A non-partisan resource for the Tuesday, November 5, 2024 general election.
Verify if you’re already registered
Register to Vote
Register Online by October 20, 2024
Register in person by October 8th with a deputy voting registrar or at any Illinois Secretary of State Driver’s Service Facility when there for other services.
- Lake County Official Places of Voter Registration
- Cook County Official Places of Voter Registration
- Illinois Secretary of State Driver’s Service Facilities
Illinois allows grace-period voter registration by going to any early voting site or going to your polling place on election day. If you register to vote during the grace period, you’ll be given a provisional ballot, which will be counted once your voter registration is confirmed.
By Mail
Lake County
Lake County now offers a Permanent Vote by Mail voter roll. Information on how to sign up can be found at the General Vote-by-Mail Information link below.
Cook County
Cook County now offers a Permanent Vote by Mail voter roll that you can sign up for when you request your mail-in ballot.
Early In-Person Voting
Early voting begins on Thursday, September 26, 2024 and goes through Monday, November 4th.
Election Day Voting
Find your polling place
United States Presidential Election
Candidates on the Illinois ballot:
- Democratic Party – Kamala Harris & Tim Walz
- Green Party – Jill Stein & Samson LeBeau Kpadenou
- Libertarian Party – Chase Oliver & Mike ter Maat
- Republican Party – Donald Trump & J.D. Vance
Research Who Else is On Your Ballot
BallotReady
Aggregates content from candidates’ websites, social media, press, endorsers and board of elections for comprehensive, nonpartisan information about the candidates and referendums on your ballot.
BestColleges.com Student Voting Guide
A nonpartisan guide designed for college students. Includes a bipartisan key issues guide and voter registration information for each state.
Illinois Bar Association
Provides public information on the qualifications of judicial candidates and judges seeking retention in Illinois.
League of Women Voters Voting Guide
A nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government. Provides background and opinions of every candidate on your ballot and allows you to create your own personalized voting guide.
VoteForJudges.org
Provides nonpartisan information on judicial nominees in Cook County in an effort to educate voters about judicial elections.
What are Retention Elections?
In Illinois, judges who wish to remain on the bench are voted on every six years. Voters are asked to vote “yes” or “no” to retain a judge. Circuit court judges must run for retention every six years and receive 60% “yes” votes to remain on the bench.
Lake County Judicial Retention Information
Cook County Judicial Retention Information
Presidential Debates
Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump will debate. Currently, no other presidential candidate has met the criteria to be on the debate stage.
- Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 8:00 PM Central on ABC.
Vice Presidential Debate
Democratic nominee Tim Walz and Republican nominee J.D. Vance will debate. Currently, no other vice presidential candidate has met the criteria to be on the debate stage.
- Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 8:00 PM Central on CBS.
Other Candidate Forums
League of Women Voters of Illinois
Provides information about candidate forums put on by the League of Women Voters across Illinois for statewide and local candidates.
Office of Lake County Clerk
Official Website of the Lake County Clerk with all election information.
Lake County Voter Power
View a copy of your ballot, list of districts, polling place, and request a mail-in ballot.
Lake County Special Voter Circumstances
Information for Lake County voters on how to vote in a variety of circumstances, including from a hospital or nursing home.
Cook County Clerk’s Office
Official website of the Cook County Clerk with all election information.
Cook County Your Voter Information
Details about your polling place, ballot, elected officials, and more.
Illinois State Board of Elections
Provides candidate filings, general election information, and can verify if you’re registered to vote in Illinois.
Federal Voting Assistance Program
Voting assistance for service members, their families, and overseas citizens. Provides access to election officials and voting assistance officers to help navigate the absentee voting process.
Annenberg Political Fact Check
Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.
Center for Public Integrity
A nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative newsroom that focuses on the influence of money and growing inequality on our democracy.
Newsguard
A browser extension that provides an easy way to evaluate websites. “Green-Red” ratings compiled by a team of trained journalists signal if a website is trying to get it right, has a hidden agenda, or knowingly publishes falsehoods or propaganda.
News Literacy Project
This nonpartisan educational nonprofit is focused on building a national movement to create a more news-literate America and is the leading provider of news literacy education.
Politifact
Independent journalists focused on looking at specific statements made by politicians and rating them for accuracy.
ProCon.org
A nonprofit, nonpartisan public charity that uses professional researchers and rigorous editorial standards to explore the issues being debated during the 2020 Presidential election.
Project Vote Smart
A nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office.
RumorGuard
A division of the News Literacy Project, RumorGuard helps you learn how to recognize misinformation and stop it in its tracks by fact-checking viral rumors. They also put out tips to help build your news literacy foundation so you can confidently evaluate claims you see online.
Chicago Sun Times
Political coverage of Chicago and Illinois elections
Chicago Tribune
Includes news, opinions, fact checking, and details on how to vote in Illinois.
Daily Herald
Election coverage including endorsements for local and statewide races.
Federal Election Commission
Tracks campaign finances and donations
Illinois Sunshine
Provides information on political contributions in the state of Illinois.
