Registration - Voting - Research by Subject at Philllips Library

Where to register

Amy Schlumpf Manion is Aurora
University's Deputy Registrar of
Voting. She can register you to
vote and answer any question you
have related to voting. The next
election that will be held in the
Aurora Election Commission
jurisdiction is the Consolidated Election. The deadline to register to vote for that election has passed. If you need to register to vote, stop by the Phillips Library after the election with 2 forms of ID (see below)
during normal business hours
(M-F, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm) to register.

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Acceptable Forms of ID

driver's license
Social Security card
employee ID card
student ID card
credit card
library card
insurance card
Selective Service card
civic membership card
fraternal membership card
union membership card
professional association membership card
utility bill
checkbook
any piece of mail addressed to you and postmarked within the last 30 days

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Grace period registration

If you miss the voter registration deadline, grace period registration is available. Please note: Grace period registration can be done at your local election authority office only and you must cast your ballot at the time you register or have a ballot mailed to you. If you register during grace period registration, you will not be able to vote at your regular polling place on Election Day. You must bring two forms of ID with you, one of which has the address that you are registering with on it (see list above for acceptable forms of ID). In Illinois, Grace period registration for the upcoming Consolidated Election will be available through Saturday, April 6, 2013.

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Eligibility

To be eligible to vote in Illinois, a person must:

be a citizen of the United States;
be 18 years of age or older on or before the next election (the next election that will be held in the Aurora Election Commission jurisdiction is the Consolidated Election on April 9, 2013);
be a resident of the precinct in which he or she plans to vote for at least 30 days prior to the next election;
not be under sentence in a correctional institution or jail (voting rights restored after completion of sentence);
provide two (2) form of identification (see below); at least one of which contains the person's current name and address.

"I registered in high school or somewhere else; do I need to reregister?" In the state of Illinois, you only need to reregister if you change your address, change your name, or haven't voted for several elections. So you do not need to register each time there is an election unless you've moved, had a name change, or haven't voted in a while. If you can't remember if you registered to vote or not, click here: Am I registered to vote in Illinois?

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Special circumstances for students

"Should I register to vote with my home address or my school address?"

By law, you may register with either (but not both), and there are advantages and disadvantages to either option.

Consider the following if you register with your school address:

You will be able to vote here on Election Day (nearly always on a Tuesday).
You will not be able to vote in your local elections (e.g. city mayor, your U.S. Representative)
You will need to reregister when you finish school and move (but you would have to do that if you move from your parents'/home address as well)

Consider the following if you register with your home address:

You will have to get home on Election Day to vote (nearly always on a Tuesday), or you will have to vote early or vote by absentee ballot before the election.
You will be able to vote in your local elections.

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Am I Registered to Vote?

If you live in Illinois, you can always use the tool from the Illinois State Board of Elections to find out if you are registered in Illinois. If that tool does not work and you are not sure if you are registered to vote or not, you should contact your local election authority. Your election authority is usually your county clerk's office (with some exceptions). Some of the nearby election authorities are listed below. If yours is not listed, and you live in Illinois, click here to find contact information for your election authority. If you live outside of Illinois, you can use the tool at canIvote.org to contact your state's Secretary of State Office for more information, or contact Amy Schlumpf Manion, Deputy Registrar of Voting for Aurora University for assistance.

State of Illinois

City of Aurora

Kane County (other than Aurora)