New Polling Place For Some Chicago Heights Voters

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL - New polling places are in effect for this Election Day in Cook County. Of the 53 precincts with changes in polling place locations, one effects some voters in Chicago Heights.

In Bloom Township Precinct 31, voters will now head to Kennedy School at 10th and Division streets in Chicago Heights instead of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

If you live in this precinct and plan to wait until Election Day - Tuesday, Nov. 6 - to vote, make sure to note this change. Polls will be open on Election Day, Nov. 6 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Suburban Cook County residents can find their assigned polling location by entering their home address in the search bar on the Cook County Clerk's website as well as a sample ballot.

Early voting in the 2018 Gubernatorial Election ends on Nov. 5. Find early voting locations and hours. Voters do not need to provide an excuse or reason why they cannot vote on Election Day. A government-issued, valid ID is not required but is helpful if there is a question about your voter registration.

You can Register to Vote at ALL Early Voting Sites. Any voter registering for the first time or filing an address change must present two forms of ID, one of which shows the voter's current address.

Suburban Cook County voters have the option of voting at any Early Voting site in suburban Cook County or at the Clerk's downtown Chicago office. They can take advantage of a new feature to make the Early Voting experience quicker and easier, the Early Voting Wait Time Viewer. Viewable either on desktop computers or mobile devices, the Wait Time Viewer on the clerk's office website provides visitors to the page with an interactive map that will show the wait time – if any – at each of suburban Cook County's Early Voting sites. The site updates every 20 minutes.

- Patch Editor Lorraine Swanson contributed to this report.

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