Don’t vote in ignorance. Chicago Public Square is here to help:
■ Register—up to and including Election Day—in Chicago, suburban Cook County or anywhere else in the U.S.
■ A customized ballot with all the decisions you’ll face in suburban Cook County or Chicago.
■ Outside Cook County? Learn more at your county’s website: DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, McHenry, Kendall …
■ … or from the Illinois State Board of Elections.
■ The Washington Post’s guide: How to vote in any state.
■ The ACLU: How to vote by mail in every state …
■ … but (as of Oct. 28) it’s basically too late to drop your ballot in a mailbox.
■ Ordered a mail ballot and then decided to vote in person? Here’s what to do in every state.
This is an evolving document. Have a correction, suggestion or update? Email VoterGuide@ChicagoPublicSquare.com.
Be smart.
■ Every item and race on your ballot, explained: BallotReady and Ballotpedia.
■ Every item and race on your ballot, explained: BallotReady and Ballotpedia.
■ Endorsements from the Sun-Times and the Tribune.
■ Bar associations’ ratings of judicial candidates in Cook County (link corrected).*
■ Bar associations’ ratings of judicial candidates in Cook County (link corrected).*
■ WBEZ: How to decide how to vote.
Do it.
■ Where to drop off mail-in ballots securely in Chicago and suburban Cook County.
■ Where to vote early in Chicago and suburban Cook County.
■ Cook County’s “Early Voting Wait Time Viewer” monitors traffic at the county’s 52 such sites.
■ Where to vote Election Day in Chicago and the Cook County suburbs.
■ An ACLU guide to your voting rights in Illinois and nationwide.
■ Consumer Reports: How to vote safely in-person.
■ A Late Show with Stephen Colbert state-by-state guide, “Better Know a Ballot.”
Go beyond.
■ How to be an election judge in Cook County and Chicago.■ Be informed for every election. Sign up for Chicago Public Square email, sent to your inbox (free!) weekday mornings at 10.
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(Cartoon: Keith J. Taylor.)