Election Day Voting

Where To Vote

For Election Day on November 5, 2024, voters may choose to vote in one of the following ways:

• At your precinct polling place from 6:00am to 7:00pm
  • Click here to find your assigned precinct polling place
  • Please note: you may only vote at your assigned precinct polling place; if you try to vote at another precinct polling place, you will be asked to vote a Provisional ballot
• At one of 51 vote centers open from 6:00am to 7:00pm
  • 50 Ward sites and the downtown Supersite (191 N. Clark) will be open as vote centers on Election Day
  • Please note: any voter may vote at any vote center on Election Day, no matter where they live in the city

How To Vote

Chicago voters have two ways to cast ballots on Election Day:

• marking a paper ballot
  • only available at precinct polling places
  • on Election Day, the voter inserts the paper ballot into a ballot scanner
• using a touchscreen voting machine 
  • one touchscreen is available at every precinct polling place; vote centers are all touchscreen voting
  • when you have completed voting, the machine prints out a paper ballot that the voter inserts in a ballot scanner on Election Day
  • touchscreen machine voters may choose to vote in one of 12 languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Korean, Tagalog, Gujarati, Urdu, Arabic, Ukrainian, and Russian.

Both balloting systems provide verifiable paper trails for all ballots cast.

Click here for instructions on using both balloting systems

Click here for 'How to Vote' demonstration videos

Voters Bill of Rights

No matter what, you have a right to:

1. Cast your ballot without interference.
2. Vote if you are in line by 7:00 p.m.
3. Go to your home precinct and present IDs on election day to (a) register to vote or (b) update your registration, and then cast a ballot if you have not voted already at this election.
4. Vote at your old polling place if you moved less than 31 days before the election.
5. Get help voting from the election judges or from an eligible relative or friend.
6. Use endorsements, sample ballots, or notes while voting.
7. Protect the secrecy of your ballot.
8. Check your ballot choices and correct any mistakes.
9. Have your ballot counted fairly and impartially.
10. Have your young child with you in the voting booth.

If any of these rights are violated, call Election Central on Election Day at 312-269-7870.