly 300 miles to Detroit to cast an absentee ballot in the fall election. “I wanted to make sure my vote counted,” Mildred Madison said Monday. “This was very easy. I could sit in my wheelchair.” Madison said she decided to go to Detroit after her August…

In suburban DuPage and Lake County, people waited in line for hours to cast their ballots on the first day of in-person, early voting in some regions. NBC 5’s Political Reporter Mary Ann Ahern has the story.

Early voting begins in some counties in Illinois on Thursday, with officials also expected to begin sending out more than 1.8 million ballots to voters who have requested to vote by mail in the November general election. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres reports.

In-person early voting begins in some counties in Illinois on Thursday. Sandra Torres reports.

Early voting begins in some counties in Illinois on Thursday, with officials also expected to begin sending out more than 1.8 million ballots to voters who have requested to vote by mail in the November general election.

Local election authorities across Illinois will soon begin sending ballots to voters who requested to vote by mail in the November general election. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Local election authorities across Illinois will soon begin sending ballots to voters who requested to vote by mail in the November general election.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Thursday warned residents to be on alert for robocalls that discourage voting by mail in the upcoming election, advising anyone with questions about voting by mail to contact election authorities.

More than 1 million voters in Illinois have already requested ballots to vote by mail in the upcoming November election, election officials said Friday – putting the state on track to break the record for mail-in voting.

Voters in Chicago have already smashed the previous all-time record for requests to vote by mail in the November election, officials say – with more than two months left until the application deadline.

Voters across Illinois can now request a mail-in ballot for the general election in November.