New downtown Chicago supersite opens for early voting
Early voting for the 2026 primary began Thursday morning for anyone who lives within the Chicago city limits.
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Early voting for the 2026 primary began Thursday morning for anyone who lives within the Chicago city limits.
Thursday marked the first day that polling machines are up and running at a new voting supersite at State and Adams streets. Lauren Victory reports.
Early voting for the 2026 primary was began Thursday morning for anyone who lives within the Chicago city limits. Lauren Victory reports from the new downtown supersite.
Bever joins Joe Donlon and Irika Sargent with information on election security and integrity, and what the board is expecting for polling places on Election Day Tuesday.
Sheriff Tom Dart said this implementation of law enforcement makes his deputies proactive instead of reactive.
Sheriff Tom Dart said this implementation of law enforcement makes his deputies proactive instead of reactive. Darius Johnson reports.
Election Day is little more than a month away, and Chicagoans already can head to the polls to vote in the general election. Max Bever, director of public information at the Chicago Board of Elections, explains what voters can expect if they take advantage of early voting.
The final accuracy and logic tests were under way Monday at the Chicago Loop Supersite, at 191 N. Clark St.
The Chicago Board of Elections is striving for transparency—from creating a public service announcement explaining how the process works to meeting with community groups. Charlie De Mar reports.
Per state law, all late-arriving but properly postmarked ballots must be counted.
A week after the primary elections in Illinois, a winner has yet to be determined in the Democratic race for Cook County State’s Attorney, with the two candidates now separated by only about 1,600 votes. Chicago Board of Elections spokesman Max Bever shares where things stand with the official vote count.
On Saturday the Chicago Board of Elections added more than 10,000 votes to the total ballot count as the result of what its director of public information said was a human error.
The gap in the race for Cook County State's Attorney is razor thin. As of Sunday evening, Eileen O'Neill Burke led Clayton Harris III by just under 4,800 votes.
The director of public information for the Chicago Board of Elections said he "traded speed for accuracy" in reporting numbers this week.
The gap in the race for Cook County State's Attorney has narrowed even more. The Chicago Board of Elections added more than 10,000 votes to its total count on Saturday after its director of public information said he mistakenly left out some vote-by-mail ballots.
Chicago election officials on Friday will begin scanning and counting thousands of mail-in ballots, a day after workers spent the day checking signatures on those ballots. Poll watchers for both of the Democratic candidates for Cook County State’s Attorney will be there to keep an eye on the process, with that race still too close to call. Max Bever, with the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, helps break down the process.
CBS 2's cameras were rolling Thursday as several checks were made on mail-in ballots.
Technically, the deadline to certify a winner is Tuesday, April 2 – so it could take almost two more weeks to determine if Clayton Harris III or Eileen O'Neill Burke won the primary. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The two candidates as of late Wednesday were separated only by 9,000 votes. Meanwhile, 20 precincts across Cook County had not yet reported their results as of 5 p.m. Wednesday. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
They're hosting a job fair Friday at their election super site near Clark and Lake in the Loop.
Candidates must submit signatures from registered voters in order to appear on the ballot. That is a mandate you won't find in every big city.
A mistake by election judges in Chicago Tuesday could leave some voters partially out of luck. CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker reports.
If you need to brush up on the candidates in your district or see if your polling place has changed, check out the CBS 2 Voter Guide and then be sure to stay with CBS 2 for live Election Night coverage.
"I do think, you know, the Obamas visiting the early voting site lets voters know that it's there, it's open – it's ready for their early votes," said Chicago Board of Elections spokesman Max Bever.
Officials also say so far, it has been a sluggish start to early voting in the city. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
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