​​The LWV of Wilmette, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed, active participation in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy. 

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Illinois general primary is
​march 17, 2026

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league of women voters candidate forum

US Senate in Illinois, Democratic Race
Three of the Democratic candidates running U.S. Senate race in Illinois participated in a forum on January 26th, 2026.

• Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton
• Representative Robin Kelly
• Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi

View Recording here

US Senate in IL, Republican Race
Three of the Republican candidates running for U.S. Senate in Illinois  participated in a televised forum on February 11.

• Republican Candidate Casey Chlebek
• Republican Candidate Jeannie Evans
• Former Chair of the Illinois Republican Party Don Tracy

View Recording here

New USPS Postmark Policy 

submit mail-in ballots early!

March 17, 2026 is the last date mail-in ballots can be postmarked. 
Note: USPS postmark policy has changed. Under the new policy, mail will no longer be postmarked on the date the mail reaches your local post office. Instead, mail will be postmarked on the day it is processed at a regional processing facility — which could be days later.
To make sure your mail ballot will be counted, return mail ballots early, request a postmark in person at a post office, or use an official ballot drop box beginning March 2. 

Saturday, March 14 @ 2:00 PM

Women's history month celebration: from parlor to Politics -- Women's fight for the right to vote

Independent historian, lecturer and actor Annette Baldwin will reveal the astonishing legal and social conditions that governed women’s lives and what provoked the women into organization and revolution. Thousands of women with vision, courage, strategic plannikng, networking and tenacity drove the 72-year battle for women’s right to vote. The struggle ended in August 1920 with ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, recognizing and guaranteeing American women's right to vote. Annette will deliver moving passages from the speeches of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Alice Paul, spoken as the women may have delivered them.
 
Annette Baldwin has presented programs on the woman suffrage movement since 1995. Her research includes visits to the homes of Anthony, Stanton, Paul and Catt and two journeys to Seneca Falls, NY, site of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention. Her portrayals and lectures have been presented in 20 states, 30 Chautauquas and at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Baldwin is a former Illinois Humanities Road Scholar.

​Click HERE to register (Required.)

​WHEN: Saturday, March 14 @ 2:00 PM
WHERE: Glenview Library Community Room

Sponsors:  LWV-Glenview-Glencoe and co-sponsored with area Leagues of Evanston, Wilmette and Winnetka-Northfield-Kenilworth and the Glenview Public Library

calendar

Early Voting Starts (New Location CRC)                                                March 2, 2026
Women’s History Month Program: From Parlor to Politics:
Women’s Fight for the Right to Vote, A Visual Journey with
​Annette Baldwin                                                                                        March 14, 2026
Illinois General Primary Election                                                             March 17, 2026
LWV WNK Lunch & Lecture with Arne Duncan                                     April 30, 2026
LWV Cook County Annual Meeting                                                       May 5, 2026
LWV Wilmette Annual Meeting                                                              May 20, 2026
​LWV-US Biennial Convention, Columbus Ohio                                  June 25-28, 2026

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