If you do not have an Illinois Drivers License or an Illinois State ID, you will need to register by mail or in person.
The last day to register to vote for the General Election is November 5, 2024. After this date, Grace Period Voter Registration is available (see below).
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To be eligible to vote in Illinois, a person must:
The next election that students registered with an on-campus address are eligible to vote in is the General Election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024
"I registered in high school or somewhere else; do I need to reregister?" In the state of Illinois, you only need to re-register 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. |
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"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:
Consider the following if you register with your home address:
If you need to register to vote in person, you will need two of the following forms of ID, one of which shows your current address.
Students who live in the dorms and are registered with an on-campus address are in Ward 4, Precinct 8 The nearest polling locations within Aurora can be found within the link below. .
http://www.kanecountyclerk.org/Elections/Pages/Polling-Places.aspx
The polls are open in Illinois on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2024, from 6am to 7pm!
The places and times you can vote early will vary based on where you live. The option to vote early on a weekend is available in many instances.
For more information about early voting polling places please refer to Kane County Clerk website below
The law prohibits a person who voted during the early voting period from voting at the polls on Election Day.
Contact your local election authority for an absentee ballot application. There are various deadlines for when the application reaches your local election authority. There needs to be enough time for them to send you the ballot and for you to have it postmarked no later than midnight on the night prior to the election.
Use this link to find your election authority and details about absentee voting.
https://www.usa.gov/absentee-voting
Find out if you are registered to vote and your polling location
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To be eligible to vote in Illinois, a person must:
The next election that students registered with an on-campus address are eligible to vote in is the General Election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. "I registered in high school or somewhere else; do I need to reregister?" In the state of Illinois, you only need to re-register 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. |
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"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:
Consider the following if you register with your home address:
If you need to register to vote in person, you will need two of the following forms of ID, one of which shows your current address.