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Election Law Updates

On June 17, Governor Pritzker signed the elections omnibus bill (SB825) passed by the General Assembly in May. Learn about what will change for the 2022 elections!

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2020 Local School Council Elections: An Analysis

Surveys from voters in the 2020 Local School Elections, plus feedback from election-day hotline queries and a post-election debriefing involving community members, found that expanded voting options, including mail-in and curbside voting, were successful and should be retained for future elections.

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Going Postal

Despite recent news reports about problems with the postal service, post offices in the state and city of Chicago have equipment and procedures in place to efficiently process mail-in ballots.

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Changes in Election Law 2020

On May 22, Illinois state lawmakers made sweeping changes to the way voters will cast their ballots in the upcoming General Election. As a result of this legislation, all election authorities will be urging voters to vote by mail or vote early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2020 Primary Election Report

About 38% of Chicago voters cast ballots in the March 17 Primary Election, a decline from the 53.5% turnout rate in the 2016 Primary. Nevertheless, voters broke records: almost 50% of voters chose to vote early or by mail rather than voting in their home precinct on Election Day.

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