Voting early for Chicago mayor, clerk, treasurer, and alderman won’t automatically opt you out of the endless ads, flyers, and candidate forums, but we can only hope that someday there’s an app for that.
Voters can update registration, register for the first time, or change their names or addresses at the polls. You just need two forms of government-issued ID, one of which has your current address. Click here for a list of acceptable forms, which include a utility bill or report card.
For more information, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners has published a series of voting how-to videos, and several independent media outlets have partnered on the voter information site Chi.vote for election details and more. And our very own political reporters Maya Dukmasova and Ben Joravsky discuss the mayoral race and select aldermanic races on the Reader‘s Back Room Deal podcast. v
