Early voting opens in all 50 Chicago wards

Early voting opens in all 50 Chicago wards

Early voting opened at 9 a.m. at sites in all 50 wards roughly two weeks ahead of Election Day on Feb. 28.

CHICAGO - Chicago residents will be able to cast their vote for mayor starting Monday morning from the comfort of their own wards.  

Early voting opened at 9 a.m. at sites in all 50 wards roughly two weeks ahead of Election Day on Feb. 28.

Two election supersites have been open since Jan. 26 in the Loop.

Board of Election officials said for this election, there are more vote-by-mail applications than ever before and there are a total of 300 municipal candidates running for office. The ballot includes mayor, aldermen and police district council representatives. 

On Saturday, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition hosted a forum at New Beginnings Church with seven mayoral candidates participating. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Willie Wilson were absent. 

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FOX 32's Tia Ewing moderated the discussion on issues impacting Black and brown communities.

Early voting locations are open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday voting hours run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

On Sunday, they are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Election officials said some voters won’t make up their minds until they are in the booth and half of all voters do wait until Election Day to vote.

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Chicago voters are eligible to vote at an early voting site, regardless of where they live.

The early voting sites are as follows:

• Ward 1 - Goldblatt's Building, 1615 W. Chicago Ave.
• Ward 2 - Near North Library, 310 W. Division St.
• Ward 3 - Dawson Technical Institute, 3901 S. State St.
• Ward 4 - Dr. Martin Luther King Center, 4314 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
• Ward 5 - Southside YMCA, 6330 S. Stony Island Ave.
• Ward 6 - Whitney Young Library, 415 E. 79th St.
• Ward 7 - Trumbull Park, 2400 E. 105th St.
• Ward 8 - Olive Harvey College, 10001 S. Woodlawn Ave.
• Ward 9 - Palmer Park, 201 E. 111th St.
• Ward 10 - East Side Vodak Library, 3710 E. 106th St.
• Ward 11 - McGuane Park, 2901 S. Poplar Ave.
• Ward 12 - McKinley Park Library, 1915 W. 35th St.
• Ward 13 - Clearing Branch Library, 6423 W. 63rd Pl.
• Ward 14 - Archer Heights Library, 5055 S. Archer Ave.
• Ward 15 - Gage Park, 2411 W. 55th St.
• Ward 16 - Lindblom Park, 6054 S. Damen Ave.
• Ward 17 - Thurgood Marshall Library, 7506 S. Racine Ave.
• Ward 18 - Wrightwood Ashburn Library, 8530 S. Kedzie Ave.
• Ward 19 - Mt. Greenwood Park, 3721 W. 111th St.
• Ward 20 - Bessie Coleman Library, 731 E. 63rd St.
• Ward 21 - West Pullman Library, 830 W. 119th St.
• Ward 22 - Toman Library, 2708 S. Pulaski Rd.
• Ward 23 - Hall - St Faustina Kowalska Parish, 5157 S. McVicker Ave.
• Ward 24 - St. Agatha Catholic Parish, 3151 W. Douglas Ave.
• Ward 25 - Rudy Lozano Library, 1805 S. Loomis St.
• Ward 26 - Humboldt Park Library, 1605 N. Troy St.
• Ward 27 - Union Park, 1501 W. Randolph Ave.
• Ward 28 - Westside Learning Center, 4624 W. Madison St.
• Ward 29 - Amundsen Park, 6200 W. Bloomingdale Ave.
• Ward 30 - Kilbourn Park, 3501 N. Kilbourn Ave.
• Ward 31 - Portage Cragin Library. 5108 W. Belmont Ave.
• Ward 32 - Bucktown-Wicker Park Library, 1701 N. Milwaukee Ave.
• Ward 33 - American Indian Center, 3401 W. Ainsle St.
• Ward 34 - UIC Student Center, 750 S. Halsted St.
• Ward 35 - Northeastern IL University El Centro, 3390 N. Avondale Ave.
• Ward 36 - West Belmont Library, 3104 N. Narrangansett Ave.
• Ward 37 - West Chicago Library, 4856 W. Chicago Ave.
• Ward 38 - Hiawatha Park, 8029 W. Forest Preserve Dr.
• Ward 39 - North Park Village Admin Bldg, 5801 N. Pulaski
• Ward 40 - Budlong Wood Library, 5630 N. Lincoln Ave.
• Ward 41 - Roden Library, 6083 N. Northwest Hw.
• Ward 42 - Maggie Daley Park, 337 E. Randolph St.
• Ward 43 - Lincoln Park Branch Library, 1150 W. Fullerton Ave.
• Ward 44 - Merlo Library, 644 W. Belmont Ave.
• Ward 45 - Kolping Society of Chicago, 5826 N. Elston Ave.
• Ward 46 - Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave.
• Ward 47 - Welles Park, 2333 W. Sunnyside Ave.
• Ward 48 - Broadway Armory, 5917 N. Broadway St.
• Ward 49 - Willye B White Park, 1610 W. Howard St.
• Ward 50 - Northtown Library, 6800 N. Western Ave.

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