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Voter Registration Info
Illinois Online Voter Registration Application featuring step-by-step registration, the ability to lookup and verify your current voter registration status, and to find your polling place based upon zipcode
Vote including registration, mail-in voting applications, and links to each state's polling place locator (Vote.org is a non-profit organization that is not affiliated with any political party)
Illinois Absentee/Mail-In Voting Application information about each jurisdiction which includes a link to their website. Find yours and once you tap/click on that jurisdiction's website, you should see links for voting including absentee/mail-in voting.
Chicago Voting Information including registration, mail-in voting, early voting, and voting on election day

Project Vote Smart. "Tracking the performance of over 13,000 political leaders."
OpenSecrets.org. "The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy."
Information for Cook County Voters
Independent Voters of Illinois
League of Women Voters of Illinois
#CheckYourJudges (Illinois) to get information about judges including various bar association recommendations and background information. Can check your preferences after reviewing individual candidates and then use your print out if you vote in-person.

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