Get ready.
■ Generate a customized ballot for 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.
■ … or from the Illinois State Board of Elections.
■ Outside of Illinois? Start here.
■ Your ballot, explained: BallotReady and Ballotpedia.
Get set.
■ Plan your vote with endorsements from The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Tribune, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Scientific American, The Atlantic, National Security Leaders for America and (ahem) Chicago Public Square …
■ … and ballot analysis from the Girl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide and veteran political activists Jon Hale and Lynn Kamenitsa.
■ Block Club: Everything you need to know about Chicago’s historic school board elections …
■ … for which you can enter your address here to learn about candidates on your ballot …
■ … many of whom you can view in their appearances at community forums.
■ Axios: Illinois congressional races to watch.
■ Check evaluations of all the many, many judicial candidates by the bar associations and Injustice Watch.
■ About those referenda: The Trib details three on ballots statewide and a bunch more in the suburbs.
Go.
■ Here’s voting guidance from the Tribune, WBBM, NBC 5, WBEZ and the Sun-Times.
■ … or, anywhere else, “Where’s My F**king Polling Place?”
■ Trouble voting? The ACLU explains how to exercise your voting rights, resist voter intimidation efforts, and access disability-related accommodations and language assistance …
■ … or call 866-OUR-VOTE.
Go beyond.
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