There are many ways to vote in the November 3 elections, according to John Cunningham, Kane County Clerk’s office:
Voters can request vote by mail starting August 5.
Any qualified elector in Illinois who is properly registered to vote, may apply for a vote by mail ballot. In addition, the following unregistered voters are eligible to vote by mail ballot:
• Members of the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine and their spouses and dependents, whether serving in the United States or abroad;
• U.S. citizens and their spouses, or dependents, whose permanent residence is in Kane County, but who will be temporarily residing abroad on election day;
• U.S. citizens, not their spouses or dependents, who maintained a residence in Kane County immediately prior to their departure from the United States.
How to obtain a vote by mail ballot:
Ballots will not be sent until Thursday, Sept. 24.
You may request a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to you. The last day Kane County can mail a ballot is five days prior to the November 3 election.
The return ballot needs to be postmarked by election day and must be in the Kane County office within two weeks after the election.
Please note that if you will be out of the country for the election, you must complete and return an FPCA (Federal Post Card Application) form.
Please note: Election mail cannot be forwarded.
Persons who have registered by mail without providing identification and will be voting for the first time are not eligible to vote early by mail. They may vote early.
• Early voting:
Early voting is available at the County Clerk’s office only, beginning 40 days prior to an election until the day before the election. Those who are unable to come to Kane County Clerk’s office to vote and would rather not vote by mail, may vote early at locations throughout the County.
• Incapacitated voters:
Illinois State Statute requires voters who are incapacitated to complete an application for voting by mail a Voter’s Five-Year Identification Card form, along with an affidavit of attending physician, in order to automatically be sent an vote by mail ballot application for incapacitated voter for every election within five years after the previous application. Send to: Kane County Clerk, 719 S. Batavia Ave, Bldg B. Geneva, IL 60134.
• Military/overseas voters:
Members of the Uniformed Services and their family members or U.S. citizens residing overseas whose last known address is in Kane County and seek to vote by mail may do so by completing and mailing an FPCA (Federal Post Card Application) form to the above address.
By completing this application, you will receive a vote by mail ballot for every election for the current calendar year.
• Nursing home voting:
The Kane County Clerk’s Office provides election judges to conduct in-person voting to registered residents who seek to vote at the licensed or certified Illinois nursing homes.
• Hospitalized voters:
Voters who enter the hospital 14 days or less prior to an election are eligible to have a vote by mail ballot brought to them. Information can be obtained by calling 630-232-5990.
Most county offices maintain regulated methods to vote by mail in Illinois.