Illinois Voting Rights
Know before you go!
- Voters have the right to vote if they are in line when the polls close at 7 p.m., or at any other time between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. on election day.
- If a voter makes a mistake or "spoils" a paper ballot and the voter has not cast the ballot, the voter has the right to receive a replacement ballot.
- If a voter cannot read, has trouble understanding English, or is disabled, that voter has the right to request assistance from anyone other than his or her employer, an agent of his or her employer, or an officer or agent of his or her union.
- Voters have the right to take unpaid time from work to vote, but no more than two successive hours, as long as they have applied with their employer before election day. The employer may set the time of day.
- No one is allowed to try to influence a voter within 100 feet of a polling place.
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Election Night News
Where to find the latest election results
Below are media outlets to follow for Election Night results.
Presidential and Federal Election Results
Illinois Election Results
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Chicago Tribune
- Capitol Fax Blog
- State Journal-Register
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Daily Herald
- Champaign News-Gazette
- Decatur Herald & Review
- Bloomington Pantagraph
- Charleston-Mattoon Journal Gazette-Times Courier
- Belleville News-Democrat
- Alton Telegraph
- The Southern Illinoisan
- Kankakee Daily Journal
- Peoria Journal Star
- Quincy Herald-Whig
- Rockford Register Star
- Cook County Election Results
- Liberty Systems - Real-time results from the City of Aurora, Bond, Bureau, Christian, Clark, Coles, DeWitt, Edgar, Livingston, Macon, Macoupin, Moultrie, Putnam, Shelby, and Tazwell Counties
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