Early Voting Begins For Aldermanic Runoffs
CHICAGO (WBBM/CBS) -- Early voting begins Monday for the aldermanic runoff elections in 14 of the city's 50 wards.
Chicago voters who are registered in any of the 14 wards may use any city site, regardless of their residence, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. Voters who are not registered in the 14 wards with runoff elections may not vote.
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Voters do not need an excuse for early voting, but must present a government-issued photo ID.
Also, those who have recently moved have a grace period to register at their new address. Through Tuesday, March 29, voters may register at their new address in person, then vote immediately during the same visit, on the sixth floor at the George W. Dunne Cook County Office Building, 69 W. Washington St.
The office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Here is a complete list of early voting locations and hours.
Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.:
-- North: Welles Park at 2333 W. Sunnyside Ave.;
-- Central: Election Board, 69 W. Washington St.-Lower Level;
-- South: Jackson Park at 6401 S. Stony Island Ave.
Monday through Saturday only, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.:
6th Ward: Whitney Young Library, 7901 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.;
15th Ward: Lindblom Park, 6054 S. Damen Ave.;
16th Ward: Sherman Park, 1301 W. 52nd St.;
17th Ward: Thurgood Marshall Library, 7506 S. Racine Ave.;
20th Ward: Coleman Library, 731 E. 63rd St.;
24th Ward: Douglass Library, 3353 W. 13th St.;
25th Ward: Chinatown Library, 2353 S. Wentworth Ave.;
36th Ward: Hiawatha Park, 8029 W. Forest Preserve Dr.;
38th Ward: Wright College – Science Building, 4300 N. Narragansett Ave.;
41st Ward: Roden Library, 6083 N. Northwest Highway;
43rd Ward: Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W. Fullerton Ave.;
45th Ward: Edgebrook Library,5331 W. Devon Ave.;
46th Ward: Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave.;
50th Ward: Warren Park, 6601 N. Western Ave.
Early voting ends March 31. Election Day is April 5.
