Voting While on Campus
Students can register to vote on campus if they are not registering and voting in another location or state. Your campus ID and your mailing address on campus can be used to register to vote. Find more information through your college or university.
Voting with a Criminal Record
If you have a criminal record, you can still vote in Illinois. You have the right to vote if you have been charged with a crime, but not convicted, if you are on probation, if you have been previously incarcerated but are not currently. You can vote in Illinois unless you are currently serving a sentence in any federal or state prison, county jail, or are on work release.
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Voting with a Disability
If you need help voting, you can receive assistance from any person you choose, as long as that person is not your employer or an officer of a union in which you are a member. Polling locations should have items to help with accessibility. Curbside voting is available, but you should try to call your local election authority at least a day in advance to set it up.
Voting While Hospitalized
If you are admitted to a hospital, nursing home or rehabilitation center less than 14 days before the election, you can fill out an “Application for Ballot for Qualified Voter Admitted to Hospital, Nursing Home or Rehabilitation Center” from your local election authority with a doctor’s signature. A legal relative or a registered voter who lives in the same precinct must get the ballot from your election authorty, and return the ballot for you.
Voting While Houseless
If you are houseless, you can still vote. A letter confirming that you have permission to use the address of the drop-in center, shelter, or the person in whose home you are living can be used as your address to register to vote.
Voting in the Military or Overseas
If you are not a permanent resident outside of the US, you can still request a mail in ballot using your registered address in Illinois. If you are serving in the military or permanently living outside of the US, you can register to vote and request a mail-in ballot without a permanent Illinois address through the Illinois Board of Elections’ MOVE website.
Voting Non-English Speakers
Depending on the population of voters that speak a certain language in your county, your local election authority might be required to offer voting materials and ballots in other languages. If materials in the language you speak are not offered in your county, you can receive assistance voting from any person you choose, as long as that person is not your employer or an officer of a union in which you are a member.
Trans and Nonbinary Voters
You never need to show a photo ID to vote in Illinois. You can register, or verify your identity with other forms of identification. If you do show the poll worker a photo ID, they should not be looking at the gender marker to verify your identity. A poll worker should not prevent you from voting just because you don’t look like your picture or what the poll worker thinks you “should” look like based on your name or gender marker.