Early voting kicks off in Chicago at two downtown locations
Two Chicago early voting sites downtown are open to cast your ballot starting today.
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Two Chicago early voting sites downtown are open to cast your ballot starting today.
The 2026 midterm election is on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. This is what you need to know about getting ready to vote in Illinois.
Illinois and Cook County are hiring for some important roles before the 2026 midterm elections on Nov. 3.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens.
Do you know where your polling place is? Here's how to find where to vote in Illinois for the 2026 midterm election.
If you're voting in Illinois for the 2026 midterm election on Tuesday, November 3, this is when polls are open and closed.
The Supreme Court left intact a ruling that blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new regulations for mail voting, rejecting the Trump administration's effort to move forward with the rules in the midterms.
A Dane County judge ruled Tuesday that Wisconsin's paper-only absentee ballot system denies disabled voters the equal opportunity to vote privately and independently, though a trial on electronic voting as a remedy is still ahead.
A judge sided with the Wisconsin Elections Commission Wednesday, ruling that state law does not allow absentee voters to change their ballot after it has been returned — a setback for Democrats amid a scrambled governor's primary field.
Hong's rise in the Wisconsin Democratic primary has exposed a sharp divide, with some voters saying they would cross party lines in November rather than support a DSA-aligned candidate.
In-person absentee voting began Tuesday in Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, the same day a judge was set to hear arguments on whether voters who already returned mail ballots should be allowed to cancel and recast them.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
The state Democratic Party is asking Wisconsin's elections commission to allow voters who already returned absentee ballots to cast new ones, after Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the governor's race and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley rejoined it.
Francesca Hong has not backed away from calls to defund and abolish the police, raise taxes on the wealthy, and create a state-owned bank — positions now facing voters in a state Trump has carried twice.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that guardianship records sought by the Wisconsin Voter Alliance to identify ineligible voters are not public records under state law.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has transferred $1 million from his former congressional account to a super PAC supporting Michael Alfonso, his 26-year-old son-in-law, who is running for Duffy's old Wisconsin seat in an Aug. 11 primary.
Illinois Democrats resoundingly decried the Supreme Court's decision Wednesday that significantly weakens the Voting Rights Act.
Voters in Indiana are now banned from using university IDs to cast their ballots.
President Trump has long railed against mail-in voting, but used the method this month in a Florida election, public records indicate.
Illinois voters have now set the stage for November in the race to replace longtime U.S. Senator Dick Durbin.
The U.S. Senate is debating the "Save America Act."
Candidates for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Cook County Board President were among the races on the ballot in the 2026 Illinois primary election on Tuesday.
The 2026 Illinois primary election is Tuesday, March 17. Here are results for all races.
North Central College Professor Stephen Maynard Caliendo joined CBS News Chicago to discuss early voting turnout.
The Chicago Board of Elections said early voting numbers for the 2026 Illinois primary election Tuesday are already higher than previous midterm years.
