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Lawmaker looks to lift ban on inmate voting

— March 23, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would repeal an existing law that prohibits prison inmates from voting is working its way through the General Assembly, although the chief sponsor of the…

Vote-by-mail, curbside voting expansion passes House
— March 18, 2021

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House passed a bill Thursday, March 18 that would make permanent some vote-by-mail and curbside voting expansions that the state adopted ahead of the 2020…
Permanent vote-by-mail expansion moves to House floor
— January 12, 2021

SPRINGFIELD — The House Executive Committee advanced an election bill that would make permanent some of the expansions to mail-in voting that were passed for the 2020 general election….
Suburban counties say more election judges needed for the March 17 primary
— March 2, 2020

Nearly every other day, in a small hallway of the Kane County Government Center in Geneva, Marguerite Clear of Batavia and Ed O’Boyle of St. Charles greet about 50 early voters….
Panel explores streamlining voting process in Illinois
— October 8, 2018

Can changing how people vote increase the likelihood that more of them will turn out to vote? That’s the question underlying a panel discussion at the Chicago Board of Elections offices…

Bill advances expanding ballot drop boxes, curbside voting
— March 16, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House Ethics and Elections Committee advanced a bill Monday, March 15 that would expand ballot drop boxes and curbside voting throughout the state. House…
Illinoisans vote in primary election amid coronavirus pandemic
— March 17, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, in Illinois has shut down schools, businesses, restaurants, bars, universities, sporting events, state parks,…
Secretary of state: No underage teens were added to voter registration system
— February 3, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — While the information for approximately 4,700 16-year-olds was forwarded from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office to the Illinois State Board of Elections as…