CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The General Election in Illinois begins Thursday, and most voters can start casting ballots at limited early voting locations. But there are exceptions.
Early voting starts Thursday in the collar counties at so-called “supersites”, usually one location in each county, except for Chicago and suburban Cook County. Super-site voting downtown for Chicago residents starts a week from Thursday (Oct. 1), and at 69 W. Washington for suburban Cook County residents on Oct. 7.
Otherwise, in Lake, Will, McHenry, Kane, and Kankakee Counties, voters may start voting Thursday at their county clerk’s offices. In DuPage County, voting also starts Thursday at the county fairgrounds.
More expansive early voting polling places open statewide on Oct. 19. In the city, it’ll be Oct. 14 in each of the 50 wards.
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Thursday also marks the first day mail-in ballots will start being sent to voters. There have been almost two million requests for mail-in ballots in Illinois. Officials suggest you return them as soon as you can, either by mail or by putting them in official drop-boxes that will be set up. As a reminder, they have to be postmarked by Nov. 3 in order for your vote to count.