HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR, IL — The Nov. 3 General Election is less than a month away, and will include the gubernatorial race, as well as various county races, sheriff, assessor and more.
Early voting has already kicked off across the Chicago area, with additional early voting locations set to open Oct. 19 in some places.
Take a look at what's on the ballot in the Homewood-Flossmoor area for the Nov. 3 General Election. Here's everything you need to know to cast your vote, from voter registration to polling places to mail-in voting cutoffs.
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U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly's bid for Dick Durbin's seat set the stage for a 10-person Democratic primary in March 2026, and Donna Miller came out on top. She now faces Republican Mike Noack—who ran unopposed in the March 2026 Republican primary—on Nov. 3.
The two are also up against Independent write-in candidate Ashley Banks.
Cook County Commissioner Miller describes herself as a "dedicated public servant, healthcare professional, and community advocate with decades of experience delivering real results" in the county, according to her website. She worked with government providers and advocacy stakeholders to include Cystic Fibrosis in newborn screening in Illinois. She also has tackled adverse health conditions attributed to or aggravated by pregnancy and childbirth, which occur more frequently among women of color."
She's running to "fight back against those in Washington who are trying to tear down all of the progress she's made for working families."
Republican contender Noack touts himself as a truck driver who's running for Congress "because somebody from this district needs to finally fight back.
"No PAC money. No consultants. Just a trucker who's had enough," his website reads.
He points to "crushing" property taxes, expensive healthcare costs, high gas tax and blighted roads as catalysts for his run.
"I know what it's like to stretch a paycheck, to sit at the kitchen table running the numbers on whether you can afford to fix the rig this month or next," he said on his website. "That's not a campaign story I rehearsed. That's Tuesday. And it's the same life most families across Illinois' 2nd District are living."
Independent candidate Banks tells voters that she survived a rare medical condition that taught her "the importance of access to quality healthcare and accountability."
She has worked in a variety of jobs—school bus company, Chicago Transit Authority, truck driving, warehouse, and ride-sharing—"giving me firsthand knowledge of the challenges working families face," Banks said.
Her priorities include infrastructure work ensuring safe water and modern pipelines, economic development revitalizing business and services and healthcare access restoring local emergency care.
"I am running because too many laws meant to protect people are not upheld," Banks says on her website.
Democrat Toni Preckwinkle seeks a fifth term as Cook County Board president. She goes up against Libertarian Michael Murphy.
Cook County: "Shall Illinois adopt the Millionaire Amendment for Property Tax Relief and Education, which would enact a 3% income tax surcharge only on millionaires and use 50% of this new revenue to provide property tax relief for residential and commercial taxpayers and 50% to improve state funding for public education?"
All Homewood-Flossmoor voters will have several statewide contests on their ballots.
If you're not sure if you're registered to vote, you can check online. To register to vote, you must be a U.S. citizen who is at least 18 years old — or will be 18 by Election Day — and you must have lived in your precinct for at least 30 days prior to the election.
Online voter registration is available until Oct. 18 on the Illinois Board of Elections website. To register online, residents must have a driver's license or state ID, or a Social Security number.
Even if you miss that deadline, you can take advantage of grace period in-person voter registration at your county clerk's office or permanent early voting locations. You can also register at your polling place on Election Day.
To register in person, you'll need to bring two forms of ID, with at least one showing your current address.
Early voting locations are open now, with additional locations opening in some counties on Oct. 19.
If you plan to vote on Election Day and don't know your polling place, you can find it here. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
If you want to vote by mail, you must apply online or in person by Oct. 29 through your county's election authority. Find vote-by-mail ballot applications here:
Ballots must be postmarked or placed in a dropbox by Election Day, Nov. 3, to count.
Find your local mail-in voting drop boxes here.
If you want to take a look at your local election ballot, you can do so here:
For full coverage of the 2026 election in Illinois, go here.
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