teachers and community groups on Tuesday told Illinois Democrats they want a map for Chicago’s upcoming school board elections based on the city’s student demographics rather than its overall ...

But when they’re really fed up, they “vote with their feet.” And by that metric, Illinois is one of the most unpopular states in the nation. The latest Census Bureau data show that the Land ...

“Elections matter and we are making sure that we have the infrastructure here in Illinois to get that ... morph from red to purple amid changing demographics and a moderate social ideology ...

Since 2020, Illinois has gone further than almost any other state to expand access to voting for both the overall population and some of the state’s most marginalized people. The state expanded early ...

but for about a quarter of the state's population it's a city or county election commission. Capitol News Illinois' interactive guide aims to help navigate the process of voting, from how to register ...

The June primary, which occurred late because lawmakers had to wait for U.S. census data to redraw ... re never locked out of an election. As long as you’re an Illinois resident and a U.S. ...

In 2024, 5.5 million of the state’s 8.1 million eligible voters cast ballots, according to the latest statistics from the Illinois State Board of Elections. That was down from the 72.92% turnout ...

With early voting for the Nov. 5 election beginning in just over two months in Illinois, the political parties are putting out their election integrity teams. Early voting in Illinois begins 40 ...

See our complete Illinois U.S. House Election Results for all districts, including county-by-county maps and breakdowns: For more elections results from local Illinois election races ...

Ultimately, the districts have to comply with the Illinois Voting Rights Act and must be “compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population.” Democrats from both chambers make up the ...