Voting By Mail Proves Popular for 2010

Any registered voter can vote by mail and more than 7,000 voters have chosen this option before the first day to mail ballots. Lake County voters can make a one-time request for ballot by mail for the November election, or enroll in the Permanent Voting by Mail Program online at the County Clerk's website at VotingByMail.info or by calling (847) 377-2406. Enrolling in the permanent program saves your tax dollars as it reduces the number of ballots needed for Election Day. The last day a ballot can be mailed to a voter is Oct. 28. Once a voted ballot is mailed back to the Clerk's office, voters can visitLakeCountyClerk.info to track our receipt of the ballot. 

MOVE Act Designed to Help Military and Overseas Voters

Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act is recent federal legislation requiring every state to send military and overseas voters their ballot no later than 45 days before any election. This earlier date is to ensure voters will have enough time to receive and return their ballot via postal service.

Illinois law permits a ballot arriving within the 14 days after an election to be counted if the ballot is postmarked prior to Election Day. The MOVE Act also requires states to provide electronic ballots when requested.

Lake Voter Power Link 

Responding to the "One Click Rule" for savvy web surfing, LakeVoterPower.info gives Lake County voters one-click access to all election information after confirming registration at one's current address. The Voter Power landing page offers links to districts serving your address, current elected officials, candidates running for office, your sample ballot, voting site information, online ballot by mail request and track ballot's return to the County Clerk. 

Voter Information Guide

The Voter Information Guide is published in local newspapers approximately 30 days before every election. The guide offers a complete listing of all candidates and public questions for November's election. Addresses and hours for Early Voting sites are listed on the back cover. Election Day voting sites are sorted by precinct and have their address listed. Helpful facts and questions and answers about elections are also included.

 Early Voting Still Growing in Lake County

This in-person voting option before Election Day is available at convenient locations throughout the county starting Monday, Oct. 11 and ending Thurs., Oct 28. All early voting sites are open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Check WhereDoIVote.info for your early voting site, as well as, to see a picture and get driving directions. Voters must first enter information to confirm registration at their current address.

ADA Equipment at all

 Voting Sites

Every Early Voting and Election Day voting site is equipped with an ADA-compliant voter assist terminal allowing visually impaired or physically disabled voters to mark their ballot unassisted. Privately, the ballot is displayed on an easy-to-read touch screen, or voters can choose the audio function with headphones and have spoken instructions and ballot choices read to them. Each voter can determine font size, contrast or volume setting. Other features that empowers all Lake County voters include Braille embossed keypad, sip-and-puff tube, and wheelchair accessibility.