Voter Services

The League of Women Voters of Oak Park and River Forest mission is to register and educate voters to better participate in the democratic process.  If your organization is having an event, our deputy registrars would be happy to attend and register voters.  Do you have new neighbors or new 18 year olds on your block? Invite us to your next block party to register them. Does your school, church, or civic organization want to register new voters? Contact us.  Remember, Every Vote Counts!
Presidential Primary Election      March 19,2024

Candidate Petitions Start Circulating September 5, 2023
Candidates (other than for President and Delegates) for the March Primary may begin circulating Nominating Petitions for Registered Voters to sign on September 5, 2023.  (Candidates for President and for the Delegates to the National Party Convention may begin on October 7, 2023.)
 
Registered voters may only sign petitions for one Political Party, but may sign petitions for multiple candidates for the same office.

Presidential Primary Election   March 19,2024
The purpose of a Primary is for voters to choose who will be the nominee of a Political Party on the November ballot.  Voters can only choose one Political Party Ballot in order to vote for candidates seeking that Party’s nomination.
 
Be sure to vote in the Primary so you can help choose who will be on your ballot for the November election.

Candidates will be nominated for these Offices in the March Primary
  • Federal:  U.S. President;  and all U.S. House of Representatives
  • ​State:  Illinois State Senators in some districts; and all Illinois State Representatives
  • Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago:  3 to be nominated for Commissioners for 6-year terms; and 1 to be nominated for the remaining 2-years of an unexpired Commissioner term
  • Cook County:  Board of Review Commissioner for the 3rd District; Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court; Cook County State’s Attorney; and one to be nominated for the remaining 2-years of Cook County Board Commissioner for the 1st District
  • Judges:  State Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Circuit Court and Subcircuit.  These will be for vacant positions; judges for retention will be on the November ballot.
 
In addition, the following will be elected for a Political Party in the Primary:
  • Delegates to the National Party Convention for nominating the Party’s Presidential candidate
  • Ward Committee Persons in Chicago
Scan the QR code to register to vote or check your registration at the Illinois Online Voter Application website. You must:
  • be 18 years old before the November election.
  • know your Illinois Drivers License or Illinois State ID number
  • know the last four digits of your Social Security number
Access the Illinois Voter Guide here. Get notifications when candidate information is ready, check your voter registration status, register to vote, or check to see if your voting district has changed because of the census.
Scan the QR Code to check your voter registration or register to vote.

To request a mail ballot for the April 4, 2023 Municipal Election go here.

​Contact cookcountyclerk.com for more information on: ​
Interested in Election Judge work on election day?  
​Contact elect.Judge@cookcountyil.gov or call 312-603-0965

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