Application for Absentee Ballots now available in Illinois

Cook County Clerk's Office/ Apply to vote absentee ^ | September 22, 2004 | David Orr Cook Country Clerk

[Merry]

Apply to Vote Absentee

To vote absentee, you must:

Be a registered voter

Be eligible to vote absentee

Submit a completed absentee ballot application (see options below)

Once your application is received, the Clerk's office will verify your eligibility and compare your signature on the application against the signature on your voter registration record before issuing a ballot.

Please note: If you are a first-time voter, you CANNOT vote absentee by mail if you registered to vote by mail (the only exception is for overseas and military voters). To verify identification and prevent voter fraud, the law states that you must either register in person or vote in person if you are a first-time voter.

For more information:

Call: (312) 603-0906

E-mail: absenteeballot@cookcountygov.com

Online Application

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[Merry]

It's time to send an application for an absentee ballot to Illinois college students. This is just the application for the ballot. The student has to return it and they supposedly check the signature and then send out the ballot. If you call the 312 603-0906 number, they said the application will be received in a few days.

[Amalie]

Cook County; Chicago, and surrounding region...I want to vote from a South Side cemetary. Can my DEM alderman or campiagn worker file a vote for me? You do know I would have surely voted for Kerry and Obama....had I still been alive. (here we go)

[lyingisbetter]

Uh oh here we go!

Kerry wins Illinois.