Monday, September 29, 2014

October 8th is the deadline to register to vote!

According to the Illinois Board of Elections, the deadline to register to vote is 27 days before the election: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.

See this Pew article on the 'nonvoter' http://www.people-press.org/2012/11/01/nonvoters-who-they-are-what-they-think/

A city council member told a faculty member once when he was an organizer: "if you want to be paid attention to, you need to show that you can get people to the polls."

DeKalb County information

Statewide Information

Application for voter registration, in English


Application for voter registration, in Spanish

Application for absentee ballots

Online voter registration

Please pass this along to colleagues, students, and organizations.