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Voting in Illinois.

Three ways to vote, three deadlines. ID rules and vote-by-mail policy below — verify the specifics with the Illinois Secretary of State at the link.

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Official source of record
Illinois State Board of Elections
Verify →
3Federal candidate finance · 2026 cycle

Money in the Illinois federal races

Top-fundraising candidate per race, sourced live from the FEC OpenFEC API. Click through to fec.gov for full disclosures.

U.S. SENATE
S Krishnamoorthi (D)$31.4Mfec.gov →
Juliana Stratton (D)$4.8Mfec.gov →
U.S. HOUSE
D9Katherine M. Abughazaleh (D)$4.1Mfec.gov →
D8S. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)$3.9Mfec.gov →
D16Darin Mckay Lahood (R)$3.1Mfec.gov →
1FEC OpenFEC API2026-05-03
2District map · TIGER/Line 2025 boundaries

Every district in Illinois, on one map

Click any congressional, state senate, or state house polygon for the sitting member and a brief description. Toggle layers below the map to see overlapping legislative geography. Source polygons: US Census TIGER/Line 2025.

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Layers
true polygons · 2025 vintage · click a district for details1US Census TIGER/Line 20252026-05-03
3Current officeholders

Who represents Illinois now

Sitting federal members and the governor. Names from Congress.gov (refreshed weekly) and hand-verified state data.

GOVERNOR
JB Pritzker (Democratic)
U.S. SENATE
Duckworth, Tammy (Democratic)· since 2017
Armed ServicesAirlandPersonnel+1
Commerce, Science, and TransportationAviation, Space, and InnovationSurface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety+1
Foreign RelationsEurope and Regional Security CooperationMultilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International
Veterans' Affairs
Durbin, Richard J. (Democratic)· since 1997
Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryCommodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
AppropriationsDepartment of DefenseDepartments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related+4
RANKING MEMBERthe JudiciaryCrime and Counterterrorism
Recent bills
+2 more on congress.gov
U.S. HOUSE
1Congress.gov API v32026-05-03
3State legislature

Illinois legislators

State senators and representatives by district. Names from OpenStates, refreshed weekly. Multi-member districts (e.g. WV, NH, MD, VT, NJ) list all sitting members under the same district.

STATE SENATE · 59 members · 59 districts
D14Emil Jones (D)
D17Elgie Sims (D)
D24Seth Lewis (R)
D38Sue Rezin (R)
D39Don Harmon (D)
D50Jil Tracy (R)
Source: openstates.org
3At-a-glance rules
No ID requiredNo-excuse absenteeOnline voter registrationSame-day registrationAutomatic voter registration
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-05-03Verify with state SOS →
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
Illinois does not require a photo ID to vote. First-time voters who registered by mail may need to show ID.
VOTE BY MAIL
Any registered voter can request a mail ballot. No reason required.
Register to vote →Find polling place →
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-04-153NCSL absentee + VBM rules2026-04-15
Local elections in Illinois are administered by your County Clerk / Election Office. For ballot or registration help, contact your county clerk or election office.
Official action — IL

The state’s own tools, with links to verify.

Each card below routes to the official Illinois system. Where the state delegates to county Supervisors of Elections, the card says so honestly.

Statewide→
Check my registration
Name + DOB + 5-digit ZIP. Returns polling place if matched.
Statewide→
Register / update online
IL DL/state ID; SSN-4 fallback. Online closes 16 days pre-election; same-day in person.
Statewide→
Find my polling place
County
Preview my ballot
ISBE delegates entirely. Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will, Chicago BOE each run their own.
County
Request a mail ballot
No-excuse mail. Application goes to local election authority, not ISBE.
Not available
Track my mail ballot
No statewide tracker. ISBE explicitly tells voters to ask their LEA. Some counties offer (Will, Cook); coverage incomplete.
Statewide→
See who's on the ballot
Statewide→
Statewide ballot measures
No certified statewide measures for Nov 2026; HJRCA 28 redistricting amendment shelved after 2026-04 SCOTUS VRA ruling.
Statewide→
Live + past results
Federal/statewide/legislative/judicial only. Local results not reported to ISBE — voter must use LEA site.
Statewide→
Election calendar
Primary 2026-03-17, general 2026-11-03. Same-day in-person reg available throughout.
1UOCAVA · military & overseas voters

Federal deadlines for Illinois

Active-duty service members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas have separate deadlines under UOCAVA. Sourced live from the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program.

2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionReceived by
2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionReceived by*
2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionReceived by**
2026-11-03Ballot Return — General ElectionSigned/Postmarked by***
2026-11-03Registration — General ElectionReceived by*
Full FVAP IL guide →
Local authorities — IL

First-class county / borough sources.

For some tasks — especially sample ballot, drop-box lists, and live local results — the county or borough is the authoritative source. We list them here as peer authorities, not delegates.

FIRST-CLASS
Cook County Clerk's Office, Election Division (suburban Cook)
Suburban Cook ONLY — 30 townships + 130+ munis outside Chicago. Chicago BOE is a separate authority with its own FIPS-CHI entry. IL has no statewide tracker, so Cook's unified Voter Information tool is the canonical surface for suburban voters.
~1,400,000 registered voters
→FIRST-CLASS
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
Covers ONLY the City of Chicago — separate authority inside Cook FIPS. Sample ballot in EN/ES/ZH/HI/PL/KO/TL — most multilingual sample-ballot surface in the sweep. Independent of suburban Cook (different VBM DB, results stack, drop-box list).
~1,500,000 registered voters
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