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VOTE IN PERSON:
Early Voting - Illinois offers and encourages in-person early voting.
Early Voting - Illinois offers and encourages in-person early voting.
- No excuse is needed to vote early. You can also register to vote at any early voting site.
- Early Voting will take place March 22 - April 5.
- Exact polling hours by location are available now on the Cook County Clerk’s website.
- Wilmette's early voting site is Centennial Ice Center, located at 2300 Old Glenview Rd. The hours are:
- Monday - Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Sunday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Polling place locations for all precincts within New Trier Township can be found on the Cook County website.
- Polling hours are 6 a.m. - 7 p.m.
VOTE BY MAIL:
- All registered voters in Cook County are eligible to Vote-By-Mail. Any such voter with a driver's license, state ID or social security number on file may request a mail ballot.
- Visit the Cook County Clerk's website to apply, using either an online or downloadable paper application.
- Distribution of the Vote-By-Mail ballots will begin on March 22.
- Mail ballots can be returned to secure ballot boxes through April 5 at either the Cook County Clerk's Office or a county courthouse. Skokie Courthouse is the closest location to Wilmette. Those locations are open from 9am - 4pm (including weekends and holidays).
- Mail ballots can also be returned via USPS but MUST be postmarked by Election Day, April 6, in order to be counted.
HOW TO VOTE
Candidate Forums & Video Guide
Each election cycle, we offer a candidate forum for local contested elections. We also provide candidates with opportunities to provide video statements and answer questions for our voter guide.
Past Voter guides |
Candidate ForumsBiographies, responses to Voter Guide questions and video statements provided by the candidates:
Wilmette Village Board of Trustees Park District Board of Commissioners Avoca District 37 Board of Education Wilmette Public Library Board of Trustees Wilmette District 39 Board of Education New Trier District 203 Board of Education Oakton Community College Board of Trustees |
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Your Voting Questions Answered
our league provides ELECTION INFO PRESENTATIONOn October 6th, the League presented “What You Need to Know to Vote in the 2020 Election,” a virtual program hosted by the Wilmette Public Library. Topics included dates, deadlines and processes for registration, early voting, mail-in ballots and Election Day voting. The presentation deck is now available as a resource for voters.
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