Find Your Polling Place in Algonquin, LITH

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL - It will be time to head to the polls Tuesday to make your selection for the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates. You will also be asked to choose your picks for Republican and Democratic candidates in U.S. Senate, House and some county races.

Voters in the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District will also be asked to vote on a tax hike to address declining revenue.

>>> Algonquin-LITH Fire District Tax Hike Referendum Meant to Address Declining Revenue

Now is the time to make sure you are registered to vote and find out where your polling place is so you are ready to hit the polls Tuesday. You can check to see if you are registered to vote and lookup your polling place on the Illinois Board of Elections website.

If you are not registered, or need to update your information, you can do so at your polling place on Election Day as part of the state's Grace Period Registration. You should bring two forms of identification, one with your current address, according to the Cook County Clerk's Office website.

To register to vote you must:

• Be a United States citizen
• Be at least 18 years of age on or before the next election (17 year olds may register and vote in even-year primaries if 18th birthday occurs before date of general election)
• Live in your election precinct at least 30 days immediately prior to an election
• Not be convicted and in jail
• Not claim the right to vote anywhere else

Two forms of identification are required to register through a deputy registrar:

• At least one of the two forms must show your name and current address
• Only one form of identification may be a piece of mail for a contractual service addressed and delivered to you

Polls open at 6 a.m. in Illinois and close at 7 p.m.

If you'd like to get a look at a sample ballot, you can do so on the McHenry County Clerk's Office website or, if you live in the Kane County portion of Algonquin, you can check the Kane County Clerk's Office website. Election results will start to trickle in once the polls close. You can check results in McHenry County by visiting the clerk's office voting results page here and Kane County results can be found on the county clerk office's website and on the City of Aurora Election Commission results page.

And, be sure to check back to Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Patch for Election Day and Election Night updates and final results. You can sign up for our breaking news alerts and daily newsletter here. And don't forget to follow our coverage on Facebook as well.

Sources: Lake County Clerk of Court's Office, McHenry County Clerk of Court's Office, Cook County Clerk of Court's Office, Illinois Board of Elections website