March’s Illinois presidential primary election saw the lowest primary turnout in at least 50 years, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.
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Pre-trial detention in Illinois will now be based on community safety, not on the financial fitness of a defendant.
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Get the information you need to vote!
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The 2024 election season is officially upon us! Learn what’s new and what’s on the ballot on March 19.
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The new law allows 16-year-olds to pre-register to vote, with their registration held in abeyance until they reach voting age.
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Illinoisans won’t head to the polls again until 2024, but many other states are holding elections this month. Check in with your friends and family across the U.S. to make sure they have a plan to vote!
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This week, October 2–6, is National Voter Education Week. Illinoisans will next head to the polls for the Primary Election on March 19, 2024. Are you prepared to vote?
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Students are headed back to school, and election season is around the corner. It is time to reach out to young people who are newly eligible to register and vote!
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In Illinois, the right to vote is a priority—and we have laws to prove it. Illinois laws provide some of the strongest voting rights protections in the country. And yet, until there are national voter protections and standards, federal elections are open to partisan manipulation. Which means the rights of all voters are at risk, even those in Illinois.
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Once again, the LWV of Illinois' Illinois Voter Guide knocked it out of the park for Consolidated Elections. Voters could access nonpartisan candidate information for every school board race, as well as the municipal races for all communities with populations greater than 10,000.
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Another successful mayoral debate for the books! LWVIL and LWV Chicago partnered with ABC7 and Univision to host all nine Chicago mayoral candidates on January 19.
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Candidate and ballot information is now available for the February 28 Consolidated Elections/Primaries and will be available in early March for the April 4 Consolidated Elections.
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While many eyes are on the crowded, 11-person race for Chicago mayor, Chicago communities are also paying attention to elections for the newly-established Police District Councils in each of the city's 22 police districts.
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Illinois Consolidated election season has begun. Some Illinois communities will hold primaries or elections on February 28; for many others, Election Day is April 4.
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Amendment 1, sometimes referred to at the Worker’s Rights Amendment, is at the top of every Illinois ballot.
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If you feel your right to vote is being challenged because you can't access the polling place, can't read your ballot, or you simply don't understand the instructions, contact the Election Protection Hotline.
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LWVIL Vice President Kathy Kenny joined Joan Esposito for her show on WCPT 820 radio to discuss the upcoming General Election. Check it out!
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There's an opportunity for more people in Illinois to participate in democracy and their communities. Every registered voter in the state should receive an application to vote by mail. It will offer the option of voting by mail permanently.
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Voter turnout for the Illinois primary was about 21%. It is imperative that we get out the vote for the November 8 election.
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Make a plan to vote and find out where candidates stand on the issues.
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